Indigenous culture
New Zealand wrests largest haka record back from France
Maori have been trying to reclaim their cultural legacy for 10 years.
- by Lucy Craymer
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Opinion
AFL 2024
Welcome to Country at the footy is not the place to push personal views
As an ex-player who now listens to Welcome to Country in the same way as most of the population, I feel it is being overdone.
- by Mathew Stokes
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Visual art
Albert Namatjira paintings auctioned by son of late mining millionaire
The watercolours, thought to have been personally bought by Sir John Galvin from the pioneering Aboriginal artist in the 1950s, were sold to a mystery buyer.
- by Rob Harris
New Zealand has a new monarch. She’s 27 and a haka expert
Twelve Maori male elders chose Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki, a Maori culture expert, ahead of her older brothers to succeed her father, Kiingi Tuheitia.
- by Michael E. Miller
Rapper Barkaa wants ‘white men to be very scared of me’. This is her victory lap
From a troubled teenager to artist of the year, Barkaa is now living her best life, but she still has no interest in making people feel comfortable.
- by Meg Watson
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City life
Didgeridoo ‘flash mob’ fills square in bid to break world record
Hundreds gathered in King George Square to surpass the current record of 238 players, set in the UK in 2006.
- by Keira Jenkins
Analysis
Mining
Lies, damned lies and gold mines: What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight
The McPhillamys mine proposed by Regis Resources has become a political football since Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decided to block a key part of the project on Indigenous heritage grounds.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
This miner claims Plibersek’s decision sets them back a decade. She says it’s ‘nonsense’
Regis Resources claims that its project in the NSW Central West has been delayed by up to a decade due to a federal decision to veto the location of its tailings dam.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Mike Foley
‘Help your mob’: The psychologist building an ‘army’ to tackle Indigenous suicide
She grew up in the only Aboriginal family in a remote Pilbara mining town. Now Tracy Westerman is fighting for the lives of at-risk youth in communities like hers.
- by Victoria Laurie
‘A very serious mistake’: What Mandela regretted during his first visit to Australia
As the statesman’s physician, Dr Peter Friedland thought he understood much about Nelson Mandela. Then Friedland announced he was moving to Australia ...
- by Jill Margo
Investigation
Health
Tracking staff, family deals: Health council in ‘chaos’ amid claims of service failures
A taxpayer-funded medical council faces allegations of tracking its staff, nepotism and reneging on sponsorship commitments.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Angus Thomson
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