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Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights
Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific pra...
Andrew Mathieson 28 Sep 2026
PM says Indigenous child protection issues have not been raised with him at UN, despite reports highlighting concerns
Systemic issues in child protection involving Indigenous children have not been...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Sep 2026
Amnesty International demands an end to killings in West Papua
Amnesty International is appealing tor all armed organisations to lay down their...
Andrew Mathieson 21 Sep 2026
Samoan tenor takes family story to international audiences
Samoan tenor Pene Pati will take his music and family story to North American au...
Joseph Guenzler 18 Sep 2026
Indigenous students explore culture, Country and science at Cairns congress
Two Indigenous James Cook University students have taken part in an internationa...
Joseph Guenzler 17 Sep 2026
Indigenous human rights expert lodges formal complaint over Hanson's 'primitive' claims

Kurin Minang human rights expert and law academic Dr Hannah McGlade has lodged a formal complaint with Australian Human Rights Commission over Pauline Hanson's claim Aboriginal people are "the most pr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2026
Statistics tell one story, we tell another: First Nations film Facing the Numbers 'giving voices to lives too often reduced to data'

Kieran Satour and Tyson Perkins' new documentary is a striking expression of lived experience, people and families so often hidden behind the statistics.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 25, 2026
'Cruel and degrading practice' must end - Thorpe bills aim to abolish shackling during childbirth and strip searching of children

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced bills to Federal Parliament to end two harmful practices in criminal legal systems across Australia: the strip searching of children and the shackling of people dur...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 21, 2026
The New York Agreement 64 years on - West Papuans 'still oppressed'

Saturday will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement, which saw the West Papuan people "betrayed by the international community", the Australia West Papua Association noted this week.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 13, 2026
International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples: events around the globe

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was marked around the globe on Monday. The United Nations-sanctioned date raises awareness of protecting the rights of the world's Indigenous po...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 11, 2026
'When language lives, culture lives': Dharug children’s book receives international recognition

For generations Aboriginal languages were silenced, suppressed, and pushed out of everyday life. However nowadays, Aboriginal communities are reclaiming those languages, strengthening them and creatin...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 11, 2026
Akeyulerre Healing Centre earns global recognition with architecture grounded in Arrernte knowledge

An Aboriginal-led healing centre in the heart of Mparntwe / Alice Springs has been recognised on the world stage, proving that when First Nations people lead the design of their own spaces, the result...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 23, 2026
Indigenous stories, connection emerge from Indigenous weaving project

A new study has found an Indigenous community-led project has strengthened intergenerational knowledge transfer, belonging and connection to Country, and recognition of Indigenous cultural authority t...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 22, 2026
Marshall Islands talks tough to Chinese government over Pacific missile testing

The Marshall Islands has condemned China's recent submarine-launched missile test nearby in the Pacific Ocean, adding that its Micronesian region cannot be treated as a site for military signalling.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 10, 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 travelling to Geneva on Wednesday, determined to champion the rights of Indigenous women and girls on the world stage.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 8, 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 International Engagement Strategy on Wednesday evening, a plan to build on the history of solidarity between Indigenous p...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 8, 2026
The power of First Nations people and culture can work for the betterment of Australia and our region

This speech was delivered by federal Ambassador for First Nations People, Justin Mohamed, at the launch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's First Nations International Engagement Strategy...

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Justin Mohamed Jul 8, 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 knowledge across generations. It holds language, culture, history and identity, connecting people long before borders were...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 7, 2026
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