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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...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Jul 2026
Former Indigenous affairs minister urges national action on systemic racism
Australia's first Indigenous lower house MP says racism directed at Aboriginal a...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Jul 2026
Children's Commissioner's resignation lays bare NT government's 'lack of care and accountability'
The resignation of the Northern Territory's Children's Commissioner is evidence...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Jul 2026
GBK Land Council secures First Nations skills funding for Torres and Endeavour straits
Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander a...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jul 2026
Rottnest Island Deaths Group seeks heritage protection for Wadjemup / Rottnest under federal law
The Rottnest Island Deaths Group Aboriginal Corporation is seeking heritage prot...
Giovanni Torre 3 Jul 2026
'Expose him': Hammer issues challenge to NSW rival

Queensland flyer Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has a high opinion of Stephen Crichton but plans to leave his opposing centre in his wake in the State of Origin decider.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Jul 3, 2026
Yanyuwa artist paints Coober Pedy Country for annual art awards

Yanyuwa artist George Cooley has painted the desert landscape around Coober Pedy in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 2, 2026
British Museum maps become paper dillybags / danala for NATSIAA finalist

Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman and KarraJarri artist Jenna Mayilema Lee has turned maps from the British Museum into paper danala for the Telstra Work on Paper Award at the 2026 Telstra National A...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
NATSIAA finalist brings together dreamscape, history and resistance

Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley has brought oil painting, politics and the Western canon together in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal an...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
Glass vessels hold family, culture and Country for NATSIAA finalist

Lower Southern Arrernte artist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello OAM has used glass to hold family, culture and Country in her finalist work for the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award at the 2026 Telstra Nat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 30, 2026
NATSIAA returns with major showcase of First Nations art

The 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will open in Darwin this weekend, with three First Nations artists, curators and cultural leaders named to judge th...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 26, 2026
Reconciliation Action Plans linked to lower rates of workplace racism

A parliamentary inquiry examining racism aimed at Indigenous Australians will hear evidence arguing Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) are helping reduce workplace racism and improve cultural safety f...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 25, 2026
Mount Isa Indigenous housing faces auction over unpaid debts as locals face homelessness

After Mount Isa's only Indigenous social housing provider accumulated almost $1 million in unpaid rates, resulting in 25 properties being placed up for auction, the federal government is facing scruti...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 25, 2026
Racism inquiry to hear evidence from departments of widespread harm across health, online spaces and public life

Government departments, including Social Services and Aged Care, will appear before a Senate inquiry into racism directed at First Nations people on Friday in Canberra, as evidence continues to mount...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 24, 2026
Youths reach breaking point before seeking counselling

Growing numbers of young people are reaching breaking point before seeking counselling, often due to the perceived stigma around asking for help.

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Lloyd Jones (AAP) Jun 23, 2026
'I give him 10': Hammer reveals wingman's secret sauce

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow is not easy to impress when it comes to scoring tries, but even he was blown away by what his left winger Selwyn Cobbo did for Queensland at the MCG.

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Joel Gould Jun 19, 2026
Five years on from 'life changing' legal recognition of Torres Strait child-rearing practice

It will soon be five years since 'life-changing' legislation allowed for legal recognition of culturally significant child rearing practice for Torres Strait Islander families.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 15, 2026
'To sit with the Prime Minister': George Nona pushes for Torres Strait voice in Parliament

Key points: Australia's only 100 per cent Indigenous biosecurity workforce guards a border just 3.5km from Papua New Guinea. Regional Authority chair says 123 home loans since 1994 is nowhere near e...

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Reece Harley Jun 10, 2026
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