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Former Indigenous affairs minister urges national action on systemic racism
Australia's first Indigenous lower house MP says racism directed at Aboriginal a...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Jul 2026
First Nations journalists reveal toll of racism in Australia's media
Two leading First Nations media figures have detailed entrenched racism, inaccur...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Jul 2026
Social media has long fostered racism. This Senate inquiry is exposing its growing role in anti-Indigenous violence
The first female Indigenous leader of a political party in Australia says racism...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Jun 2026
Reconciliation Action Plans linked to lower rates of workplace racism
A parliamentary inquiry examining racism aimed at Indigenous Australians will he...
Dechlan Brennan 25 Jun 2026
Racism inquiry to hear evidence from departments of widespread harm across health, online spaces and public life
Government departments, including Social Services and Aged Care, will appear bef...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Jun 2026
Who gets to decide?

Queensland's Child Safety Inquiry exposes deep failures within the child protection system and risks reopening old wounds through expanded adoption recommendations.

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 nuclear testing as a poignant reason for joining former Environment Minister Peter Garrett in a crowd-funded review of Austral...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 8, 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 following a major inquiry's "shocking" findings. The Queensland government has revealed the significant policy change in...

'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 may find distressing. What happened to Kumanjayi Little Baby in Mpwarente / Alice Springs shocked the nation, and especia...

Dr Hannah McGlade Dr Hannah McGlade May 2, 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 people who wish to have their voices heard by the inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards Aboriginal and Torres St...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 16, 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
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