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NAIDOC Week prompts warning on cultural load in workplaces
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are often being asked to carry e...
Joseph Guenzler 13 Jul 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 ef...
Giovanni Torre 10 Jul 2026
Kimberley Aboriginal women are set to take their case to the United Nations in Geneva
A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is tr...
Natasha Clark 8 Jul 2026
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launches First Nations International Engagement Strategy
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched the First Nations I...
Giovanni Torre 8 Jul 2026
Artback NT delegation strengthens First Nations cultural connections with Taiwan
Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried kn...
Nicole Brown 7 Jul 2026
'The next fifty years of NAIDOC must strengthen what the last fifty have fought to protect'

For fifty years, NAIDOC has celebrated the strength of our people. It honours the generations who protected our cultures, languages and law through every attempt to erase them.

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William Tilmouth Jul 6, 2026
Indigenous interests lose out in Peru's critical runoff presidential election

A campaign from Peru's Indigenous communities to prevent the return of Fujimorism to the corridors of government has failed narrowly in the final round the country's general elections.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 2, 2026
UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government

The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 30, 2026
International trade mission strengthens Indigenous business opportunities

A recent trade delegation to Canada has strengthened Indigenous business engagement in international markets by fostering global connections, commercial opportunities, and Indigenous-to-Indigenous col...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 25, 2026
‘Reconciliation cannot be performative’ – Canadian Indigenous leaders set the standard for business Action Plans

British Columbia Indigenous leaders have published important new guidelines which aim to set a standard for Reconciliation Action Plans in the Canadian province.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2026
Bolivian government declares state of emergency as Indigenous resistance grows

The Bolivian national government has declared a state of emergency over ongoing protests led by Indigenous people including farmers throughout the country.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 22, 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 keep its promise to protect wild salmon in British Columbia. Key points: Indigenous leaders have urged the Canadian gover...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 18, 2026
Employers urged to move beyond symbolism to tackle workplace racism

Tangible action from employers, rather than symbolism, is needed to tackle racism in Australian workplaces. As National Reconciliation Week comes to a close, the University of Technology Sydney's Cent...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 1, 2026
British Columbia Indigenous leaders mark key anniversary by honouring Residential School survivors and taking stand against denialism

Five years ago on May 25, Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation shared preliminary findings of an investigation into the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School that indic...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 26, 2026
Bolivian government launches crackdown on Indigenous solidarity protesters

Military and law enforcement have clashed with demonstrators led by predominantly Indigenous protesters amid an attempt to clear roadways leading into the Bolivian capital, La Paz, which had been bloc...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson May 19, 2026
United Nations urges Canada to stop assimilatory impacts of the ‘Indian Act’

The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently took the significant step of issuing Technical Advice to Canada regarding implementation of the United Nations Declarat...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 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
British Columbia First Nations leaders demand end to sex discrimination and violence against women

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Marilyn Slett (K̓áwáziɫ), was in Ottawa on Tuesday - Canada's National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murde...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
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