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West Australian Indigenous heritage stoush 'makes mockery of laws' intent'

Western Australia 's Aboriginal heritage laws make it a criminal offence to publish photographs of protected sites – including wedding pictures and ... View article...

Childhood memories of Aboriginal mission spark Australia Day plea

The Chronicle columnist Greg Johnson has shared his childhood memories of Aboriginal friendships in segregated Moree , calling for Australians to ... View article...

Aboriginal staff given extra paid leave to recognise the impacts of colonisation

Aboriginal staff at Australia's biggest university can now take three extra days of paid leave each year to help them cope with the perceived ongoing ... View article...

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking

Curtin University acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the First Peoples of this place we call Australia , and recognises them ... View article...

Australia needs a better unifying symbol if we are going to take down Aboriginal flags

The Aboriginal flag was under sustained attack throughout 2025. Critics argue it is divisive , that it represents only a small… View article...

How Indigenous Enterprise Is Reshaping the ASX 200 Energy Narrative

Aboriginal enterprises gain global exposure through a landmark energy showcase · Western Australia strengthens Indigenous participation across energy  ... View article...

Bizzi Lavelle uncovers the hidden history of Blak burlesque in Australia

In her search, Lavelle uncovered a history of Aboriginal women taking part in 'Leg Shows', a kind of travelling strip show that was often held in ... View article...

Scientists have discovered when and by what routes people first settled Australia and New Guinea

... Aboriginal Australians believe that they have always lived on their land. However, for Western scientists and archaeologists , the details of ... View article...

The disappearing of children: How the state makes kids vanish

Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state .They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. View article...

Supporting First Nations tourism in South Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The funding will go towards five tourism projects at the Yitpi Yartapuultiku cultural precinct in ... View article...

South Australia's First Nations Communities To Benefit From Two Million Three Hundred ...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This funding is part of a broader initiative designed to foster sustainable tourism while also ... View article...

WA research reveals why Aboriginal women face higher breast cancer death rates

A research breakthrough in Western Australia has helped explain the mystery of historically low survival rates among Aboriginal breast cancer  ... View article...

Australia records highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979

The Australian Institute of Criminology 's new report found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders made up 33 out of 113 deaths in prison or police ... View article...

Aboriginal staff at Monash University given extra paid leave to recognise the impacts of colonisation

Aboriginal staff at Australia's biggest university can now take three extra days of paid leave each year to help them cope with the perceived ongoing ... View article...

Aboriginal family services calling for emphasis on support over child removal

Less than sixteen cents in every dollar spent on Australia's child protection system goes towards early intervention programs aimed at keeping ... View article...

Australia sees highest Indigenous deaths in custody in 40 years

Report says 33 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people died in custody in 2024–25 , nearly double long-term average, as Indigenous communities  ... View article...

'We gotta act white': how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers

This variety of English is spoken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, and is the first and only language used by many ... View article...

Australia's failure to uphold human rights scrutinised in UN speech

We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has ... View article...

What a journey of reconciliation with Australia's First Nations people looks like

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and historical exhibits at Boola Bardip , aka The Western Australian Museum . His intention was to ... View article...

Sexual Violence Recovery and Healing Grant Program in Australia

The program prioritises support for a wide range of groups, including Aboriginal communities, multicultural communities , LGBTIQA+ individuals , people ... View article...

WA Stolen Generations Redress Scheme Now Open

... Aboriginal people in Western Australia . The scheme is available to Aboriginal people who were removed from their families as children in Western ... View article...

UN human rights chief praises Australia for first formal treaty with Indigenous Peoples

The agreement was aimed at resolving the disparity that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have faced through the years, including ... View article...

Aboriginal professor says Truth-telling, a bill of rights and reform can transform Australia's democracy

Australian laws have shaped Aboriginal people, sometimes with 'protection and strength' and other times with 'marginalisation, silence and harm,' ... View article...

Dharug woman makes history as Australia's first blind Aboriginal lawyer

A proud Dharug woman from Mount Druitt , Samantha Alexander has made history, becoming Australia's first blind Aboriginal lawyer. View article...

Development approval granted for Perth's first Aboriginal aged care facility

Graeme Prior and Dr Sue Gordon . A landmark milestone has been reached for Aboriginal Elders in Western Australia , with development approval granted ... View article...