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Glimpse at toppled colonial statue's reinterpretation

Glimpse at toppled colonial statue's reinterpretation

Artistic renders show what will replace the fallen statue of a colonial premier who was accused of stealing the skull of an Aboriginal man.

Independent Pilbara probe after child squalor claims

Independent Pilbara probe after child squalor claims

Independent Pilbara probe after child squalor claims

Independent Pilbara probe after child squalor claims

Media claims that more a dozen Indigenous children were living unsupervised in a squalid home has prompted calls for new laws to better protect children.

Dick and Jack remembered 200 years after their hangings

Dick and Jack remembered 200 years after their hangings

Dick and Jack remembered 200 years after their hangings

Dick and Jack remembered 200 years after their hangings

Questions are being raised about land under a prominent building belonging to First Nations people, during commemorations for Aboriginal men who were hanged.

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Glaring pay gap costing Indigenous Australians billions

Glaring pay gap costing Indigenous Australians billions

Indigenous employees are losing billions of dollars a year because of a pay gap that a landmark study says is caused by systemic racism.

Indigenous voter enrolment edges up by an extra 20,000

Indigenous voter enrolment edges up by an extra 20,000

Over the length of a year around 20,000 additional Indigenous people have signed up to vote, maintaining a high level of enrolment, an annual estimate shows.

Rock art damage complaint goes to UN rights council

Rock art damage complaint goes to UN rights council

A traditional custodian will tell the UN Human Rights Council the federal government is allowing ongoing industrial damage to world-heritage-listed rock art.

Fears political frenzy not facts guiding youth justice

Fears political frenzy not facts guiding youth justice

A national inquiry recommends evidence-based standards and a multi-agency safety task force to reduce youth incarceration and address systemic inequalities.

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Stolen RAAF security vehicle found in outback township

Stolen RAAF security vehicle found in outback township

Stolen RAAF security vehicle found in outback township

Stolen RAAF security vehicle found in outback township

Three arrests have been made in a outback township after police tracked a stolen air force base security vehicle to the remote location.

'Bad law': Indigenous councils blast crown land bill

'Bad law': Indigenous councils blast crown land bill

'Bad law': Indigenous councils blast crown land bill

'Bad law': Indigenous councils blast crown land bill

An Aboriginal land council says one state government is using their community as a political football, as a contentious land rights bill passes parliament.

Hanson gets '10/10' for Indigenous apology from own MP

Hanson gets '10/10' for Indigenous apology from own MP

Hanson gets '10/10' for Indigenous apology from own MP

Hanson gets '10/10' for Indigenous apology from own MP

One Nation MPs are mopping up after leader Pauline Hanson apologised for labelling Indigenous Australians as primitive.

Australia home to two million before Europeans arrived

Australia home to two million before Europeans arrived

Australia home to two million before Europeans arrived

Australia home to two million before Europeans arrived

First Nations people suffered an estimated 93 per cent population loss in less than 80 years following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, researchers say.

Hanson leaves wriggle room in her 'primitive' apology

Hanson leaves wriggle room in her 'primitive' apology

Hanson leaves wriggle room in her 'primitive' apology

Hanson leaves wriggle room in her 'primitive' apology

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson insists she didn't intend to hurt anyone when she labelled Indigenous Australians "the most primitive race on Earth".

Crown land bill erodes land rights: Indigenous group

Crown land bill erodes land rights: Indigenous group

Crown land bill erodes land rights: Indigenous group

Crown land bill erodes land rights: Indigenous group

An Aboriginal land council has declared its opposition to a bill that changes the way crown land is allocated, saying it erodes existing land rights.

'Most primitive': Hanson blasted for Indigenous slur

'Most primitive': Hanson blasted for Indigenous slur

'Most primitive': Hanson blasted for Indigenous slur

'Most primitive': Hanson blasted for Indigenous slur

The One Nation leader has been slammed after comments she made about Indigenous Australians and culture resurfaced on a podcast.

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Aboriginal cop class action 'far from straightforward'

Obtaining documents related to a police racism class action against the NT government will be difficult and lengthy, a court has been told.

Police settle as visits leave Indigenous kids 'in fear'

Two mums who sued NSW Police for bail checks on their Indigenous children that they described as trespass have settled with the force.

New light on Tassie devils' life on mainland Australia

Scientists have uncovered Tasmanian devil bones and evidence of scavenging at a remote, rugged gorge far from their current island home.

Ageing Stolen Generations survivors face health crisis

Stolen Generations survivors are still paying the price for policies that removed from them families and are five times as likely to have a severe disability.

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Boy speared in back during unrest in remote community

A 14-year-old boy speared in the back during unrest in a remote community has been flown to hospital as police try to calm tensions between feuding families.

'It's been a good life': desert ranger hangs up hat

A ranger of a vast national park is hanging up his hat, proud to leave his country - and the town where he was once wasn't welcome - a better place.

Call it out: online register to drive anti-racism

First Nations people targeted by racist and discriminatory behaviour can call it out by lodging reports to an online register aimed at driving change.

War memorial not the place to 'dwell on' frontier wars

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has backed calls for a separate museum commemorating the frontier wars, rather than being part of the Australian War Memorial.

Weeding out crims 'problematic': ex-union administrator

The former CFMEU administrator has told an inquiry identifying infiltration by organised crime figures that it remains an issue for the embattled union.

Assisted dying clause gagging doctors defended

The only Australian jurisdiction yet to legalise end-of-life choice is debating a voluntary assisted dying bill facing multiple proposed amendments.

Police on duty after wrongful arrest of Indigenous teen

ACT Policing has accepted criticism following the wrongful gunpoint arrest of an Indigenous teen, but hasn't confirmed what penalties officers might face.

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