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WA Premier won't commit to visiting town at the heart of child protection crisis
WA Premier Roger Cook will not commit to going to Port Hedland himself to take c...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
Inquiry urged into Commonwealth role in child removals
There must be an examination into what the Commonwealth is doing around First Na...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Oct 2026
Aboriginal leaders urge child protection reform, creation of dedicated commissioner and families peak body for WA
Aboriginal leaders from across Western Australia have joined with National Commi...
Giovanni Torre 25 Sep 2026
Child protection crisis roundtable convened
Ministers and Indigenous leaders will attend a roundtable on child safety in Wes...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Sep 2026
Child placement principle not the reason behind nationwide child protection failures

It is a "simplistic" and "racist" narrative that child protection failures nationwide are a failure of the child placement principle, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she backed calls for an urgent round...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 2026
Indigenous squads announced for MCG training camp

Cricket Australia has announced its Under 23 Men's and Women's National Indigenous Development Squads ahead of November's training camp at the MCG.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 17, 2026
Noongar body latest to lodge complaint over Hanson's 'degrading' comments

Western Australia's South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission concerning public comments made by Senator Pauline Hanson about...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 16, 2026
Call for urgent WA roundtable on Aboriginal child and family safety in wake of South Hedland case

Western Australian Aboriginal leaders have called for an urgent roundtable in the wake of allegations children were left alone in poor conditions in a house in South Hedland, in the state's Pilbara re...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre 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
'Appalling territory' - Jacinta Nampijinpa Price slams 'wilful ignorance' of Hanson’s race comments

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has slammed Pauline Hanson's "wilful ignorance" after the One Nation leader described Aboriginal people as "the most primitive race on Earth".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 14, 2026
Yiwarr McGrath makes history with Labor win in Mulka

Labor has secured the seat of Mulka in a by-election over the weekend, with Yolŋu man and registered nurse Yiwarr McGrath becoming the sixth Labor MP in the Territory Parliament.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
'Overwhelmed with pride' - Deborah Mailman on making Hall of Fame history

Deborah Mailman made history on Sunday as the first Indigenous person to be inducted into the Logie Awards Hall of Fame. Ms Mailman, a Bidjara and Maori actor and writer, said in her acceptance speech...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 18, 2026
'Roebourne is not a fit prison for Aboriginal women' expert warns after inspector's report raises concerns

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has raised concerns about the disadvantages faced by women, as well as ageing infrastructure and population growth, in Roebourne Regional Prison.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 12, 2026
Global partnership to establish independent national database and DNA program for disappeared First Nations people

Forensic Human Identification Co. and Locate International have announced a strategic international partnership to support the establishment of a community-led approach to locating, identifying and re...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 5, 2026
Yuluwirri McGrady launches majority Indigenous-owned maintenance business Mader First

Yuluwirri McGrady has launched Mader First, a new majority Indigenous-owned business delivering fixed plant and rail maintenance services nationwide, with a target of up to 10 per cent Indigenous work...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 4, 2026
More than a headline: Cornwallis is reclaiming the story of young Aboriginal men

When Cornwallis screened as part of the First Nations Shorts program at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, it marked another milestone for a film that refuses to tell an easy story.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 30, 2026
National Roundtable renews call for urgent action on murdered and disappeared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children

A national roundtable of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women leaders, people with lived experience, government representatives, Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, advocates and pra...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 27, 2026
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