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New book explores Pacific wellbeing across Australia and Aotearoa
A new book exploring Pacific wellbeing across Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Austral...
Joseph Guenzler 16 Oct 2026
Aboriginal legal service questions $30 million spend on prison staff overtime
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says it is not surprised by figures relea...
Callan Morse 6 Oct 2026
Aboriginal service welcomes Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Commission’s latest report
Specialist Aboriginal family violence prevention and legal service SiS Tasmania...
Callan Morse 15 Sep 2026
First Nations authors shine at WA Premier's Book Awards
CryBaby by first-time author Mabel Gibson has been named Book of the Year at the...
Giovanni Torre 14 Sep 2026
Aboriginal corporation calls for pause in Tasmanian sand mine proposal
Regional Aboriginal communities in Tasmania are calling on the Dorset Council to...
Callan Morse 10 Sep 2026
First NSW Aboriginal Business Strategy aims to drive growth and innovation

The New South Wales Government has launched its first NSW Aboriginal Business Strategy, a five-year plan with the aim of facilitating Aboriginal businesses and government working in partnership to dri...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 10, 2026
University’s Indigenous graduation stoles honour culture and connection

The University of Tasmania has unveiled its new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduation stole, which celebrates the academic excellence, cultural identity, and pride of Indigenous graduates a...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 9, 2026
Exhibition shares Indigenous stories carried in shells

A cultural project which celebrates, preserves and shares the living tradition of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell stringing has opened at The Forest, the University of Tasmania's CBD campus in Hobart.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 8, 2026
Indigenous-led conservation helps protect endangered Indonesian cockatoo

New research has shown an Indigenous community in Indonesia is protecting one of the world's rarest cockatoos without abandoning a centuries-old sacred tradition.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 4, 2026
‘Government must act’: Closing the Gap data concerns Aboriginal legal service

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has raised concerns about the Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap data. Released on Wednesday evening, the Commission's 2026 Closing the Gap report...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 3, 2026
Tasmanian council votes in favour of Aboriginal land handback

A Tasmanian council has voted in favour of handing back a parcel of public land to Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Passed by Hobart City Council this week, the in-principle support backs the return of ne...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 30, 2026
Tasmanian Council to consider ‘historic’ land handback

The Hobart City Council is set to consider handing public land back to Tasmania's Aboriginal people. At its upcoming meeting on Monday evening, Council will consider in-principle approval for the hand...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 23, 2026
Qantas Group honours eight at NAIDOC Awards marking 50 Years of Deadly

Qantas Group has honoured eight employees and allies at its 2026 NAIDOC Awards, recognising leadership, allyship, partnerships and community connection across Qantas and Jetstar during a NAIDOC Week t...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 15, 2026
First Nations storytellers recognised in WA's most prestigious literary awards

The 2026 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards shortlist was announced this week, recognising more than thirty authors and offering a snapshot of the voices shaping literature from Western Australi...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 10, 2026
‘What deadly looks like’ - Circular Head community celebrates NAIDOC Week at Trawmanna

Fifty Years of Deadly was celebrated by the Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation at the organisation's annual NAIDOC Community Day in Tasmania's North-West on Wednesday.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 9, 2026
Indigenous forest defender had cultural obligation to save 'slaughtered kin'

An Aboriginal activist accused of trespassing during an anti-logging protest says she had a reasonable reason to be there and it is her cultural obligation to protect "slaughtered kin".

NAIDOC Week 2026: A guide to events across Tasmania

NAIDOC Week events are set to be held across Tasmania next week, with celebrations of Aboriginal culture set to be held in the state's North-West, North and South.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 3, 2026
‘Let’s get ‘em’ - Aboriginal activist takes on forestry staff during trespass case

Aboriginal activist Ruth Langford appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court this week over allegations she trespassed and refused police orders in a Tasmanian logging coupe last year.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 3, 2026
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