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Toobeah, Queensland: Battle ramps up over claims 95 per cent of this small town could be ...

... Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) as Indigenous freehold title. A Change.org petition launched this week by Toobeah publican Michael Offerdahl opposing ... View article...

Justice on the gender agenda for First Nations women

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar says. ... New legal framework in Victoria has been labelled a betrayal of ... View article...

First Nations green hydrogen project wins federal grant

Securing the feasibility funding is a crucial milestone for the Aboriginal ... Aboriginal Corporation and climate investment firm Pollination formed ... View article...

Youths charged with serious crimes to wear monitoring bracelets under Victorian trial

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service opposed the trial and said it meant young people would be "deprived of their liberty" without being found ... View article...

Polyfest 2024: Diversity, Māori groups shine in day one of festival

Polyfest opened with performances on the Māori and Diversity stages. · It's the biggest secondary school cultural competition in the world. View article...

Hauora Māori champions look ahead

Māori health providers have celebrated the progress made since the kaupapa for hauora Māori was laid down at the Hui Whakaoranga 40 years ago. View article...

Cutting sorely needed supports for carers is cruel and harmful

... Māori and whānau can continue to access disability supports within the ... “ Māori fishing, Māori farming, and farms led by whānau Māori all focus ... View article...

Treaty principles should be principles of good government

Māori legal scholar Carwyn Jones says the coalition Government 's intention to exclude Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation may be shutting ... View article...

Connecting to ancestors and culture through art

Piper Stewart is a young Indigenous ARTEXPRESS artist who wants to inspire other young Aboriginal women to embrace creativity and culture. View article...

Anachronistic red tape must be cut away for good of Indigenous communities

There has long been a view inside bureaucracies that home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities is unworkable. View article...

Petition to prevent Toobeah transfer to Aboriginal freehold picks up momentum

Toobeah community launches petition to fight land transfer to Aboriginal freehold. A Queensland community's fight to stop “95 per cent” of the town ... View article...

Bardi Jawi people of Dampier Peninsula try to free traditional lands from state Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal communities north of Broome have asked the Albanese government to help them unravel outdated land rules that prevent them from owning ... View article...

Voters urged to enrol for council elections

... Māori electoral roll or general electoral roll for the city council election. “Voters on the Māori roll will vote for a candidate in the new Māori  ... View article...

Thousands sign letter to support students in Seymour haka

The letter, addressed to mokopuna Māori at Freyberg, began by ... Māori parent." "Your stand has come with a price, and we also want to ... View article...

Te Pati Maori says the Prime Minister has no right to police their language

Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says unless Luxon's experienced racism as a Maori , he can't tell Maori how they should be speaking out about it. >> ... View article...

Polyfest 2024: Diversity and Māori stages open for start of Polyfest

A mass haka will herald the start of this year's Auckland Secondary Schools' Polyfest, which kicks off with the opening of the Diversity and Māori  ... View article...

Scholarship supports Indigenous students to aim high in the capital

Ten aspiring Indigenous secondary students have been provided support through the annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary ... View article...

Inquiry into removal of Indigenous children in South Australia

... Aboriginal babies deemed at risk, without their mothers' knowledge. The state's Aboriginal Children's Commissioner is investigating the ... View article...

Amnesty's Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2024-2026

To be an effective human rights organisation, we will continue working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their fight for ... View article...

Australian Communities Unite, Led by Treasurer Chalmers, Stan Grant |

"ChangeFest shows that when we work together as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and allies, communities and government, young people, and ... View article...