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Energy infrastructure project leads to thousands of Indigenous artefacts repatriated to Country
Several thousand Aboriginal artefacts recovered before construction of a NSW ene...
Callan Morse 18 Aug 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...
Giovanni Torre 17 Aug 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 cl...
Dianne Bortoletto 17 Aug 2026
Trees felled as Traditional Owners push for emergency protection for Barrambin / Victoria Park
Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation has called for an immediate halt to tree...
Joseph Guenzler 11 Aug 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 petitio...
Giovanni Torre 6 Aug 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
Mid-West Aboriginal organisations receive funding to protect WA cultural sites

Aboriginal organisations in Western Australia's Mid-West and Gascoyne regions have received more than $107,000 to protect cultural heritage sites and strengthen connections to Country.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark 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
Entries open for 2026 Koorie Art Show

The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) has opened entries for its annual Art Show, which will again be celebrated in December. KHT's annual Koorie Art Show is an open-entry, non-acquisitive award exhibition...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 28, 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
River restoration runs after AI centre scrapped

Thousands of Native trees have been planted in a culturally-rich river system in Boorloo / Perth's east following a successful community fight to scrap a nearby AI data centre.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jul 10, 2026
First Nations Leadership Council sounds alarm over fast-tracked fossil fuel expansion without consent

Canada's First Nations Leadership Council says it is "deeply troubled" by the efforts of the Canadian and British Columbian governments to fast-track new fossil fuel infrastructure and energy export p...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 10, 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".

50 Years of Deadly, 20 Years of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act

This year marks two significant milestones. Fifty years of NAIDOC. Twenty years since the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 was enacted.

Bid to stop ferry terminal under federal heritage laws

The planned ferry terminal at Boorloo / Perth's Matilda Bay poses a risk to Noongar cultural heritage, according to a bid to halt the project under federal law.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2026
Rottnest Island Deaths Group seeks heritage protection for Wadjemup / Rottnest under federal law

The Rottnest Island Deaths Group Aboriginal Corporation is seeking heritage protection of Wadjemup / Rottnest Island under federal law. The application under section 10 of the Commonwealth's Aborigina...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 3, 2026
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