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Former senator and “transparency warrior” Rex Patrick.

Cloaking government briefing documents in secrecy creates suspicions

NSW government briefing documents are being blocked from release, but the Federal government has no compunction about releasing similar sorts of discussion papers.

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An exploratory gas well on Tanumbirini Station in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory.

Eddie Mabo’s lawyer says NT fracking plans could go against native title

Proposed territory laws that would allow gas companies to use or sell fracked gas found during exploration would allow “production by stealth”, environment groups say.

  • Miki Perkins
Traditional Meriam dancing during celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the High Court native title decision.

Thirty years after Mabo ruling, Mer islanders celebrate native title milestone

The Mabo decision dispelled the myth of terra nullius, but many Mer islanders feel the issues arising from the historic High Court ruling remain unresolved.

  • Justin McManus
The Mabo case legal team: solicitor Greg McIntyre, barrister Ron Castan, Eddie Koiki Mabo and barrister Bryan Keon-Cohen at the High Court of Australia 1991. Still from the film Mabo - Life of an Island Man.

From the Archives, 1992: Court upholds right to native title

A full High Court judgment in a legal battle by the people of tiny Murray Island in the Torres Strait was hailed as being of sweeping significance.

  • Verge Blunden
Gail and William Mabo: “[Mum’s] no longer on that pedestal; I see the whole picture and I love the good and the bad.”

‘I think my son’s deadly’: How Gail Mabo and son William healed their relationship

Artist Gail Mabo and her son, dancer William Mabo, share a famous family legacy, but it was their both having triplets that really brought them close.

  • Susan Horsburgh
“When you look at Patrick, I can only say that he glides,” says his great-uncle Alo Taplin, a Torres Strait Islander elder.

‘This is all our culture’: How Patty Mills is helping to bridge our racial divide

The NBA star led the Boomers to their historic medal in Tokyo and just signed a $17-million deal. But Eddie Mabo’s great-nephew is also fighting racial injustice.

  • Konrad Marshall
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“When you look at Patrick, I can only say that he glides,” says his great-uncle Alo Taplin, a Torres Strait Islander elder.

How Patty Mills went from hoop dreamer to national icon

From his upbringing in Canberra to his career with the NBA, the Australian basketball star is the topic of conversation in the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks.

Betty Mabo, the daughter of Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo, on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait on Mabo Day.

‘More work to be done’: Betty Mabo says Indigenous Voice to Parliament is next step

Eddie Mabo’s daughter says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have come a long way, but there is still much more to achieve.

  • Anthony Galloway
Director-general of the National Archives, David Fricker stands among the archives boxes at its Canberra repository in 2012.

‘The memory of the nation is at risk’ with National Archives desperate for funds

Years of funding and staff cuts have caught up with the National Archives and it is struggling to prevent the disintegration of unique pieces of Australian history.

  • Katina Curtis and Shane Wright
Eddie Mabo, whose historic High Court win on June 3, 1992, removed the legal fiction of terra nullius. Could that date become a national day to unite all Australians?

A date for our shared destiny: let’s move Australia Day to mark the triumph of Mabo

The former Australian prime minister has changed his mind about January 26. He writes why it cannot stand as our national day.

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