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Kimberley region coming to its Census
While 2026 Census night last Tuesday week is all but a memory for most survey pa...
David Prestipino 20 Aug 2026
New scholarship supports Indigenous students in key professional fields
A new scholarship is empowering Indigenous university students to pursue higher...
Callan Morse 20 Aug 2026
'Profoundly important' - WA government backs truth-telling, healing, and reconciliation through Stolen Generations projects
A series of truth-telling and healing initiatives to preserve the stories of Sto...
Giovanni Torre 19 Aug 2026
Indigenous Literacy Day to mark 19 years of celebrating stories, culture and language
Children, Elders, musicians, authors, artists and astrophysicists will come toge...
Phoebe Blogg 19 Aug 2026
Broncos and Indigenous Literacy Foundation join forces for Indigenous Round
As the Brisbane Broncos prepare to celebrate Deadly Choices Round at Suncorp Sta...
Phoebe Blogg 14 Aug 2026
Victorian Traditional Owners criticise ‘shooting super agency’

The creation of a "shooting super agency" has been criticised by Victorian Traditional Owners, who say they were not involved in the process, which "betrays the commitment of Statewide Treaty".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 13, 2026
PM urged to show leadership on youth justice 'crisis'

The Prime Minister is allowing states and territories to enact policies that result in more children being put in prison, the overwhelming majority of them Indigenous, a parliamentary inquiry has hear...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
Thorpe, Greens call for Victorian ‘No Air’ prison bill to be scrapped

Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Greens are the latest to call for a controversial Victorian amendment that would mean prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air to be scrapped.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
Denial of guaranteed daily access to fresh air for prisoners ‘inconsistent’ with Treaty

Victorian Traditional Owners say legislation that means prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air is "inconsistent with the spirit and intent of Statewide Treaty".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
Saints superstar NAS learns hamstring injury fate

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera's AFL season is over with St Kilda confirming their superstar suffered a moderate grade hamstring injury against Carlton.

'When language lives, culture lives': Dharug children’s book receives international recognition

For generations Aboriginal languages were silenced, suppressed, and pushed out of everyday life. However nowadays, Aboriginal communities are reclaiming those languages, strengthening them and creatin...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 11, 2026
Indonesian security forces hunt for West Papuan militants who killed workers accused of spying for Jakarta

Indonesia's security forces have launched an operation to pursue a splinter group of independence fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army that killed road construction workers in the ter...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 10, 2026
Star Saint suffers likely season-ending injury as loss adds pressure on push for September

St Kilda's push for a wildcard spot has been dealt a huge blow after the club ruled out star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera for the remainder of the home and away season.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 10, 2026
Seven Indigenous Literacy Foundation books selected for inaugural global IBBY-UNESCO Collection

Seven books published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation have been selected for the inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books for Young Readers in Indigenous and Endangered Languages.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Aug 8, 2026
UQ research highlights alternatives to child incarceration

Manandanji woman Dr Lorelle Holland says prioritising prevention over punishment could reduce child incarceration and avoid youth detention costs of up to $3,000 a day per child.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 7, 2026
Separatists claim responsibility for killing Papuans accused of acting on behalf of Indonesian forces

West Papuan independence separatists killed three Indigenous Papuans depicted in an execution-style video that has gone viral on social media across the occupied territory as a warning to "traitors" t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 6, 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
ORIC fines 19 corporations over non-reporting

The agency responsible for ensuring proper governance of Indigenous corporations under the federal Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI) has revealed 19 corporations di...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 5, 2026
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