‘Stop welfare on takeaway grog days’: Price calls on PM to act
The Country Liberal Party NT government continues to struggle to contain an increase in violent criminal and anti-social behaviour inherited from its Labor predecessor.
Indigenous
‘We can do better’ on Indigenous tourism
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli says Australia has failed to tell the stories of its first people “as well as we should”, as he leaves the door open to building a new Indigenous cultural centre in time for the Brisbane Olympics.
‘No surrender’ on lifting Indigenous outcomes
Premier Roger Cook is keen to build on the ‘unprecedented success’ of WA’s Aboriginal ranger program, citing his commitment to improving Indigenous outcomes.
Albanese’s green tape tangle over critical minerals
A doubling up of green tape and mandatory Indigenous consultations sparked by Anthony Albanese’s Future Made in Australia agenda will threaten the development of the critical minerals industry, experts warn.
World Heritage push ‘scurrilous’: Pearson
Indigenous leaders have challenged former Queensland Labor premier Steven Miles’s claims there were years of extensive community consultation ahead of the 2024 nomination of Cape York for a World Heritage listing.
Cultural centre ‘an Olympic promise’: Gooda
Indigenous leader Mick Gooda has warned Queensland Premier David Crisafulli against dumping plans for a new First Nations centre in Brisbane.
Crisafulli under pressure to build ‘world-class’ Indigenous cultural centre
Tourism and business leaders in Brisbane have joined a push for a world-class Indigenous cultural centre to be built after a refusal by the new Crisafulli government to guarantee funding.
Bid to curb land councils and open Top End to exploration, mining
The Howard government weighed a detailed plan to open the Top End to economic development after cancelling an experiment with Indigenous self-government.
Fresh Praise for champion of Indigenous culture
Waanyi author Alexis Wright has earned a nomination for The Australian’s Australian of the Year for her literary talent and success.
Town lease a model for economic independence
The first Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory to take control of its town lease is being touted as a model for economic independence and potentially individual home ownership.
New native title nightmare for miners
Mining companies are alarmed by an expectation they sign expensive new native title agreements with royalty payments to groups asserting traditional ownership over resources-rich WA.
Safe drinking water ruled a federal concern
The federal government has been found ultimately responsible for keeping drinking water safe in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Plibersek’s ‘irrelevant considerations’ questioned in Blayney mine battle
Tanya Plibersek’s court battle over the Blayney mine will see her accused of misusing heritage law to pursue an environmentalist agenda in a decision rife with ‘irrelevant considerations’.
Extra $440m top-up for aged care after delays
The Albanese government is committing $440m to boost culturally appropriate aged-care services for First Nations people and enhance the Commonwealth Home Support Program.
Close the Gap flops ‘risk class actions’
Governments could face class actions if they do not start to meet targets to reel in the disparities between mainstream Australia and Aboriginal people, former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt has warned.
‘Time to move on from voice’: Wyatt
The nation’s first Aboriginal treasurer and federal cabinet minister have each proposed a path to end the post-referendum standstill in Indigenous policymaking, saying that it is time to move on from the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Respected Alice Springs elder ‘beat his partner with an Aboriginal tool’
Benedict Stevens, who beat his long-term partner in an alcohol-fuelled assault earlier this year, met the NT Chief Minister last week and performed a Welcome to Country at an AFL game in the week prior to pleading guilty.
Great Scotty: Alice youth have hope
At five days old, Scotty Goodwin was abandoned by his alcoholic mother. Now 14, he is the centre of a landmark project to get NT Indigenous youths in jobs and out of trouble.
‘Bashed with a rock’: NT violence at crisis point
A spate of violence has grown across the Northern Territory over the weekend amid calls for emergency measures for Alice Springs to be widened.
Albanese’s Alice Springs ‘regional controller’ dropped
A high-paying role spruiked by Anthony Albanese to implement a $250m support package aimed at bringing systemic change for the Northern Territory’s social problems has been quietly axed.
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