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Finnis River closure line: Northern Land Council warns illegal fishers will face consequences
The Northern Land Council says it has continued to receive multiple reports of u...
Giovanni Torre 19 Jun 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 ke...
Giovanni Torre 18 Jun 2026
Trump restores commercial fishing - sparking fears for Pacific's protected areas
Donald Trump has returned mass commercial fishing in the Pacific; rolling back p...
Andrew Mathieson 18 Jun 2026
Indigenous Desert Alliance welcomes WA government funding for globally significant fire program
Key points: Indigenous Desert Alliance welcomes the WA government's $5. 3million...
Giovanni Torre 11 Jun 2026
Voices of the Reef Ambassador Program to amplify the stories, perspectives and knowledge of Traditional Owners
ReefTO, in partnership with Mob Made Media & Communications Agency, has launched...
Giovanni Torre 11 Jun 2026
Cultural heritage key as vast Pilungah Reserve permanently protected from mining, logging and grazing

A significant stretch of Country in north-western Queensland - about twice the size of Magandjin / Brisbane - has been granted the highest level of legal protection for private land in Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2026
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering explores vital lessons from First Nations knowledge

With an uncertain climate future ahead, the resilience and millennia of knowledge of First Peoples is being prioritised and canvassed as potentially holding some answers as environmental disaster thre...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 27, 2026
Indigenous-led cultural burning program expands across NSW and ACT

An Indigenous-led cultural burning research program will be expanded across parts of New South Wales and the ACT. First Nations communities, the Australian National University and the NSW Government's...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 27, 2026
'Fundamental to our history, culture, and future' - Indian Peaks Band files to protect Tribal water rights in Utah

The Indian Peaks Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, filed a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay with the US Department of the Interior on Wedne...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
Fructus Nullius: The freehold proxy and the invisible economy of Country

Seventy-three to one. Last month's Federal Court judgment on the McArthur River mine awarded the Gudanji, Yanyuwa and Yanyuwa-Marra peoples $54 million for cultural loss and $743,408 for economic loss...

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Kado Muir Mar 30, 2026
Doctors urged to partner with Indigenous communities in push for climate action

Torres Strait Islander public health academic Francis Nona has called on the medical profession to address the rising health inequity of Indigenous peoples due to climate change.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 24, 2026
First Nations voices lead climate conversation in new documentary series

A new six-part documentary series placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and leadership at the centre of climate change conversations is available to watch nationwide this month.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 5, 2026
Round nine of WA's Aboriginal Ranger Program offers $62.5 million in support

Round 9 of Western Australia's Aboriginal Ranger Program is now open, with $62.5 million in funding available to support new and established Aboriginal ranger groups across regional WA.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Full programs revealed for Savanna Fire and National Indigenous Carbon forums in Darwin

The full program of the 8th Savanna Fire Forum and the 2nd National Indigenous Carbon Forum has been released. There are still more than 100 tickets available for the major events.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 11, 2026
First Nations organisations encouraged to pursue climate solutions grants

First Nations-led and First Nations-directed organisations in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to $20,000 through FRRR's Community...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
High Court to hear first Aboriginal groundwater rights case

A landmark water rights case is before the High Court of Australia. Six native title holders from the Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation, supported by the Central Land Council, will attend Tuesday's h...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
Torres Strait leaders call for Sea Country rights to be recognised in law

Traditional Owners and members of Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation gathered on Waiben (Thursday Island) on 15 and 16 January 20...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 19, 2026
Indigenous climate knowledge sidelined despite frontline impacts, new research finds

Indigenous environmental knowledge continues to be sidelined in mainstream climate science around the world despite First Nations communities being among the first to experience the impacts of climate...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 23, 2025
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