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Wadi Wadi Traditional Owner launches legal action to protect significant sites on the Murray River
A Wadi Wadi Traditional Owner launched legal action on Thursday challenging the...
Giovanni Torre 25 Jun 2026
Big Rivers Football League season set to begin
The 2026 Big Rivers Football League season is set to begin at the weekend, with...
Jackson Clark 13 May 2026
Healing beyond the clinic: New Big Rivers project to support children and young people
A new pilot program across the Northern Territory's Big Rivers region is aiming...
Nicole Brown 7 May 2026
Breaking barriers and building leaders in the Big Rivers region
Jeremy Johnson, 19, is reshaping what leadership looks like for young people acr...
Nicole Brown 9 Apr 2026
Murray-Darling Cultural Flows funding 'once-in-a-decade opportunity' for First Nations water justice
Aboriginal Organisations in the Murray-Darling Basin have welcomed federal fundi...
Jarred Cross 20 Mar 2026
Consultation with Alliance on Aboriginal Heritage Act progresses, TAC remain ‘completely shut out’

Consultation on reforming Tasmania's Aboriginal Heritage Act has improved, according to the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA).

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 18, 2026
Bundjalung creation story comes to life in Tweed museum exhibition

A new summer exhibition exploring the creation story of the Bundjalung Nation is set to open at Tweed Regional Museum this week. Titled 'The Wiiyaan,' the exhibition, opening Friday, presents the Bund...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 6, 2026
Big Rivers region fights back against tech-based abuse of First Nations women

Three Northern Territory-based Aboriginal organisations have partnered to prevent tech-based abuse of First Nations women. Delivered by Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation in partnershi...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 5, 2025
Year of the Yowies: Koori Knockout champs win four grand finals in one day, honouring late, much-loved club matriarch

Newcastle Yowies are 2025 Koori Knockout champions after a historic final day of the 54-year-old tournament on Gomeroi Country. The club won four grand finals on Monday - clinching the men's title in...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 6, 2025
‘Another example of water dispossession since colonisation’: First Nations celebrate court win on NSW plan

"This was a good day, as First Nations have been respected by the court system," says Grant Rigney, deputy chair of the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN).

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Sep 1, 2025
Traditional Owners welcome federal court call on fractured rock water plan

Traditional Owners have welcomed the Federal Court decision ruling on Friday that the NSW Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan is invalid because Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek didn't read it be...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 29, 2025
First Nations challenge sees Federal Court overturn NSW water plan

The Federal Court has struck down the NSW Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan, part of the Murray–Darling Basin system, after a First Nations challenge.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Aug 29, 2025
Bush’s best-and-fairest win sparks talk of AFLW return

Talented Territorian Ashanti Bush has underlined her class by claiming the Big Rivers Football League women's best-and-fairest award at the weekend's presentation ceremony.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Aug 27, 2025
Partnership supports young Indigenous drivers get on-road

A new partnership between NRL Cowboys House and Personalised Plates Queensland is helping young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from remote communities get their driver's licences.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 22, 2025
New program to support healing and recovery from family, domestic and sexual violence in the Big Rivers region

Katherine West Health Board, in partnership with Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service, Sunrise Health Service and NT Health, will soon accept referrals to their pilot program to support women and children...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 30, 2025
One year on, mystery over missing Zane Stevens remains amid spate of disappearances in Kimberley

The disappearance of Zane Stevens almost 12 months ago to the day, and five other Indigenous men in recent years from northern Western Australia, have shaken their families and communities, sparking c...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Apr 30, 2025
How NZ pioneer became Supercars' first Pasifika driver

Supercars driver Jaxon Evans has two flags on his racing helmet. The first, on a blue strip on the back of his fern-covered, white helmet, is the New Zealand flag.

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Joanna Guelas Apr 4, 2025
Department can't confirm Minister read controversial water plan before accrediting it, court hears

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek may not have read the NSW Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan before accrediting it, the federal court has heard.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2025
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