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Mabo Centre drafts the rules for Australia’s critical minerals boom
Eight in 10 critical minerals projects in Australia will sit on land subject to...
Reece Harley 4 Nov 2026
Indigenous women playing key role in US midterm elections
This is the first time Gwen Leaffe Carr, who is a longtime Democratic political...
Pauly Denetclaw 2 Nov 2026
The Next Era: AEMEE unveils conference program bringing Indigenous leadership in resources to the forefront
The program for the 2026 AEMEE National Conference and Awards has officially bee...
Giovanni Torre 29 Oct 2026
AMY Nominees takes the wheel at Prominent Hill
Four months into the largest standalone contract BHP has awarded to a Traditiona...
Reece Harley 26 Oct 2026
First Nations creatives to feature at Geelong Design Week
Geelong Design Week will present its biggest program yet with more than 100 exhi...
Phoebe Blogg 29 Sep 2026
Chinese miner pays exorbitant price to take control of PNG mines

A Chinese state-backed company has spent more than $A1 billion to acquire the mines and port facilities on three of Papua New Guinea's islands.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 22, 2026
Bougainville President calls out 'terroristic acts of violence' at mine site

The Bougainville government has condemned an arson attack at a property of a foreign mining company, which the autonomous region's president appointed to reopen a dormant mine.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 17, 2026
Shuttered Bougainville copper mining camp attacked

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has condemned an attack on a mining camp at Panguna and ‌says his government will press ahead with plans to reopen the ‌long-shuttered copper mine desp...

Sámi's reindeer land rights at risk ahead of Swedish election

A junior partner in a Swedish coalition government is moving to cut the Indigenous Sámi peoples' rights to reindeer husbandry in favour of opening up their territory to greater mineral exploita...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 10, 2026
Organised Crime and Corruption inquiry finds Bougainville's president accepted gift before signing mine deal

A probe into Bougainville's President has found Ishmael Toroama accepted an offer from an Indian company to cover the cost of his wife's life-saving kidney surgery before signing a lucrative mining de...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 31, 2026
Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians mark five years at Waddananggu

Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians will mark five years of the Waddananggu cultural ceremony with a three-day gathering on their homelands within the Adani/Bravus Carmichael mining lease in Cen...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 26, 2026
'Meth is killing our people, even little children' - horrific case drives call for change

Note: This piece contains references to domestic and family violence and the abuse of children. Dorothy Papertalk lost her three grandchildren in 2022, at the hands of their mother, her daughter Marga...

Dr Hannah McGlade Dr Hannah McGlade Aug 26, 2026
Fears unregulated mining could imperil Pacific nations

Commercial deep-sea mining in the Pacific could begin in months without policy guardrails due to increasing rivalry between the US and China over critical minerals, a new report warns.

'Stand tall. Know your worth': grandmothers' strength carries Jasmine Kadic to Indigenous Businesswoman of the Year

"This award is for the women who have shaped the Indigenous business industry," Jasmine Kadic told the Supply Nation Supplier Diversity Awards gala in Boorloo on Wednesday night, moments after being n...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 14, 2026
Main Roads hits $1.1B Indigenous procurement target across WA's entire transport portfolio

Key points The $700 million target that made Main Roads nervous, and what the Director General said about shooting past it to $1.1B.  One hired truck, two guys and a shovel: how Benang won the contr...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 12, 2026
Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

"Just say yes."That was the callout to Australia's company leaders at the start of the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie on Monday.

'Bittersweet' medal for history-making Fijian boxer

Trailblazing boxer Jasmine Daunakamakama hopes her historic Commonwealth Games medal can open doors for more Fijian women to join the sport. The first female boxer to represent Fiji internationally, a...

Fijian to win historic medal in women's Games boxing

Veteran Sri Lankan Keshani Hansika must be sick of coming up against Cameron Todd-connected boxers at the Commonwealth Games. Todd cut a proud figure on Thursday morning (AEST) as Jasmine Daunakamakam...

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