Alleged abuse by boy, 6, sparks tension in remote WA town
A boy aged six is accused of sexually abusing another child, in a case which underscores the challenges of intergenerational trauma of child sexual abuse.
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Activists put second challenge on the Shelf
Friends of Australian Rock Art will argue that WA did not adequately consider the impact of the North West Shelf on climate change and Aboriginal petroglyphs.
Indigenous ‘cultural safety’ law shift
NSW judges should consider allowing cases involving Aboriginal Australians to be heard in a closed court or before a female judicial officer in order to enhance ‘cultural safety’, new provisions say.
‘Brutal’ attacks net three years’ jail
A man who attempted to rape a teenage girl in Darwin last year in a brutal attack could walk free in 2027 despite having a ‘high risk of sexual recidivism’.
Leadership roles contribute to better nation
Former AEC commissioner Tom Rogers and Indigenous leader Marcus Stewart among those recognised.
Cape York heritage leader on fraud charges
Dion Creek, the rising Indigenous leader overseeing talks last year over a World Heritage listing of Cape York, now faces serious fraud charges over the land council he ran.
Legal challenge looms for North West Shelf extension
Activist group Save Our Songlines has flagged that it will likely seek an injunction before the North West Shelf life-extension approval is finalised.
Yes23 gets new name, renewed aim for voice lobby
The fundraising vehicle of Yes23’s unsuccessful campaign for an Indigenous voice has re-emerged with a new name – the Council of First Nations – and is poised to form a membership-based national body.
‘Time’s up for Indigenous leaders in room with government for decades’
One of Australia’s best-known elders, Pat Anderson, says there is ‘a succession problem’ in the Indigenous movement.
Bullying complaints against Labor’s Dorinda Cox ‘not over’
Cox’s previous comments about Israel and Gaza could also present headaches for the Albanese government that she is now part of.
Juukan Gorge: Elders to keep Rio Tinto on the right track
Traditional owners say the agreement with Rio Tinto will give them much stronger protections than available under current laws.
Indigenous rift with Premier stifles progress
Closing the Gap is in trouble in NSW because of tensions between Premier Chris Minns’s department and a statewide coalition of Aboriginal organisations with which it is supposed to work closely.
Children in care need ‘action, not reaction’, says Kerrynne Liddle
Senator Kerrynne Liddle, an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, argues that prevention rather than reaction must become the focus in child safety.
‘Enough’: Indigenous fury at cops’ death role
Northern Territory’s acting police commissioner has rejected calls from the family of an Indigenous man who died during an arrest in Alice Springs for an independent investigation into his death.
‘Indigenous not same as disadvantage’, says Liddle
Indigenous is not a byword for disadvantage and much of the Left’s ‘truth-telling’ ignores the nation’s many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander success stories, the Liberal Party’s new voice on Aboriginal affairs warns.
Minister rocks greenies, grants approval for Shelf
Environment Minister Murray Watt has dismissed the opposition of UNESCO and a string of activists’ claims around a critical scientific study to approve Woodside’s decades-long extension of the North West Shelf gas plant.
How-to call for urgent action on Closing the Gap
The Albanese government must find a way to compel states and territories to govern better in Indigenous affairs, says the first Indigenous Australian on the Productivity Commission.
Traditional owners group in local treaty bid
The Dja Dja Wurrung people of Central Victoria are seeking to formally negotiate an Australian-first local treaty with the state government.
Don’t abandon reconciliation: Dodson
Australia’s commitment to ‘practical reconciliation’ is not enough because it ignores the inherent and collective rights of the first peoples of Australia, Indigenous elder Patrick Dodson says.
Rock the ‘smoking gun’ to halt Shelf project: UWA professor
A small piece of rock that spent 30 years sitting in a Melbourne office will be used in an 11th-hour bid to blow apart the $30bn decades-long extension of Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf gas plant.
‘Still too many’ Indigenous kids put in state care
Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy has described the climbing rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care as ‘unfinished business’.
Radicals who live for the performance are part of problem
It should not shock anybody that some of the nation’s most respected Indigenous leaders were forced to debate radicals claiming genocide is a government policy in Queensland in 2025.
Indigenous ‘genocide’ uproar over human rights statement
Some of Australia’s most experienced Indigenous leaders have intervened to remove an allegation of genocide against the Crisafulli government from the official record of a summit hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Young leaders make their voice heard
A new generation of Indigenous leadership is working towards another referendum on constitutional recognition, saying it has hope that young Australians will make it happen in their lifetime.
Rock art findings a boost for North West Shelf as decision looms
New Environment Minister Murray Watt has promised to make a decision on Woodside’s North West Shelf extension by the end of next week.
Museum boss raps ‘forgetfulness’ over First Nations stories
National Museum of Australia Council chair Clare Wright has challenged the status of Gallipoli in our history, arguing Indigenous history has been unfairly marginalised in favour of the Anzac legend.
Heritage deal to avert next Juukan
Mining advocates and native title protectors have reached a historic heritage protection reform agreement five years on from the Juukan Gorge disaster.
‘Self-identifying activists undermining genuine Aboriginal democracies’
Wiradjuri leader Roy Ah-See, a former PM Indigenous policy adviser, says self-identifying Aboriginal activists are breaking apart a network of NSW land councils, threatening one of Australia’s few ‘effective Aboriginal democracies’.
Indigenous board split over finance stoush
The idyllic island of North Stradbroke is gripped by a bitter stoush pitting Indigenous leaders against each other over allegations of unpaid superannuation, a lack of transparency and serious financial risks relating to $9m in taxpayer-funds grants.
Activist makes final plea to new minister on North West Shelf
A teal candidate who almost won an ultra-safe Labor has also warned that more Labor seats would be targeted if Murray Watt approved the project.
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