Indigenous
Rio Tinto to take full control of controversial mine in Kakadu
The last chapter in one of Australia’s biggest environmental battles is set to play out.
- by Simon Johanson
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An Indigenous woman and a colonial descendant have come together in an unlikely alliance
‘We would get healing’: A push is on to overhaul place names celebrating white settlers who played a part in Aboriginal massacres and dispossession.
- by Benjamin Preiss
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Albury
Hume and Hovell 200 years on: Is it time to reassess their epic trek?
Hamilton Hume and William Hovell became the first Europeans to travel from Sydney to Corio Bay – despite their argument over a frying pan.
- by Tony Wright
The town where 93 per cent of votes for local council weren’t counted
“We’re proud in Australia that it’s easy for people to vote … But we don’t make it easy for people to indicate their intention on the vote.”
- by Anthony Segaert
‘Significant oversight’: Where Jamie Oliver’s children’s book went wrong
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book includes a sub-plot set in Alice Springs where the novel’s villain abducts a First Nations girl living in foster care.
- by Nell Geraets
Jamie Oliver withdraws children’s book after criticism from Indigenous Australians
Oliver, 49, said he was devastated to have caused offence and apologised wholeheartedly.
Truth-telling inquiry in limbo after minister cancels meeting
The future of a truth-telling inquiry is in limbo after the Queensland government postponed plans to discuss the Path to Treaty process.
- by Fraser Barton
‘Kick up the guts’: Indigenous Queenslanders devastated by decision to halt truth-telling inquiry
In one of his first decisions as premier, David Crisafulli pulled the pin on the hearings, a move that Indigenous groups say is a harmful step backwards.
- by Keira Jenkins
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Queensland votes
Truth-telling inquiry hits pause after ‘strong advice’ from premier
David Crisafulli says the Indigenous Path to Treaty process will be wound up with “respect and decency”. The inquiry’s boss has questioned that.
- by Matt Dennien
‘I made this movie for the stolen mob’: A horror about historic wrongs
The Moogai offers a perspective on the Stolen Generations that has been sorely missing in mainstream Australian cinema.
- by Nell Geraets
66 dead children, 5400 abuse claims: State’s child-protection system under blowtorch
The statistics covering the past four years have been reported as calls intensify for reform, particularly from the Indigenous community.
- by Kieran Rooney
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