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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.

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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.

'Exhausted' Eddie Betts details toll of racial abuse

'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

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

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.

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Fears Alice Springs youth curfew could inflame tensions

Fears Alice Springs youth curfew could inflame tensions

Fears Alice Springs youth curfew could inflame tensions

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.

Inquiry hears 'protection' led to Indigenous decimation

Inquiry hears 'protection' led to Indigenous decimation

Inquiry hears 'protection' led to Indigenous decimation

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

Women's voices: June Oscar speaks her powerful truth

Women's voices: June Oscar speaks her powerful truth

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

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

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

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

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

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

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

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

A sector in crisis: community legal centres overwhelmed

A sector in crisis: community legal centres overwhelmed

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.

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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.

Emissions may surge as voices crushed, activists warn

Offshore gas approvals could be expedited while Indigenous communities have their wishes ignored under the government's proposed laws, environmentalists warn.

Australia to help Pacific neighbours fight tuberculosis

About $17 million has been committed to researching tuberculosis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific in a bid to protect Australia's neighbouring region.

To Kathmandu with didgeridoo: Blak Trekkers on Everest

The Blak Trekkers made the physically, emotionally and psychologically difficult trip to Everest Base Camp to raise awareness of Indigenous mental health.

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Fight pledged to overturn 'betrayal' child bail laws

Premier Chris Minns has defended controversial bail changes to crack down on youth crime after they passed the NSW parliament late at night.

Vic Premier to face Indigenous truth-telling inquiry

Victoria's Premier Jacinta Allan is set to give evidence at the Yoorrook land hearings into injustices experienced by Indigenous people.

Too many First Nations deaths in custody: independents

Crossbench senators and MPs are demanding the federal government implement the recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Teenage criminals to wear ankle bracelets under trial

Electronic monitors will alert police if teenagers charged with serious crimes don't follow their bail conditions as part of a new trial in Victoria.

Child abuse survivors in jail able to apply for redress

Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in prison will be able to apply to the national redress scheme after legislation passed the senate.

Justice on the gender agenda for First Nations women

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner June Oscar has launched the Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Gender Justice Institute at ANU

Close the Gap campaign to focus on strength and success

The Close the Gap campaign has released its 2024 report, making 22 recommendations and focusing on Indigenous strength.

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