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Traditional owners of the Millewa-Mallee area, Latji Latji man Shane Jones Snr (left), Nyeri Nyeri elder Wendy Brabham, and Ngintait man Timothy Johnson.

Historic native title ruling for Victorian traditional owners

In a Victorian first, exclusive native title rights have been granted to traditional owners in the Mallee, giving them exclusive possession of sections of land.

  • Angus Delaney

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The vandalism was discovered on May 12, 2025.

Two men arrested, one charged over graffiti at sacred Indigenous site

A rock face beneath a waterfall in Victoria’s King Valley, which is also a sacred Indigenous site, was spray-painted in May.

  • Alexander Darling
ave our Songlines convenor Raelene Cooper at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee 47th session in Paris.

Murujuga traditional owner accuses UNESCO of silencing, intimidating group in Paris

Raelene Cooper wrote to the World Heritage Centre on Sunday to complain about the treatment of her group.

  • Hamish Hastie
More than 1 million petroglyphs are scattered around Murujuga National Park, which overlooks Woodside’s Karratha operations.

Ancient WA rock art given UNESCO World Heritage status after 20-year campaign

The Murujuga Cultural Landscape has become Australia’s 21st World Heritage site along with the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu and Uluru.

  • David Crowe
Murujuga Custodian Raelene Cooper.

Crunch time looms in Paris for Murujuga rock art World Heritage bid

The committee’s decision in Paris will bring to a head a long-running bid to secure ancient Aboriginal rock art petroglyphs located off the Pilbara coast World Heritage listing.

  • Hamish Hastie
Steven Oliver and Narelda Jacobs are back with a full season of Big Backyard Quiz.

Looking for a new TV quiz show? Step into the backyard

Narelda Jacobs hosts Big Backyard Quiz, which has made the leap from standalone special to a proper 10-episode season.

  • Bridget McManus
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Aunty Eva-Jo Edwards outside the Aborigines Advancement League in Thornbury.

‘We have to be part of the change’: Why Aunty Eva-Jo believes a treaty is key to Victoria’s future

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has revealed hard truths about injustices Indigenous people have suffered. Those who shared their stories tell what the priorities of Australia’s first treaty should be.

  • Tony Wright
William Barak’s Corroboree (Figures in possum-skin cloaks), 1885.

A time for truth: Yoorrook Justice Commission

In a series, we examine the inquiry of The Yoorrook Justice Commission into the impact of colonisation on Indigenous Victorians and seek a just way forward.

From left: Suzannah Henty with Keicha Day. Both women want the Henty name and monuments to the family removed from the area due to the Henty settlers removing Indigenous people from their land, killing many in the process in the 1830s. They want place names to honour Indigenous culture and markers recognising the sites of massacres. Henty became aware of her family’s role in what she called genocide only when she heard a lecture given by a Gunditjmara man at university. Day says of meeting Henty: “I truly believe that the ancestors brought us together – where we’re supposed to be here at the right time. And so I’m going to honour that.”
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Faces of truth: Victorians fighting for a brighter Indigenous future

Leaders and witnesses of the Yoorrook Justice Commission shine a light on the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Victorians and offer a shared path forward.

  • Justin Mcmanus, Selma Milovanovic and Tony Wright
ABC News Breakfast host Bridget Brennan with her fellow That Blackfella Show co-hosts Ernie Dingo (left) and Isaac Compton.

‘You just bow down’: What happened when ABC’s Bridget Brennan met her childhood idol

The News Breakfast host is starring alongside Ernie Dingo and comedian Isaac Compton in special variety show for NAIDOC week.

  • Bridget McManus

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