This Month
ANZ’s Nuno Matos smokes on the First Nations pipe
The bank’s new Indigenous strategy comes after years of charging unknown fees against customers in remote areas.
May
How Ilana Atlas convinces business leaders to go bush for six weeks
The chair of Jawun, winner in the Not-for-Profit category, says “everyone wins” from the charity’s program seconding corporates employees to Indigenous communities.
How a Sydney billionaire became the pokies king of Alice Springs
Sam Arnaout has built a $3.1 billion pub and pokie fortune by flying below the radar. For some, however, it is coming at a high cost.
April
Welcome to Country: In defence of culture wars
Culture wars break out amid debates such as the frequency of welcome to country ceremonies because elites fail to listen to ordinary people’s legitimate social concerns.
Has welcome to country worn out its welcome?
Acknowledgement of Indigenous Australians is the latest target of Peter Dutton’s war on woke, but the prime minister’s response was perhaps more telling.
A few neo-Nazis tried to disrupt Anzac Day. The MCG crowd answered
Indigenous elder Colin Hunter got a rousing welcome at the AFL’s traditional Anzac Day game, hours after right-wing activists tried to disrupt Melbourne’s dawn service.
Wall St’s false signal; Anzac booing outrage; Musk’s reign unravels
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
March
Multimillion-dollar Juukan Gorge remedy payments to remain secret
The charity regulator has granted the Indigenous foundation, set up after the destruction of the 46,000-year-old site, permission to redact its revenues.
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.