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Environment and Water Bill signals 'dangerous step backwards' for NT, Northern Land Council warns
The Northern Land Council has joined the call for the Northern Territory Governm...
Generous Mob leading the way
A full room at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory has helped r...
Nicole Brown 9 Nov 2026
NT could become target for water-hungry industries under proposed laws
The Central Land Council has warned the NT could become a target for water-inten...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Nov 2026
Saltwater Eco Tours: for the love of Country
Born in Kabi Kabi Country on the Sunshine Coast and raised on a timber missionar...
Brendan Foster 5 Nov 2026
More water flowing to Aboriginal organisations one year into historic NSW strategy
One year after launching the state's first Aboriginal Water Strategy, the NSW Go...
Giovanni Torre 29 Oct 2026
$12 million water upgrade completed in remote East Arnhem community

A $12 million upgrade to Yirrkala's water supply has been completed, with a second phase worth $17.2 million expected to begin in mid-2027. Phase 1 of the Gove Peninsula Water Supply Upgrade is a proj...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 29, 2026
Canadian Indigenous leaders take stand for First Nations’ access to clean and safe drinking water

Indigenous leaders have urged the Canadian government to take a much stronger stand to protect First Nations' access to clean and safe drinking water.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 16, 2026
Murujuga artefacts reveal a cultural landscape beneath the sea

Stone artefacts found beneath the sea at Murujuga in north-western Australia have revealed how First Nations peoples lived and moved resources across a landscape submerged at least 9,000 years ago.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 14, 2026
Ranchers block Brazilian officials from marking out Paquiçamba Indigenous Land

Since Sept. 23, a group of rural producers has maintained a blockade on the road to the Paquiçamba Indigenous Land in the Volta Grande do Xingu region of Brazil's Pará state.

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Aimee Gabay Oct 13, 2026
Police renew appeal for missing Indigenous boy

NSW Police have renewed an appeal to locate an Indigenous teenage boy missing from Sydney's east who may have been in Waterloo and Redfern in the past week.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 13, 2026
Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break 'catastrophic fire loop'

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop", plaguing Australia's southeast forests, a new study has found.

Doomadgee water project reaches major construction milestone

Construction has started on a new water treatment plant in Doomadgee as part of a project aimed at securing safe and reliable drinking water for the community.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 2, 2026
Upton re-writes history with third Dally M, Trindall finishes second in men's count

Tamika Upton's legacy has grown as she outdid her own unprecedented record of two Dally M medals with a third as the NRLW's best player. The Barada fullback went back-to-back at Wednesday night's cere...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 1, 2026
Doesn't happen in cities: Remote communities facing water and essential services issues

The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments to urgently address what it says are persistent failures in essential services affecting remote communities...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
'Better outcomes for waterways and Country': DJAARA releases first Environmental Water Plan

The collaborative use of traditional knowledge and western science promises stronger outcomes for Country and its waterways, a major Victorian Aboriginal representative body says as it unveils it's ne...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 17, 2026
Thousands at risk: New report calls out gap in safe drinking water standards in remote First Nations communities

A new report from the Water Services Association of Australia has found that more than 6,500 First Nations people living in remote communities were supplied with water that did not meet the Australian...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 16, 2026
Mangrove boardwalk’s safety upgrades honour Aboriginal cultural heritage

A project set to rejuvenate Newcastle's Carrington mangrove boardwalk is set to highlight the Aboriginal cultural heritage and ecological value of the area while delivering safer, more inclusive acces...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 8, 2026
Traditional knowledge helps reveal reef and mangrove connection

A decade-long partnership between Bardi Jawi rangers and Australian marine scientists has confirmed the important connection between mangrove and reef ecosystems in Western Australia's Kimberley regio...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Sep 7, 2026
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