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Push for pen and paper tests as literacy results dive

Push for pen and paper tests as literacy results dive

Policymakers are looking for answers, including a return to pen and paper NAPLAN tests, as they grapple with falling national results in literacy and numeracy.

Database and DNA to help find lost First Nations people

Database and DNA to help find lost First Nations people

Database and DNA to help find lost First Nations people

Database and DNA to help find lost First Nations people

A database is being set up to document cases of missing First Nations people along with a DNA collection program to help families find lost loved ones.

Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

The head of an Indigenous labour and training hire company has called on Goldfields region mining companies to work with him for his community.

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Garma eyes life after mining and a new land rights era

Garma eyes life after mining and a new land rights era

At the NT's Garma Festival, Yolngu leaders have marked 50 years of land rights, confronted the end of a Rio Tinto mine and push for a future on their terms.

Australia leans on Indigenous culture in Pacific pacts

Australia leans on Indigenous culture in Pacific pacts

Australia is drawing on First Nations ties in its Pacific diplomacy push as PNG and other islands' leaders back a culturally grounded regional agenda.

The Indigenous craftsman who listens for singing trees

The Indigenous craftsman who listens for singing trees

In historic Yirrkala, where land rights once echoed in bark petitions, Ian Gurruwiwi listens for the tree that will become the next voice in his people’s song.

Rock star Elder hails Gove mining closure as land win

Rock star Elder hails Gove mining closure as land win

The end of mining at Gove is a chance to reclaim Yolŋu land, an Indigenous Elder says, and turn Rio Tinto’s old fuel tanks into a national storage hub.

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Garma festival shows Yolngu culture in full colour

Garma festival shows Yolngu culture in full colour

Garma festival shows Yolngu culture in full colour

Garma festival shows Yolngu culture in full colour

As leaders talk policy at Garma, Yolngu men, women and children step onto the Bungul ground, using ochre, song and story to show Australians who they really are

Breakaway Arnhem Land council shocks NT Indigenous body

Breakaway Arnhem Land council shocks NT Indigenous body

Breakaway Arnhem Land council shocks NT Indigenous body

Breakaway Arnhem Land council shocks NT Indigenous body

Yolngu leaders have launched the breakaway Dilak Land Council at Garma, stunning the Northern Land Council and reshaping the land rights fight in Arnhem Land.

Didgeridoo rumble as Garma Festival bursts into life

Didgeridoo rumble as Garma Festival bursts into life

Didgeridoo rumble as Garma Festival bursts into life

Didgeridoo rumble as Garma Festival bursts into life

Under a bruised-purple Arnhem Land sky, 13 Yolngu clans have drenched the red dust in ochre, song and didgeridoo as the Garma Festival explodes into colour.

Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

A kookaburra-inspired dance at Garma weaves family, survival and joy into a powerful tribute to Aboriginal ancestors, capturing the festival spirit on Country.

Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

An Indigenous community has rejected $150 million in compensation from mining giant Fortescue for operating on their land without proper consent.

'Breathtaking' NDIS exploitation in remote communities

'Breathtaking' NDIS exploitation in remote communities

'Breathtaking' NDIS exploitation in remote communities

'Breathtaking' NDIS exploitation in remote communities

Multiple groups have told an inquiry the federal government's proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms should not go ahead in their current form.

'Not good enough': pleas to act on Indigenous targets

'Not good enough': pleas to act on Indigenous targets

'Not good enough': pleas to act on Indigenous targets

'Not good enough': pleas to act on Indigenous targets

Indigenous women and children are at risk as the nation falls woefully behind Closing the Gap targets because of limited collaboration, experts warn.

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Aboriginal man testifies 'bishop groomed us' at BBQ

A former Catholic bishop gave whiskey to young Aboriginal men at a barbecue and then touched one of them inappropriately, a jury has been told.

'Real action': historic step for Aboriginal land return

A capital city council has voted to support the return of parkland to the Aboriginal community, in what could lead to the creation of a cultural centre.

Family take legal action after death in custody

The family of a man who died in custody after being restrained by police is seeking answers and launching legal action over a decision that no charges be laid.

National park offers more green space for growing city

A major new national park is being created to protect dozens of native species and preserve Aboriginal rock art and artefacts.

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Historic city proposal for return of Aboriginal land

A looming council vote could be the first step in the return of land to Aboriginal people and the creation of a long-campaigned-for cultural centre.

'Viscerally sick': child protection reforms under fire

A territory's child protection changes have been heavily criticised amid accusations a five-year-old Aboriginal girl's death has been politicised.

Damning report highlights red flags before girl’s death

Sweeping changes have been recommended for a child protection system after a review found safety threats were missed before a little girl's death.

Trailblazing Indigenous leader honoured with electorate

The Australian Electoral Commission is renaming the South Australian federal seat of Grey as O'Donoghue, in honour of an Indigenous rights advocate.

PM grilled on AFL team, Garma snub in first Tiwi trip

Anthony Albanese has defended his decision not to attend a major Indigenous festival during a historic maiden trip to the Tiwi Islands as prime minister.

Traditional owners call for Pine Gap spy base shutdown

Traditional owners of the land beneath Pine Gap are calling for the secretive US-Australian spy base to close

Legal system a 'jailing machine', prisons like 'gulags'

A veteran barrister with decades of experience in the Northern Territory says its court system has become a jailing machine and the prisons like "gulags".

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