Hot chook heist: Winner winner, free Coles chicken dinner
She’s a suburban Perth mum. He’s a knockabout bloke. But Linda Parri and Carl Menezes teamed up to enjoy free hot chooks from Coles. They laughed about it and became friends along the way.
Paige Taylor
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Pressure mounts on Plibersek to reverse goldmine ban
Crisis meeting called as NSW Premier weighs in on ‘bee dreaming’ drama, saying the Blayney goldmine site’s cultural heritage had already been properly assessed.
Land council behind biggest native deal caught spying on rivals
WATCH | A video shows how South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council was spying on the emails of rival corporations despite receiving $2m in federal funding this year.
Senators under pressure to undo bee dreaming ban
Senators from NSW are under pressure to undo Tanya Plibersek’s Blayney goldmine ban after doubt on the authenticity of the bee dreaming story that underpinned intervention.
Hindmarsh Island bridge expert debunks ‘blue-banded bee’ tale
The anthropologist whose research helped to debunk the ‘fabricated’ secret women’s business at the Hindmarsh Island Royal Commission has cast serious doubt on claims of a dreaming story about the blue-banded bee at the proposed Blayney gold mine.
Loan link to charity, bee mural artist
The artist behind the ‘blue-banded bee’ mural at the centre of efforts to shut the Blayney goldmine saw his favourite charity secure a loan from anti-mine activists who went on to cite his work’s independence.
Dreaming or dreamt up? Mystery of the blue-banded bee deepens
A mural indicating the history of Dreaming stories through Wiradyuri country was made in consultation with the group who would later use it in a bid to shut down the Blayney gold mine.
Indigenous voices in political standoff
Indigenous Affairs Minister Malarndirri McCarthy is urging her opposition counterpart, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, to sit down with her one year after the defeat of the voice referendum and restart the reconciliation process.
Plibersek: ‘Bathurst post office mural backs up Blayney mine veto’
The Environment Minister cited a Bathurst Post Office mural to back up a Dreaming story that the Orange Land Council says should not be used to veto Regis Resource’s gold mine at Blayney.
Angry Indigenous leaders slam Payman’s choice of party name
Fatima Payman’s move to lead a breakaway party named Australia’s Voice has angered distinguished Indigenous figures, who are in solemn reflection over the defeat of the voice referendum a year ago.
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