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Official offers 'deep regret' over land dispossession

Official offers 'deep regret' over land dispossession

A land surveying boss has offered an apology at the Yoorrook Justice Commission for causing trauma and dispossessing Indigenous people of land.

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

A collaboration between traditional owners and researchers has uncovered the oldest pottery made in Australia on an island in the Great Barrier Reef.

Middle Arm project to realise NT's dreams, says chief

Middle Arm project to realise NT's dreams, says chief

Middle Arm project to realise NT's dreams, says chief

Middle Arm project to realise NT's dreams, says chief

The Northern Territory government has brushed aside concerns about a major manufacturing project, arguing it will help the territory stand on its own two feet.

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Global kudos for team inspiring Indigenous literacy

Global kudos for team inspiring Indigenous literacy

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation has won a major international prize for children's literature in recognition of the work it does in remote communities.

Call for War Memorial to mark First Nations history

Call for War Memorial to mark First Nations history

Officially recognising the frontier conflicts could facilitate truth-telling and help the nation come to terms with its bloody history, an author says.

Traditional owners gather to fight fracking gas hub

Traditional owners gather to fight fracking gas hub

Traditional owners will join a roundtable meeting on Wednesday as part of an inquiry into a controversial NT gas project they claim threatens cultural heritage.

Lawyers blame Don Dale riot on 'appalling conditions'

Lawyers blame Don Dale riot on 'appalling conditions'

The Northern Territory's largest legal service says the Don Dale youth detention facility cannot deal with vulnerable children after riots hit the centre.

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Rio Tinto steps in to manage Ranger uranium mine rehab

Rio Tinto steps in to manage Ranger uranium mine rehab

Rio Tinto steps in to manage Ranger uranium mine rehab

Rio Tinto steps in to manage Ranger uranium mine rehab

Mining giant Rio Tinto will take over rehabilitation of the former Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu in a move welcomed by Mirarr traditional owners.

Students with disability diminished in education revamp

Students with disability diminished in education revamp

Students with disability diminished in education revamp

Students with disability diminished in education revamp

A bold plan to boost university numbers has been accused of perpetuating low expectations of students with disabilities.

Indigenous anger as govt rejects justice reform calls

Indigenous anger as govt rejects justice reform calls

Indigenous anger as govt rejects justice reform calls

Indigenous anger as govt rejects justice reform calls

The government's response to recommendations from an inquiry on child protection and criminal justice have been panned by Aboriginal and human rights groups.

Australian adoption numbers drop to record low

Australian adoption numbers drop to record low

Australian adoption numbers drop to record low

Australian adoption numbers drop to record low

The number of children being adopted in Australia has dropped to a record low after falling by 98 per cent over half a century.

Don't extend uranium lease: Kakadu traditional owners

Don't extend uranium lease: Kakadu traditional owners

Don't extend uranium lease: Kakadu traditional owners

Don't extend uranium lease: Kakadu traditional owners

Traditional owners oppose an extension of the mineral lease at Jabiluka in Kakadu, which has significant amounts of uranium and new sources are hard to find.

Longer curfew on cards for crime town as breaches mount

Longer curfew on cards for crime town as breaches mount

Longer curfew on cards for crime town as breaches mount

Longer curfew on cards for crime town as breaches mount

A two-week night youth curfew imposed on Alice Springs to act as a circuit breaker on crime could be extended to cover school holidays.

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Rheumatic Heart Disease is a preventable condition that disproportionately affects First Nations people. The Deadly Heart Trek wants to help eliminate it.

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'Exhausted' Eddie Betts details toll of racial abuse

Police are investigating racial abuse yelled at the children of an AFL legend while they were playing in their yard as support floods in for the family.

First voice to parliament decided after votes counted

The vote counts have been completed and the 46 members of South Australia's Indigenous community have been elected to the parliamentary advisory body.

Settler's descendant wants forebears' monuments removed

The descendant of an early settler has called for the removal of monuments to her forebears, as Victoria's truth telling commission continues.

Fears Alice Springs youth curfew could inflame tensions

Tensions are simmering on Alice Springs' streets as an emergency curfew takes effect, with critics of the response saying it could make the situation worse.

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Inquiry hears 'protection' led to Indigenous decimation

An inquiry into the injustices committed against Victorian Aboriginal people has detailed how segregation and assimilation policies led to cultural destruction.

Women's voices: June Oscar speaks her powerful truth

Outgoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar has given a powerful and personal speech at the National Press Club.

Labor's gas bill a 'betrayal' say traditional owners

A group of First Nations people is calling on the federal government to listen to Indigenous voices on offshore gas development and enhance consultation.

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Derek Bromley, who has served 40 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, could walk free if a parole board rules in his favour.

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

Seven members of Indigenous communities in South Australia's far north have been elected to represent their region in the state's inaugural First Nations Voice.

A sector in crisis: community legal centres overwhelmed

Community Legal Centres Australia's latest report, A Sector in Crisis, says staff are overworked and underpaid and the community is paying the price.

Yoorrook turns to early settlement, massacre sites

The first sites of European settlement and Indigenous massacre have been visited by Victoria's truth-telling inquiry ahead of a new round of hearings.

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