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From Dalby to the Land Court: Kamilaroi graduate builds career in law
Kamilaroi man Connor McGovern-Cubby has graduated from Bond University with a Ba...
Joseph Guenzler 12 Nov 2026
Indigenous sentencing law in Canada has come full circle
In October, the Supreme Court of Canada released a historic decision in R v Cope...
Two arrested over separate alleged assaults on Tiwi Islands
A man has been arrested and charged with sexual assault on the Tiwi Islands, whi...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Nov 2026
Man charged over child abuse material in West Arnhem township
Northern Territory Police have charged a 29-year-old man in a West Arnhem Townsh...
Dechlan Brennan 29 Oct 2026
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell pleads guilty to attack on Camp Sovereignty
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has pleaded guilty to his role in the attack on Camp Sove...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Oct 2026
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 girl in the remote Northern Territory community of Alpurrurulam. At 5.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 15, 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 accused rapists and child sex offenders before they are committed to stand trial has drawn cautious criticism from legal grou...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2026
Premiership Lion announces pregnancy

All Australian forward Courtney Hodder hasn't been seen in the Lions jumper so far in 2026, with it now revealed she and her partner are expecting their first child in April next year.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 7, 2026
Ex-bishop jailed for abusing vulnerable young men

A former high-ranking Catholic known for hosting boozy parties will spend at least four and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

Former Gidarjil CEO Kerry Blackman jailed over multiple sexual assaults

A Bundaberg Indigenous leader has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for "persistent" offending. Kerry Blackman, 69, the former chief executive of the Gidarjil Development Corporation, was convicted...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 28, 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
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