Indigenous News

AFL star Lawson Humphries and his artist sister Meeza have woven their north-west WA roots into Geelong's latest Indigenous guernsey.

The NT Labor opposition claims the government pushed new sacred sites laws through parliament to help a hotel proposal at the Darwin Waterfront proceed.

A company with an exclusive lease to develop a golf course on public land near Hobart has been accused in court of "squashing" Aboriginal relics into the ground.

Patsy Bedford and hundreds of others across the Kimberley were not formally registered at birth, which authorities are now working to change later in life. 

Backstage at Fashion Week, First Nations designers and models take a moment to reflect on the importance of representation.

A Canadian gold miner has been fined $160,000 for conducting illegal exploration drilling at an Aboriginal sacred site, after the company's own press release tipped authorities off to the damage.

A Kimberley town is seeing a drop in youths wandering the streets and juvenile crime after the Night Place opened to give kids somewhere to go after dark.

Is Labor's historic majority a big enough vote of confidence to allow it to take "bold" decisions on treaty and truth-telling? These Indigenous leaders think so.

After students asked why they didn't learn their local Gangalidda language, an outback school made a change that is now seen as a model for other schools.

Kava smuggling into the Northern Territory's remote Indigenous communities is on the rise, with local leaders fearing the black market price of the drink is draining family finances and fuelling social problems.

Police are investigating after vandals damage popular waterfalls already fragile from erosion.

Darkinjung was considered an endangered Aboriginal language, but community elders on the NSW Central Coast hope a new program for preschool students will change that.

Andrea James's powerful new play, The Black Woman of Gippsland, re-examines a problematic colonial legend and shows just how much work Australia still has to do to reckon with the past.

Network 10 presenter Narelda Jacobs and midwife Cherisse Buzzacott open up about their experiences of motherhood — navigating joy, grief and loss, blended families, rainbow families, sleepless nights and why it takes a "ready-made village".

The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service severs ties with the Melbourne Storm after the NRL club's decision to cancel a Welcome to Country before its Anzac Day game.

When Palawa man Dewayne Everettsmith held his firstborn child, he wanted to soothe him by singing in the language of Tasmanian Aboriginal people. That desire has sparked an extraordinary musical journey with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Arnhem Land leader Mr B Yunupiŋu will be remembered as a softly spoken man of honour and wisdom, after his death following an alleged attack in his home community.

A regional town in New South Wales is making history with a "momentous" partnership that embeds Closing the Gap targets into local government processes for the first time.

A memorial plaque for Cassius Turvey in his community of Midland, east of Perth, sits as an enduring reminder of the legacy he left behind: "gentle giant", "huggable teddy bear", and a "young leader".

Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer are found guilty by a WA Supreme Court jury of the murder of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey, who died after being savagely beaten with a metal shopping trolley pole, sparking nationwide vigils.

Members of a NSW land council who signed a petition calling for an investigation into its operation say they have since received letters accusing them of abusive behaviour.

Bereaved Indigenous mothers turn their grief into strength as they welcome the ACT government's backing of a board of inquiry into the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees.

Reactionary newspapers and the outdoor advertising sector might have immediately profited from the last few weeks of the election campaign but it didn't seem to help politicians at the polls.  

After a local woman was allegedly murdered at the hands of her partner, her relatives and other members of the Fitzroy Crossing community have started a renewed push for change.

"Doubling down on cultural wars" and a misreading of the Voice referendum result contributed to the Coalition's election loss, says a former Liberal minister.