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Man charged with murder over 16-year-old girl's death in remote NT community
Police have charged a man with murder in relation to the death of a 16-year-old...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Oct 2026
Open justice, victim safety debate as NT considers changing suppression order laws
The Northern Territory Government's proposal to allow the public naming of accus...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Premiership Lion announces pregnancy
All Australian forward Courtney Hodder hasn't been seen in the Lions jumper so f...
Jarred Cross 7 Oct 2026
Ex-bishop jailed for abusing vulnerable young men
A former high-ranking Catholic known for hosting boozy parties will spend at lea...
Aaron Bunch (AAP) 7 Oct 2026
Former Gidarjil CEO Kerry Blackman jailed over multiple sexual assaults
A Bundaberg Indigenous leader has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for "persi...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Sep 2026
Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights

Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans accordi...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 28, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people lose West Papuan forest court battle under Indonesian law

A court has rejected the Malind-Anim Indigenous community's legal challenge to protect a West Papuan ancestral forest from a planned agricultural development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 24, 2026
Native title pioneer honoured for decades of championing the underprivileged

Note: this report includes the name and image of someone who has died. A key legal figure in landmark native title cases including Mabo has been recognised for nearly 50 years of advocacy on behalf of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 9, 2026
Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation lodges Full Court appeal in native title compensation case

Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation has lodged an appeal with the Full Court of the Federal Court regarding the amount of native title compensation awarded by the Court in relation to mining on...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
Racist abuse after alleged Mildura attack sparks condemnation

Racist, violent and aggressive comments in the wake of an alleged attack on two 12-year-old Aboriginal children in Mildura have caused widespread emotions of "grief, anger and despair" among Aborigina...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2026
Prosecutors say bishop hosted alcohol-fuelled parties to target young Aboriginal men

Note: this article contains references to alleged sexual assaults. Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, is fighting a slew of sexual assault charges after allegedly abusing three you...

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Aug 12, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people in court to defend ancestral forests

The Malind-Anim Indigenous community are mounting a legal challenge to protect West Papuan ancestral forests from a planned commercial development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 5, 2026
Native title holders win High Court challenge over NT water licence

Native title holders from Central Australia have secured a High Court victory in their fight to assert control over an aquifer. On Wednesday, the High Court ruled in favour of the Mpwerempwer Aborigin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 5, 2026
Tonga's courts hold ministers to account over bribery convictions, forcing government to face by-elections

Tonga's parliament has been forced to accept the resignation of two ministers after a ruling on bribery charges in the Nuku'alofa Magistrates' Court last week following the country's 2025 general elec...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 4, 2026
Aboriginal man testifies 'bishop groomed us' at BBQ

A former Catholic bishop invited an Indigenous teen to his home for a barbecue and then inappropriately touched him, a jury has been told. Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders is fighting...

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation to appeal Federal Court Native Title compensation award

Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation has announced it will appeal the Federal Court's decision on the amount of compensation awarded for mining which has occurred on Yindjibarndi Ngurra since 20...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 30, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Fortescue offered Yindjibarndi a settlement worth $376 million. The Federal Court ordered $150.3 million

The settlement package on the table before the Yindjibarndi compensation trial began was worth an estimated $376 million over the life of Fortescue's Solomon mine, National Indigenous Times can report...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 29, 2026
First Nations youth lead Australia's biggest anti-vaping movement

New results released for NAIDOC Week show the first national Aboriginal-led week of action on youth vaping reached young people at national scale, generating more than 38 million campaign impressions...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 10, 2026
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