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Sacred tree reportedly felled, 'heavy-handed' police presence criticised, on Djab Warrung Country
Two people have been arrested and a sacred tree cut down at the Djab Wurrung pro...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Oct 2026
'It would cause a lot of trauma' - Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty
Hailed as "two worlds" coming together to forge deeper understanding, the signin...
'Red flags were there’: Jayda Allen Bonner's death must not pass ‘without accountability’
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Oct 2026
‘Punitive shifts’ in Victoria’s youth justice system worsening outcomes for Aboriginal children
"Punitive shifts" in Victoria's youth justice system have led to worsening outco...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Oct 2026
Murder charge laid over death of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen Bonner
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Man arrested over death of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen Bonner

Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. A 31-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the death of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 13, 2026
Funding secured for Victorian Aboriginal community-controlled organisation governance training

Community-designed training for leadership and confident decision-making within Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations will continue in Victoria for a further three years after securing funding...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 12, 2026
Ex-bishop jailed for abusing vulnerable young men

A former high-ranking Catholic known for hosting boozy parties will spend at least four and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

Connecting, mentoring and competing: First Nations netball clinics and carnivals take the court

Holly Stephens' local club in Gippsland was where first played - in the under 9s - the game through which she would ultimately represent her culture on the world stage.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 6, 2026
Ex-AFL star Steven May returns home to Southern Districts

AFL premiership defender Steven May will return to Southern Districts for the 2026/27 Northern Territory Football League season in what looms as a major boost for the Crocs.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Oct 2, 2026
First Peoples artists invited to transform Melbourne’s trams in 2027

First Peoples artists with connections to Victoria are being invited to take their work onto one of Melbourne's most visible public canvases, with expressions of interest now open for the 2027 First P...

Paramedics taking lead on mental health callouts welcomed by First Nations health group

A Victorian Government announcement to put health professionals at the forefront of mental health callouts has been welcomed by the state's peak body for Aboriginal health organisations, which says th...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 29, 2026
Latest figures on West Papuan deaths tell a grim story

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has counted 109 people have officially been killed or seriously injured in violence from the ongoing armed conflict across the West Papua territory in t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 18, 2026
Opinion: Our Aboriginal children are being failed by a system meant to protect them

Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, strong in identity and Culture, connected to family, Community and Country and surrounded by the people who kn...

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Sheree Lowe Sep 17, 2026
Labor's random search powers for police pledge slammed as 'copycat social policy'

A Victorian Government election commitment to give police and protective services officers (PSOs) the power to randomly search people in public using metal detectors — without a warrant —...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Advocates welcome move to decriminalise begging in Victoria

The decriminalisation of begging in Victoria is "long awaited and much needed", legal advocates say. This week, an amendment by Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne repealing the offence of begging and g...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 2026
Directions hearing held into 'much loved' Aboriginal man’s death in police custody

Warning: This report contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. The first directions hearing in the Coroners Court was held on Thursday for Aboriginal man Joey Thurston, who die...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 10, 2026
Traditional Owners still waiting for Government response on ‘No Air’ laws

Victorian Traditional Owners say they have still received no response from the Corrections Minister to their submission on contentious legislation that means prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 2, 2026
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