Labor told to act over youth’s jail suicide
An Indigenous boy has died in a troubled WA youth detention centre after taking his own life, becoming the second child to commit suicide while under the care of the justice system within a year.
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Miners say Plibersek’s gold argument is full of holes
Mining giant Regis Resources has called out the Environment Minister over her claims about the now-cancelled Blayney gold mine.
NAAJA board in mass resignation, chair stands down
The head of Australia’s largest Aboriginal legal service, who stood on his pregnant partner’s stomach and slammed her arm in a door, will step down from his role as four other directors leave.
Heritage laws have been weaponised against Indigenous progress
Economic development is the only way forward for Indigenous Australians, but Anthony Albanese has no idea what it is or what is required to achieve it.
Woman’s alleged killer had 20-year ban on contacting her
A Darwin woman was found allegedly murdered by her partner — a man known to authorities for domestic violence — after police were ‘too busy’ to do a welfare check on her.
Listen to Aboriginal Land Council, Plibersek told
Tanya Plibersek says she rejected the McPhillamys gold mine proposal fearing it could be comparable to the destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2020.
Federal plan lays out vision for the North
The controversial Middle Arm project is essential for job creation and Northern Australia’s development, according to a government report calling for a ‘new way forward’.
Mine-blocking artist ‘has mixed heritage’
Nyree Reynolds described herself as a member of the Gamilaraay Nation – an area outside Wiradjuri country – until at least 2014. That year, she identified as Gamilaraay in a letter of protest.
Traditional owners slam ‘offensive’ heritage agreement
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been urged to use the same mechanism that stopped the McPhillamys gold project to halt works on the Burrup.
Plibersek ‘must shed light on mine mystery’
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is under pressure to detail all the factors that swayed her controversial decision against a $1bn gold mine in NSW.
‘Put Indigenous money to work’
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Indigenous trusts across Australia that hold mining royalties must use the money to build roads and other infrastructure in the remote communities they represent.
Ex-cop returns medal in apology protest
A former senior NT police officer and MLA has returned his police service medal in protest at police chief Michael Murphy’s apology to Indigenous people.
‘False choice’: Burney’s final say on divisive voice argument
Former Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney has dismissed the argument that ‘symbolic’ reconciliation must give way to ‘practical’ reconciliation.
Dissidents’ role in Plibersek mine call
Tanya Plibersek was persuaded to rule against Regis’s full proposal for a $1bn goldmine after listening to a dissident Aboriginal corporation registered with just 18 members.
Activists ‘stand in way of Indigenous economic empowerment’
Green activists are abusing land rights acts at the cost of economic empowerment and Tanya Plibersek is failing to listen to the Aboriginal authority on the lands of a vetoed $1bn gold mine, a respected Wiradjuri leader warns.
‘Give Top End $1bn for basic services’
NT Chief Minister Eva Lawler wants the commonwealth to establish a billion-dollar infrastructure fund to install or improve power, water, sewerage and roads across the Top End to Australia-wide standards.
A thousand reasons the nation is better
Lilly Ana See Kee, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, will be the 1000th student to go through the life-changing Australian Indigenous Education Foundation scholarship.
Alice Springs pastor faces child assault charge
The self-declared longest-serving missionary in Alice Springs has been accused of physical assaults on young Aboriginal children, but says he’s an innocent ‘man of God’.
Hanging on for a decision but climbers’ hopes look precarious
Many years after Parks Victoria imposed the first cultural heritage bans at Mt Arapiles, rock climbers still don’t know what permanent restrictions will apply.
Indigenous land council sacks CEO over domestic violence charges
The Cape York Land Council dismissed its chief executive, rising Indigenous leader Dion Creek, after his arrest on charges of domestic violence and stalking.
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