This Month
High Court expands native title rights in historic ruling
The High Court unanimously ruled that the extinguishment of native title rights should attract compensation under “just terms” from the federal government.
February
Why we stand up for our native title rights against Fortescue
With fair compensation for the impact of mining on our country, our people will be in a strong position to achieve even greater economic and cultural results in the decades to come.
A $2.50 tin of soup costs $7 in remote areas. Labor wants to fix it
Taxpayers will help cover the cost of freight to grocery stores in Indigenous communities under Labor’s plan to bring down prices.
Albanese flies to NT to pledge $842m for Indigenous communities
The funds will be used to pay for policing, women’s safety, education and alcohol harm reduction in remote Aboriginal communities.
December 2024
The big sting: how a mythical bee halted a gold mine
When a NSW mining project was halted to protect hotly disputed Indigenous heritage it showed a lot has changed since Juukan Gorge, even if the laws haven’t.
November 2024
Lidia Thorpe taunts senators, stares down suspension
The suspended senator entered the press gallery on Thursday and called for a “free Palestine” as debate rumbled in the chamber below.
Rio Tinto faces $400m bill amid Pilbara native title water squeeze
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has asked officials to limit groundwater extraction, forcing big miners and gas developers to scramble for more supply.
Jamie Oliver’s editors should have seen this scandal coming
British publishers are scratching their heads as to how Penguin Random House UK could have left the celebrity chef’s kids’ book exposed to an A-grade furore.
October 2024
Optus ‘exploited’ vulnerable people, ACCC alleges
The telco group sold phone plans to people who could not use them at home because there was no Optus coverage where they lived, the competition watchdog claims.
EDO expert on Indigenous culture says he’s ‘just a white fella’
The Federal Court ultimately rejected the arguments made by the Environmental Defenders Office and allowed Santos to develop the $5.8 billion gas project.
White demographics did not drive the Voice vote
It wasn’t old, white voters who made the Voice referendum fail. The Yes campaign aimed at elites, and took the rest of Australia for granted.
Raw wounds and toxic politics: One year on from the Voice
After last year’s push to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution ended in defeat, the groups remain deeply divided.
AI greenhouses feed remote communities and educate children
Food Ladder installs AI greenhouses in remote communities to feed people and educate their children about the benefits of healthy fresh produce.
Gina Rinehart slashes plans for next big mine as ESG factors hit
The billionaire businesswoman has dramatically scaled back the proposed Mulga Downs iron ore project by 40 per cent to overcome environmental concerns.
Voice architect says Labor should have delayed referendum
Megan Davis, who helped draft the landmark 2017 Uluru Statement, says Indigenous Australians lost out to misinformation and lies.
Business elite reaps the rewards of stolen wages cases
There’s a certain irony, and sadness, that it takes a rapacious firm looking to “maximise returns” for its wealthy backers to get governments to empty their pockets.
August 2024
ILSC’s Ayers Rock Resort sale expands to the Daintree
The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation has launched a formal sale process for the operational assets of its subsidiary Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia.
Pain of ASX CHESS mess will be borne by investors
Readers’ letter on the ASX’s bungled settlement system changes; big tech paying for media; closing the gap; Paul Keating’s super tax criticism; and Senate committee talkfests.
Native title stoush stands in the way of BHP’s SA copper dream
SA Supreme Court will next week hear a battle for control of the native title group that holds the key to BHP’s dream of expanding its Australian copper mines.
Plibersek’s mine block alarms whole industry
Regis Resources is cancelling its proposed gold project in NSW after the federal environment minister vetoed its site for a tailings dam.