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Partnership sees Yolŋu Rangers lead education rethink
In northeast Arnhem Land education is being reimagined. Not through policy refor...
Nicole Brown 5 May 2026
Researchers urge funded community 'navigators' to close gaps for South Sea Islanders
A landmark study has exposed systemic disadvantage and racism experienced by Aus...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Mar 2026
'Say True God?' returns home in a powerful BLAK performance
Mandandanji/Waanyi rapper Say True God? returned home to Magandjin for the penul...
Joseph Guenzler 17 Nov 2025
Recommendations from inquest into fatal police shooting of JC can't "sit on a shelf gathering dust", advocates warn
Bernadette Clarke, the sister of JC – the 29-year-old Ngarlawangga Yamatji Martu...
Giovanni Torre 3 Jul 2025
Coroner finds fatal police shooting of Aboriginal woman in Geraldton was preventable
The fatal police shooting of a 29-year-old Ngarlawangga Yamatji Martu woman in G...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Jul 2025
Study finds Indigenous fire management ‘locks up’ more carbon than alternatives

Scientists from Queensland's James Cook University have determined Indigenous fire management techniques can 'lock up' more carbon than alternative methods of native bushland management, with the prac...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 27, 2024
'No justice' for Indigenous woman shot dead by cop

The deep suffering caused when a police officer shot dead an Indigenous woman in Western Australia has been laid bare at an inquest into her death.

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Aaron Bunch Jul 11, 2024
Senior cop empathises with family over Indigenous death

A senior Western Australian policeman has expressed his sympathy for the family of an Indigenous woman shot dead by an officer. Ngarlawangga Yamatji Martu woman JC was shot in a Geraldton street in Se...

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Aaron Bunch Jul 10, 2024
Policeman who fatally shot Yamatji Woman promoted after acquittal

The policeman who fatally shot Yamatji woman JC testified at an inquest that he was promoted to senior constable following his 2021 murder trial, having been previously stood down from duty for approx...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 7, 2024
Police investigate after mother of JC allegedly pushed over by officer during inquest protest

Western Australian Police have launched an investigation into allegations an officer pushed to the ground the foster mother of a woman whose fatal shooting by police is the subject of an ongoing inque...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 5, 2024
Former officer testifies at coronial inquest into death of Indigenous woman, denies policy breach and expresses resentment

Brent Wyndham, the constable who fatally shot Yamatji woman JC in 2019, began giving evidence at the coronial inquest into her death in Geraldton on Thursday.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 5, 2024
Protest calls for justice as JC inquest reveals breach of police use of force policy

Evidence at the inquest into JC's death continued on Wednesday, as family, friends, and supporters staged a protest march through Geraldton CBD, demanding justice for the 29-year-old Yamatji woman.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 4, 2024
Geraldton Inquest hears JC was "not an imminent threat" when fatally shot by police

Five years after the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Yamatji woman JC in Geraldton, an inquest into her death began on Monday. In 2019, First Class Constable Brent Wyndham shot and killed JC whil...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 2, 2024
Foster mum calls for answers and accountability on eve of inquest into the killing of JC

Please note: This story contains reference to someone who has died. Five years on from the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Yamatji woman JC in the streets of Geraldton an inquest into her death w...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 1, 2024
'Inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable': reports slam NSW child protection, argue system is failing children and their families

The Department of Communities and Justice, who oversee child protection in New South Wales, do not monitor the wellbeing of children in out of home care, according to two scathing reports by the offic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 6, 2024
Constable Brent Wyndham revealed as officer who killed Yamatji woman JC after suppression order lifted

The Western Australian police officer responsible for fatally shooting a Yamatji woman in regional WA has had his identity revealed, after a Supreme Court judge lifted a suppression order ahead of a c...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 31, 2024
Indigenous fire management started 11,000 years ago - study

Indigenous fire management in northern Australia was being practised at least 11,000 years ago, James Cook University researchers have found.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 12, 2024
Two Aboriginal children in the UK without passports reportedly back home

Two Aboriginal children who were stuck in the UK child protection system without passports or visas are believed to have been brought back to Australia.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 21, 2024
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