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Indigenous AustraliansFirst Nations stories win big at Qld Literary Awards

Bundjalung author Melissa Lucashenko has won the top gong at the Queensland Literary Awards for her novel Edenglassie.

Keira Jenkins

Local governmentPremiumMandurah keeps paid welcome to country as others ditch it

While some councils have decided to stop paying elders for welcome to country ceremonies and ditched the acknowledgement, the City of Mandurah voted to maintain the practice.

Rachel Fenner

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumAustralia must confront bloody colonial past

Australians have a duty to investigate the nation's colonial history in order to move forward, a landowner on the site of the Warrigal Creek massacre says.

Adrian Black and Melissa Meehan

MiningCommentsPremiumHayward joins Rigg and Grylls at carbon credit play

Prominent Aboriginal businesswoman Colleen Hayward has hopped aboard a venture that aims to transform fire-ravaged bush into cash.

Adrian Rauso

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumIndigenous languages celebrated in bilingual books

Two young friends who penned a story about connecting to the land and each other are among the authors set to launch works on Indigenous Literacy Day.

Keira Jenkins

Indigenous AustraliansWorld record marks three years of Indigenous ceremony

A flash mob of didgeridoo and clapstick players has broken a world record in Brisbane, to mark three years of occupation at a central Queensland mining lease.

Keira Jenkins and William Ton

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumTeen's custody death triggers call for justice overhaul

The death of a second Indigenous teenager in custody in less than a year has prompted calls for an overhaul of the youth justice system.

Holly Hales

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumLand council 'put on notice' after independent review

The minister for Indigenous Australians has put a land council's board and management on notice over governance, operations and decision-making issues.

Keira Jenkins

New nameNew name confirmed for West Leederville’s Lake Monger

The Town of Cambridge has officially endorsed renaming Lake Monger after overwhelming community support to revert the urban wetland back to its traditional Aboriginal name.

Harriet Flinn

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumIndigenous businesses 'very healthy' as sector grows

Indigenous businesses are in a great position to harness opportunities presented by the 2032 Olympic Games, as the sector records "very healthy" growth.

Keira Jenkins

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumIndigenous ancestors returning home from New Zealand

Six First Nations ancestors are being returned to Australia from a New Zealand museum and university.

Keira Jenkins

For the kidsMotorbike rider circles country for kids’ footy boots

A good Samaritan who has turned his cross-country motorbike ride into a charitable mission is astounded at the juggernaut his trip has become, raising thousands to buy footy boots for kids in the outback.

Melissa Sheil

Indigenous AustraliansCommentsPremiumPush to rename Lake Monger after lengthy campaign

A push to officially replace the lake’s name is gaining momentum after a survey found overwhelming support to revert the urban wetland back to its traditional Aboriginal name.

Harriet Flinn

STUDENTS MAKE BOOMERANGSPremiumManjimup High School students make boomerangs

Manjimup Senior High School students have made boomerangs to celebrate NAIDOC Week and were taught how to fly their creations with technique lessons.

Anjelica Smilovitis

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Libs push to overturn Plibersek’s bombshell gold mine ruling

The Opposition will push to overturn Tanya Plibersek’s decision to torpedo a $1 billion gold mine project as it accuses the Federal Government of ‘shutting down the mining sector by stealth’. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Indigenous AustraliansMixing science and culture snags win in seagrass rescue

Cultural and scientific knowledge combine as important ingredients in protecting and restoring seagrass but now the effort is in expanding the process.

Keira Jenkins

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More details emerge in Regis gold mine rejection

A fired-up Regis Resources chief labelled Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s ruling to block a $1 billion gold mine as a “huge shock” and said the ripple effect will be felt across Australia.

Adrian Rauso

Mining‘Absurdity’: AMEC lashes ripped up plan for Regis’ $1b mine

A peak mining group has lashed out at Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision last week to block Regis Resources’ plan for the McPhillamys gold project.

Cheyanne Enciso

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumHow a call helped an Aboriginal mum find connection

A Wiradjuri mother is sharing her experience with perinatal anxiety, as a national helpline reports increasing calls from Indigenous people.

Keira Jenkins

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumNT intervention 'totally justified', former PM says

Former prime minister John Howard has defended the NT intervention after the territory's police chief apologised to Indigenous people over the force's actions.

Caitlin Powell

Indigenous Australians'Unresolved justice' for families of murdered women

A landmark report into missing and murdered First Nations women and children is merely "tinkering at the edges" and won't deliver justice, an expert has warned.

Keira Jenkins

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Plibersek rips up Regis Resources’ plan for $1b gold mine

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected the current blueprint for Regis Resources’ McPhillamys gold project in New South Wales.

Adrian Rauso

Indigenous AustraliansPremiumMurdered Indigenous women, kids report 'demands action'

Parliament is being urged to "put some teeth" into action recommended by an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children.

Keira Jenkins

Federal PoliticsPremiumDamning report on Indigenous murders urges police review

The findings of a damning report into rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and children has been tabled in Parliament.

Dan Jervis-Bardy