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Montebello nuclear test 70 years on: Australia still in the dark over UK mega-bomb
It's been seven decades since Britain detonated the largest ever nuclear explosi...
Aaron Bunch (AAP) 22 Jun 2026
Pacific envoys appointed to push island priorities at COP31
Kristina Eonemto Stege from the Marshall Islands, Inia Seruiratu from Fiji and R...
Rebekah Rasmussen 18 Jun 2026
Fijian Government signs US$17.89 million coastal climate resilience agreement
Fifteen vulnerable coastal communities in Fiji are set to receive support throug...
Rebekah Rasmussen 18 Jun 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders urge government to protect wild salmon in British Columbia
Canadian First Nations leaders have urged the country's federal government to ke...
Giovanni Torre 18 Jun 2026
Trump restores commercial fishing - sparking fears for Pacific's protected areas
Donald Trump has returned mass commercial fishing in the Pacific; rolling back p...
Andrew Mathieson 18 Jun 2026
Couple's road to rubbish solution for Thursday Island residents

An Indigenous-owned business tackling long-standing waste management challenges in the Torres Strait has expanded its operations after securing capital for its community-focused Thursday Island servic...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jun 18, 2026
Voices of the Reef Ambassador Program to amplify the stories, perspectives and knowledge of Traditional Owners

ReefTO, in partnership with Mob Made Media & Communications Agency, has launched its inaugural Voices of the Reef Ambassador Program, a digital storytelling initiative supporting Traditional Owner...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 11, 2026
Traditional Owners take water governance campaign to Barunga Festival

Traditional Owners from across south-east Arnhem Land have used the 2026 Barunga Festival to build support for Indigenous-led water governance, collecting signatures on a petition calling for greater...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 10, 2026
Nuclear test survivor’s daughter calls on First Nations communities to speak up on AUKUS

First Nations leader Karina Lester cites her father's painful survival of nuclear testing as a poignant reason for joining former Environment Minister Peter Garrett in a crowd-funded review of Austral...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 8, 2026
Traditional Owners clear decades of rubbish from remote Kimberley bay

Traditional Owners have removed a boatload of rubbish from sea Country from one of Australia's most remote bays, with some items believed to date back to the 1950s.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 3, 2026
National Environment Week drives local action across Samoa

Samoa has launched new biodiversity, invasive species and environmental communication tools as part of National Environment Week. The week was held under the theme "Local Actions for Global Impact" an...

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Rebekah Rasmussen May 26, 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct

Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be locally extinct before this discovery- Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association's BoorYul-Bah-Bilya Program aims to address...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 25, 2026
Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis following years of neglect, a conference has been told. The crisis in the Northern Territory was largely centred on remote commu...

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Lloyd Jones May 20, 2026
Locals save Mandoon Bilya from massive AI data centre

Plans for a hyperscale data centre in Boorloo / Perth's east have been scrapped before it was due to be considered by the Development Assessment Panel next week after a successful campaign from Aborig...

David Prestipino David Prestipino May 15, 2026
'If we don't look after Country, we won't have anything' - Maaman Marra Boodja founder Clint Hansen shares traditional knowledge of the land

The TAAM project (Transformational Aboriginal Agricultural Methods) works with traditional owners and farmers in regional communities to address drought resilience, exploring ways we can improve soil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 11, 2026
Traditional Owners blame Rio Tinto groundwater pumping for drying sacred Pilbara waterhole

Yarrala, a waterhole in Western Australia's West Pilbara where Robe River Kuruma women once gave birth, has dried out and filled with red pindan earth, with Traditional Owners blaming Rio Tinto's grou...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 7, 2026
Amnesty International condemns Canadian court system’s treatment of Wet’suwet’en land defender Chief Dsta’hyl

Amnesty International has condemned Canadian authorities for unjustly criminalising an Indigenous leader defending Country. On April 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled that Likhts'amis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 7, 2026
Aboriginal forest defender speaks out on 'shock' rejection of request for on-Country hearing

An Aboriginal woman has been left shocked after an on-Country hearing request was rejected by a Hobart magistrate last week. Ruth Langford sought the approval of Chief Magistrate Catherine Geason this...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 30, 2026
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