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WA heritage department asks City of Busselton for more information on Aboriginal site clearing
Western Australia's heritage department has asked the City of Busselton for more...
Dianne Bortoletto 5 Sep 2026
Water Act needs 'major rewrite' to include First Nations rights, advocates say
With a review of the federal Water Act underway, the Gamilaroi Water Carriers -...
Giovanni Torre 3 Sep 2026
Funding backs community-led visions across the Northern Territory
Five projects across remote and regional Northern Territory communities have rec...
Nicole Brown 31 Aug 2026
Support for Aboriginal culture and community connection across New South Wales
Aboriginal community organisations across New South Wales are set to host events...
Callan Morse 26 Aug 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
'Traditional Owners play a vital role' - Grants to boost protection of Kimberley cultural heritage

WA Government grants provided under the Native Title Party Capacity Building Program are helping Aboriginal organisations expand their workforces, improve governance and enhance services that support...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
Latest report released on condition of Murujuga's precious rock art

The WA Government released the third-year report from the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program on Wednesday. The government said latest report "reaffirms that current emissions from industry and minin...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
Energy infrastructure project leads to thousands of Indigenous artefacts repatriated to Country

Several thousand Aboriginal artefacts recovered before construction of a NSW energy infrastructure project have been returned to Wiradjuri Country.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 18, 2026
Shire of Victoria Plains signs up to help protect Yued heritage

The Shire of Victoria Plains has become the second local government in the Yued Agreement Area to sign up to the 'Noongar Heritage Agreement - Local Government'.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 17, 2026
Exclusive: Local Council fails to consult Traditional Owners on clearing of Aboriginal heritage site

The City of Busselton in south west Western Australia has paused a project to clear 27 native trees along Vasse-Yallingup Siding Road after National Indigenous Times asked whether Wardandi Traditional...

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Dianne Bortoletto Aug 17, 2026
Senior Elder petitions to halt rocket and military testing at Koonibba Test Range

More than 1,300 people have thrown their support behind a Senior Elder's petition urging federal Minister of Environment and Water, Murray Watt, to halt rocket and military testing by Southern Launch...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 6, 2026
Nauru formally becomes the Republic of Naeoro

The Republic of Nauru has officially reclaimed its traditional name - Naeoro - marking an historic shift the tiny island's leaders say is about restoring the country's true identity on the global stag...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 3, 2026
Repatriation ceremony returns Ancestors to Gäṉgaṉ and Bäniyala Homelands in North East Arnhem Land

One of Australia's greatest Indigenous leaders, Dr Djambawa Marawili AM HC, together with North East Arnhem Land Clan leaders, has led a series of historic repatriation ceremonies of Ancestors to the...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2026
Yued Aboriginal Corporation seeks heritage protection for Lake Ninan

Yued Aboriginal Corporation has collaborated with Archae-Aus to seek Aboriginal Heritage protection for the place widely known as Lake Ninan in the Shire of WonganBallidu.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2026
Karri Karrak signs landmark heritage agreement with Talison at world's biggest lithium mine

The operator of the world's largest hard rock lithium mine has signed a cultural heritage agreement with the Traditional Custodians of the land it mines, more than a century after mining began at Gree...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
Wadjemup / Rottnest case to put federal Aboriginal heritage laws to the test

The federal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act will be put to the test with a review recently announced into Wadjemup, also known as Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia...

Dr Hannah McGlade Dr Hannah McGlade Jul 22, 2026
Indigenous forest defender had cultural obligation to save 'slaughtered kin'

An Aboriginal activist accused of trespassing during an anti-logging protest says she had a reasonable reason to be there and it is her cultural obligation to protect "slaughtered kin".

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