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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
Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation lodges Full Court appeal in native title compensation case
Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation has lodged an appeal with the Full Co...
Giovanni Torre 26 Aug 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 Pro...
Giovanni Torre 26 Aug 2026
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 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
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
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".

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
First Aboriginal Rangers team for Boorloo / Perth celebrates official launch

Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association (BNAA) is celebrating the launch of its new Rangers team - the BoorYul-Bah-Bilya Rangers. The BBB Rangers are the first dedicated Aboriginal rangers team to be est...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 30, 2026
Aboriginal women business leaders empowered on NSW’s North Coast

A local program is empowering Aboriginal women to establish businesses and lead environmental and cultural heritage protection on Country on New South Wales' North Coast.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 30, 2026
WA government 'unlawfully' removed protections for Registered Heritage Site at Blackwood River

Karri Karrak Aboriginal Corporation has condemned Western Australia's Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage for removing tributaries and associated water places from Registered Aboriginal Site, t...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 29, 2026
Wadi Wadi Traditional Owner launches legal action to protect significant sites on the Murray River

A Wadi Wadi Traditional Owner launched legal action on Thursday challenging the Victorian government's approval of a floodplain engineering project at Nyah on the Murray River.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2026
Hopes of a path forward for the Murray-Darling Basin

The risks of climate change, the protection of wetlands and the share of water used for farming remain key areas of debate over the future of Australia's largest and most complex river system.

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