This Month
Indigenous leader says activists hijacked North West Shelf rock art
The chairman of a major Aboriginal corporation has lashed environmentalists for undermining a bid to recognise ancient rock art in WA’s North West.
Woodside seeks more time on North West Shelf response
A deadline for the gas giant to respond to the government’s conditional approval of the mammoth North West Shelf gas facility is about to run out.
May
NW Shelf extension confirms Labor’s gas conversion
The Albanese government’s decision to extend the life of Woodside’s massive North West Shelf project signals Labor’s embrace of gas as key to the energy transition.
Report findings pave the way for North West Shelf go ahead
A scientific report at the centre of the government’s move to delay a decision on the future of Woodside’s project has allayed environmental and cultural concerns.
March
Palmer’s $400b in lawsuits is just one of the risks that were hidden
The statement of dangers details tens of billions of dollars in exposure taxpayers may have to pay, including to Clive Palmer if he wins his cases.
A Canadian estate sale bargain is about to deliver a 200 times return
A wood carving snapped up at an estate clearance for the price of lunch turns out to be something quite rare and valuable.
February
Barry Humphries’ estate tops $9m as NY Indigenous sale returns
The first works to feature in big local auctions are emerging on the back of a blockbuster sale of Barry Humphries’ personal collection in London.
Inside Ann Sherry’s home and art collection
For the first in a series on Australia’s top art collectors, the NAB director walks us through the inner Brisbane home she shares with Michael Hogan.
January
Extend, don’t change the date of Australia Day
There is a way to recognise our Indigenous heritage, British foundations and immigrant history by marking them over two days – the 25th and 26th of January.
November 2024
EDO to hand more than $9m to Santos after failed Barossa suit
But the oil and gas giant has been unsuccessful in forcing the taxpayer-funded, climate-focused legal service from disclosing publicly who bankrolled its suit.
October 2024
In New York, a ravishing show of Aboriginal art
The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates one of several exhibitions.
Why the Voice went unheard at the referendum
The proposed constitutional change was based on an ideology of Indigenous separatism. It is not the way to get the progress that First Nations people so clearly need.
September 2024
Peru’s Fujimori, divisive head of a political dynasty, dies age 86
During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned.
August 2024
The surprising home of Indigenous art in Europe
Indigenous art curator Tina Baum is riding a wave of popularity and curiosity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
Photos go stratospheric with prices 100 times expectations
Photographs of space travel and heavy industry burst free of their lacklustre expectations in an extraordinary auction this week.
Aussie innovators pushed to focus on five ‘missions’
New priorities, outlined by Science Minister Ed Husic, include the net zero transition, supporting healthy communities and “elevating” Indigenous knowledge systems.
Art Gallery of NSW welcomes ‘exceptional’ Indigenous art bequest
Former New Zealand media baron Michael Horton has fulfilled the wish that he and his late wife Dame Rosie Horton committed themselves to before her death last year.
Caviar and crocodiles. What’s not to like?
Seabourn’s maiden voyage between Broome and Darwin represents a step change in the way Indigenous people take part in the burgeoning business of Kimberley cruising.
AFL stars detail Hawthorn’s alleged racism in court papers
Cyril Rioli, who played in four premierships at the Hawks under former coach Alastair Clarkson, is the lead applicant in a statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court.