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The latest Aboriginal rights and anti-racist protests make up this week's Activist Report

The latest Aboriginal rights and anti-racist protests make up this week's Activist Report - Green Left Weekly has been an invaluable source of serious left-wing journalism in this region for many years. I have come to rely on GLW for news ...

Those stolen remains were kept at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington.

Those stolen remains were kept at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. - family of Mr Nayinggul, who spent much of his life in the service of Aboriginal Australians, including helping set up the local Njanjma ranger group.

NT Aboriginal community to run itself

NT Aboriginal community to run itself - A new deal to give Aboriginal people on remote Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory the power to operate their own essential services has been ...

Sydney council to turn historic Redfern Post Office into Indigenous hub

Sydney council to turn historic Redfern Post Office into Indigenous hub - Sydney council to turn historic Redfern Post Office into Indigenous hub ... and know about Aboriginal Australia and its history, before and after 1788.

Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji election as Australia sharpens its focus on Pacific

Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji election as Australia sharpens its focus on Pacific - Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji election as Australia sharpens its focus on ... The coups and the putsch were ostensibly statements of indigenous  ...

LGBT+ equality is like 'Nazi propaganda': Shocking footage exposes gay 'cure' therapy in UK church

LGBT+ equality is like 'Nazi propaganda': Shocking footage exposes gay 'cure' therapy in UK church - An ITV News investigation revealed that gay conversion, or “ gay cure”, therapy is taking place in UK churches. During the investigation, ITV found that ...

Man kills himself after months of homophobic abuse

Man kills himself after months of homophobic abuse - Scottish man Scott McIntosh killed himself after suffering months of homophobic abuse by a former schoolmate, a court has heard. The 28 year old, ...

It's time to take back control from the real Aboriginal industry elites

It's time to take back control from the real Aboriginal industry elites - Newman and his ilk often carry on about why Indigenous Australians must seize control of their lives. And in an inverted way, I agree. It's time to target ...

Kingi eyes tui double

Kingi eyes tui double - Popular Māori artist Troy Kingi is a finalist in the Best Māori Artist and Best Soul/RnB categories at tonight's Vodafone Music Awards. Last year he ...

Decolonise yourself and denounce homophobia

Decolonise yourself and denounce homophobia - The conflation of homophobia with decolonisation is problematic for a variety of reasons. One reason is that the standard method of defending LGBT+ ...

UK pastor offering 'cure' for homosexuality likens gay acceptance to Nazi brainwashing as he tries ...

UK pastor offering 'cure' for homosexuality likens gay acceptance to Nazi brainwashing as he tries ... - A hidden-camera investigation by an undercover reporter exposed a church in London offering ' gay conversion therapy'. Shocking footage, captured ...

One law for all or one justice for all?

One law for all or one justice for all? - The two need not be the same, Moana Jackson tells Victoria University of Wellington's conference on restorative and Māori justice approaches to New ...

Māori broadcasting pakarū after money drought

Māori broadcasting pakarū after money drought - An independent Māori television producer says underfunding of Māori media has gone beyond critical, and the current ministerial review of the sector ...

A chat with Alien Weaponry, the Māori teenagers making metal in their native tongue

A chat with Alien Weaponry, the Māori teenagers making metal in their native tongue - Their debut album Tū, named for their Māori god of war Tūmatauenga, is back-to-back with hymns for violence, history and rage. Alien Weaponry aim ...

From 'survival mode' to an indigenous future

From 'survival mode' to an indigenous future - Rawri Wright of Te Rūnanga o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa says, "That is the foundation which our constitution is based upon and ...

Fears Māori voice will be lost as abuse inquiry widens scope

Fears Māori voice will be lost as abuse inquiry widens scope - Some Māori abused in state care say they will be silenced in the government inquiry now that it includes those abused in faith-based institutions.

New govt unit announced for Māori housing

New govt unit announced for Māori housing - Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford has announced the establishment of a dedicated Māori Housing Unit. Te Puea Marae chair ...

Indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australia share some ancestry

Indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australia share some ancestry -  But the study also adds to a big mystery: some groups in the Amazon are somewhat more closely related to the Australasians of Australia and Papua ...

First language teaching essential for Indigenous education

First language teaching essential for Indigenous education -  Indigenous education leaders and community members agreed on the ... Co-author, Dr Sam Osborne from the University of South Australia , said the ...

PM says Nauru refugees better off than indigenous kids

PM says Nauru refugees better off than indigenous kids - They actually get more medical help than many local Naurans do and they get more medical help than a lot of Australian indigenous people get in ...