Land council leader in DV arrest
An emerging Cape York Indigenous leader has been charged with multiple offences.
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Principal warned of cops’ inaction, days before his shock arrest
A week before his shock arrest on Thursday for allegedly physically assaulting five young children, Gavin Morris recorded an interview in which he did not hold back | WATCH
‘First contact’ artist wins $100k prize
An artist who was one of Australia’s last traditional hunter-gatherers has won the $100,000 Telstra Art Award, the nation’s most prestigious prize for Indigenous artists.
Hall of fame nod for Warumpis’ six-string maestro
Sammy Butcher’s NIMAs hall of fame companions will include pioneering musicians such as Archie Roach, Gurrumul and Jimmy Little – but unfortunately, he will be inducted in absentia.
Indigenous fears for Makarrata
Steadfast supporters of the Uluru Statement from the Heart plan ‘new messaging’ about the intent of the landmark document.
‘Heads should roll’ call as auditor savages voice funding
Tasmania’s auditor-general has slammed a publicly-funded grant of more than $500,000 for the Yes campaign, finding ‘no evidence’ of ‘the rationale’ and ‘significant record-keeping gaps’.
‘Change needed’ for land councils
Anthony Albanese needs to turn his attention to Aboriginal land councils and how unfit they have become for the purpose of representing disadvantaged Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said.
Fury over top cop’s Garma apology
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy is in a feud with his force – and it all started at the home of an Alice Springs businessman.
PM’s new focus ‘safe, disappointing’
Aboriginal leaders have warned Anthony Albanese risks ‘misleading’ the public if he walks away from establishing a Makarrata Commission, with the federal government facing criticism it is ‘divided’ and lacks ‘political will’.
Why Indigenous leaders just won’t let go of Uluru
Indigenous leaders including Pat Anderson see it as their job to try to pursue what’s left of the Uluru Statement, despite the loss at the referendum, because it is the will of the Indigenous people.
Albanese goes walkabout on the Makarrata commission
Having failed to deliver the voice and left politically damaged from the experience, Labor crawled into a hole on Indigenous policy leaving the prospect of pursuing the rest of the Uluru statement a diminished hope at best.
‘Lost in translation’: Minister denies PM ditched Makarrata promise
Malarndirri McCarthy doesn’t believe the PM ditched his election promise to implement a Makarrata Commision and says ideals behind the Uluru statement are still guiding the government.
Festival focuses on enterprise and development
There were some notable absentees from the first Garma festival since the defeat of the voice, however, there was a determined effort to rejuvenate the Indigenous affairs landscape.
NT’s top cop apologises for Indigenous racism
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has made a lengthy apology to Aboriginal people of the territory, six months after racism inside the force was exposed.
‘Deeply sorry’: NT’s police chief apologises for force’s past wrongs
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has apologised to Aboriginal people of the territory for ‘harms and injustices’ inflicted on them by police.
Indigenous wealth creation ‘a chance to share responsibility’
Yawaru leader Peter Yu says Anthony Albanese’s economic solution for Aboriginal Australia will help disadvantaged communities move away from their reliance on government welfare.
Renewables solution to closing the gap
Anthony Albanese has put his climate and industry policies at the heart of the revamped Indigenous affairs agenda Labor will take to the next election.
Swapping welfare for wealth creation: let’s give it a go
This is now Anthony Albanese’s story – a grand effort to usher the most disadvantaged Indigenous Australians into the mainstream economy.
McCarthy’s inspiration? Children’s future
The new Indigenous Australians Minister and her husband Richard are raising four young Aboriginal girls, the biological children of relatives who previously lived with their grandmother.
Dhopiya’s family at heart of Garma hope
Every winter, the PM and leaders from across the nation visit northeast Arnhem Land to talk policy, progress – and lack of it – but Dhopiya Gurruwiwi takes her place at the Garma Festival for family.
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