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Aboriginal Business Showcase celebrates Tasmania's thriving Indigenous enterprises
The Palawa Business Hub's 2026 Aboriginal Business Showcase brought together Ind...
Callan Morse 3 Nov 2026
Queensland's tough new bail laws won't make communities safer, advocates say
The Federal Government must respond to Queensland's new bail laws, the peak body...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Nov 2026
UN Human Rights office raises concerns over expanded immunity in Fiji's draft constitution proposal
Grave concerns have been raised over proposed constitutional immunity provisions...
Andrew Mathieson 26 Oct 2026
Queensland bill would let prison officers bypass human rights assessments
New laws introduced by the Queensland Government which would allow prison office...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Oct 2026
Aboriginal tenant Joanne Jacobs wins key legal battle over housing rights
In a landmark decision on Friday, the Supreme Court of Western Australia found f...
Giovanni Torre 9 Oct 2026
Environmentalists sue Trump administration to prevent deep-sea mining in American Samoan waters

Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administration over its plans to deep-sea mine in American Samoa territorial waters.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 6, 2026
Amone named for Tonga as big halves call looms

The rollercoaster career of playmaker Junior Amone has taken a positive turn after he was named in the Tonga squad for the Rugby League World Cup.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 6, 2026
Legal internship to help support justice access for First Nations communities

Law & Justice students from the University of NSW (UNSW) are set to undertake internships with the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) NSW/ACT as part of a new partnership aimed at providing practical...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 29, 2026
Shine Lawyers to meet with WA communities for First Nations Child Removal Class Action

Shine Lawyers will begin a program of free community information sessions across Western Australia from 28 September as part of its WA First Nations Child Removal Class Action.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 23, 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 raised with the government at the United Nations, the Prime Minister says, despite multiple UN reports highlighting conc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
Labor's random search powers for police pledge slammed as 'copycat social policy'

A Victorian Government election commitment to give police and protective services officers (PSOs) the power to randomly search people in public using metal detectors — without a warrant —...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Indigenous youth and families to feel brunt of NSW bail law extension

Aboriginal children and families will suffer from the New South Wales government's "punitive" bail law extension, advocates say, as Labor argues the controversial laws are curbing youth crime.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 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
Holmes good to go for Cook Islands in World Cup: Iro

Cook Islands skipper KL Iro has found an extra spring in his step with injured centre and former Kangaroos star Valentine Holmes making himself available for the Pacific nation in the upcoming World C...

Ex-Dockers fan sets sights on ending Flagmantle tilt

Having experienced first-hand the heartbreak Fremantle fans have endured over the years, star Geelong defender Lawson Humphries knows the desperation he'll be confronted with in Friday night's semi-fi...

Native title pioneer honoured for decades of championing the underprivileged

Note: this report includes the name and image of someone who has died. A key legal figure in landmark native title cases including Mabo has been recognised for nearly 50 years of advocacy on behalf of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 9, 2026
Aboriginal corporation, mining giant sign new agreement

Western Australia's Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) and mining company Rio Tinto have signed an Interim Modernised Agreement, strengthening their partnership and delivering long-term benefit...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 8, 2026
Ochre Workforce Solutions founder Joanne Pellew sentenced to more than three years imprisonment

Former WA director Joanne Pellew, the founder of labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions, has been sentenced to more than three years imprisonment for Corporations Act offences.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 7, 2026
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