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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 mi...
Andrew Mathieson 22 Sep 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 for...
Andrew Mathieson 17 Sep 2026
Shuttered Bougainville copper mining camp attacked
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has condemned an attack on a mining camp...
Sámi's reindeer land rights at risk ahead of Swedish election
A junior partner in a Swedish coalition government is moving to cut the Indigeno...
Andrew Mathieson 10 Sep 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...

Traditional Owner business wins BHP's largest standalone contract in South Australia

The Traditional Owners of the land on which BHP's Prominent Hill copper mine operates have secured a $60 million contract to deliver core mining services at the site, the largest standalone contract B...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 29, 2026
Fijian mine workers receive compensation after 33-year dispute

Former Vatukoula gold mine workers and their families have received compensation more than three decades after a strike over poor pay and working conditions began Fiji's longest-running industrial dis...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Towards a First Nations critical minerals strategy: A moment in time

Australia stands at one of the most significant economic crossroads in its modern history. The global race for critical minerals is reshaping international trade, defence alliances and manufacturing s...

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Jyi Lawton Jul 7, 2026
Mount Isa Mines backs 2026 Indigenous Rodeo Championships

One of the Mount Isa Mines Rodeo's most powerful legacies is set to continue in 2026, with Mount Isa Mines once again backing the Indigenous Rodeo Championships, a multi-award-winning event that celeb...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jun 29, 2026
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