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Queensland's Child Safety Inquiry exposes deep failures within the child protect...
Nuclear test survivor’s daughter calls on First Nations communities to speak up on AUKUS
First Nations leader Karina Lester cites her father's painful survival of nuclea...
Natasha Clark 8 Jun 2026
Children under five to be removed from residential care
Children under the age of five will be removed from a state's residential care f...
'In the name of all our women and girls whose lives were stolen, we call for justice'
Note: this article contains references to assault and abuse which some readers m...
Hannah McGlade 2 May 2026
Help on offer for submissions to inquiry into racism against First Nations people as deadline looms
National justice advocacy group Call It Out are offering help to First Nations p...
Giovanni Torre 16 Apr 2026
Tasmanian Alliance throws support behind inquiry into racism and hatred targeting Indigenous people

Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA) has thrown its support behind the federal inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 19, 2026
Not just racism: Parliament must also investigate misuse of power by so-called 'allies'

The parliamentary inquiry into racism is welcome. But truth cannot stop at racism alone. If we are serious about justice, we must also confront the misuse of power carried out in our name.

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Jesse J. Fleay Mar 10, 2026
As over-policing makes headlines, Indigenous researchers say it is nothing that hasn't been documented before

Warning: The following article contains content and language some readers may find distressing. As allegations of police violence against protesters return to public focus, academics say the warning s...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 4, 2026
Academics urge expanded protections for First Nations people in new discrimination bill

Academics from the Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) are urging the federal government to expand protections for First Nations people under the proposed Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Ex...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Jan 16, 2026
Senate inquiry told species recovery needs Indigenous leadership

Indigenous scientists and land managers have told a Senate inquiry efforts to stop Australia's extinction crisis will continue to fail unless Aboriginal people are properly resourced to lead conservat...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 31, 2025
'Asbestos of the 21st Century': Sweeping PFAS ban recommended in Senate report on forever chemicals

A federal Senate committee examining the regulation and management of so-called "forever chemicals" has released its final report, calling for a full ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 19, 2025
'It doesn't understand what a lounge room in Shepperton smells like': Briggs warns against AI exploitation of artists

Yorta Yorta rapper Adam Briggs has told a Senate inquiry it would be hard to get the genie "back in the bottle" if Australia allows big tech companies to mine creative works without fair pay.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 1, 2025
Migrant worker heat deaths spark calls for visa changes

Migrants brought to Australia to work in agriculture have died of dehydration, after being poorly prepared for the climate and labour conditions, an inquiry has been told.

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Stephanie Gardiner Sep 12, 2025
One year on from a landmark inquiry, more action is needed on missing and murdered Indigenous women and children

A year after a landmark Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children, advocates say the federal government needs to decisively act on key recommendations.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 26, 2025
Distressed community still calling for truth-telling

Almost a year on from the disbanding a truth-telling and healing inquiry, its former chair still gets approached by community members upset about its abolition.

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Keira Jenkins Jul 10, 2025
NAIDOC Week celebrations reignite Tasmanian Treaty debate

The commencement of NAIDOC Week celebrations across Tasmania have reignited debate about a state-based Treaty with Aboriginal people. Tasmania had been on a pathway to Truth-telling and Treaty since f...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 8, 2025
PKKP Aboriginal Corporation strikes agreement with Rio Tinto to protect cultural heritage

Five years after the destruction of a rockshelter at Juukan Gorge, the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation has signed a Co-Management Agreement with Rio Tinto.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 2, 2025
Funding to help Indigenous women and children in the NT leave abusive relationships

First Nations women and children living in Darwin will be given support to leave violent intimate partner relationships through funding for an Indigenous legal organisation by the federal government.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 21, 2025
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