Traditional Owner
The Kimberley Land Council and Traditional Owner Water Working Group say they are "underwhelmed" by the WA government's draft plan for managing the Fitzroy River catchment and the Derby Peninsula, whi...
In Fiji, the Mataqali Nadala of the Yavusa Nubu has regained Native Grant No. 2 after more than 120 years under government ownership, marking the end of a 42-year effort to have the land returned.
Rio Tinto has announced a record spend with Indigenous businesses in 2025. The company spent a record $A968 million last year with Indigenous-owned businesses in Western Australia, a 25 per cent bump...
A new research partnership will protect Deen Maar (AKA Lady Julia Percy Island), a sacred island and important wildlife site off the coast of Port Fairy.
Trust between Joombarn-Buru Traditional Owners and the China-backed mining company Kimberley Mineral Sands has broken down over the issue of awarding local contracts, despite the injection of $160 mil...
Two more Traditional Owner groups in Victoria have formally begun preparing for their own treaty negotiations, entering onto the Treaty Authority's Negotiations Register as the state's treaty process...
The Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owner Taskforce - ReefTO - is starting 2026 with a significant milestone, welcoming three young Reef Traditional Owners to its inaugural Reef Youth Circle.
Senator Lidia Thorpe has condemned the federal government's proposed $3 billion sell-off of Defence land, warning that any divestment of public land without the free, prior and informed consent of Tra...
A new deal has ensured extensive rehabilitation at the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory will continue, with the aim that the site be returned to Mirrar Traditional Owners in a condition s...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
After returning more than 25,000 square kilometres of land to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2025, the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation continues to champion First Nations' rights...
The Dreaming story central to a dispute over a $1billion NSW goldmine was not adequately analysed by the federal government, the mining company has claimed during a federal court hearing.
On Saturday, in Victoria's Wimmera, Dalki Murrup Ceremonial Performance Group danced with a connection to land, culture and language in a way which wasn't always possible.
