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Electric Fields headlines Deadly lineup to close new Boon-wurrung Country festival Kindred People
ARIA and National Indigenous Music Awards winners Electric Fields headline a bum...
Jarred Cross 30 Jul 2026
Rising Indigenous employment figures welcome, but don’t capture full picture - advocates warn
A headline increase in employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop...
Giovanni Torre 30 Jul 2026
Labor urged to adopt stronger workplace anti-racism laws at national conference
The Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) is urging Labor to use this wee...
Dechlan Brennan 23 Jul 2026
Fijian high chief calls for significant reduction in military power, restoration of Indigenous rights
Submissions to Fiji's new Constitutional Review Commission to review the nationa...
Andrew Mathieson 22 Jul 2026
Indigenous stories, connection emerge from Indigenous weaving project
A new study has found an Indigenous community-led project has strengthened inter...
Callan Morse 22 Jul 2026
Voice referendum a 'turning point' where racism towards First Peoples became 'publicly acceptable'

The failed Voice referendum was a "turning point" where racism towards First Peoples became "publicly acceptable", the chair of a Senate inquiry into racism against Aboriginal people has said.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 20, 2026
A learning journey: Connecting the Goldfields and Canada

The Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber recently coordinated a remarkable six-day visit for a delegation participating in the British Columbia/Yukon Young Indigenous Leaders Exchange Pilot Program...

First Nations children facing rising tide of coordinated online racism

First Nations children are paying the price for online racism in "increasingly organised, coordinated and deliberate attacks", the peak body for Indigenous children and families says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 20, 2026
'Complete no-show': NT government's absence from racism inquiry condemned

Racism across the country, particularly in the Northern Territory, "seems to be getting worse and worse every day," Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as the Territory government has been slammed for failing...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2026
'Jailing machine, gulags': Indigenous people incarcerated at world-leading rates

A senior barrister has unleashed at a racism probe, saying young Indigenous people are denied due process and incarcerated at world-leading rates.

Racism inquiry hears young Indigenous people denied due process, incarcerated at world-leading rates

A senior barrister has unleashed at a racism probe, saying young Indigenous people are denied due process and incarcerated at world-leading rates.

Lidia Thorpe questions Ken Wyatt’s support of private Indigenous business register

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has questioned former Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt on his backing of a privately controlled Indigenous business certification service, asking why the...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 14, 2026
'We should be dead': witness tells racism inquiry

Police initially brushed off concerns after a homemade bomb was thrown into an Invasion Day rally crowd, an Indigenous academic says. Thousands of people were evacuated from Forrest Place in Perth's c...

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'The blackfella nightmare': Indigenous media staff reveal daily battle against online racism and abuse

Australia's leading Aboriginal-owned national news organisation receives "racist, abusive and threatening comments" daily, staff have told a parliamentary inquiry into racism towards First Peoples.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2026
NAIDOC Week prompts warning on cultural load in workplaces

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are often being asked to carry extra unpaid cultural work in their workplaces as NAIDOC Week run it's course, with advocates warning the burden can have...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 13, 2026
Former Indigenous affairs minister urges national action on systemic racism

Australia's first Indigenous lower house MP says racism directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is systemic and structural, warning it has become more visible since the 2023 Voice re...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2026
First Nations Leadership Council sounds alarm over fast-tracked fossil fuel expansion without consent

Canada's First Nations Leadership Council says it is "deeply troubled" by the efforts of the Canadian and British Columbian governments to fast-track new fossil fuel infrastructure and energy export p...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 10, 2026
Kimberley Aboriginal women are set to take their case to the United Nations in Geneva

A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is travelling to Geneva on Wednesday, determined to champion the rights of Indigenous women and girls on the world stage.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 8, 2026
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