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Evacuees finally return home to flood-hit community

Evacuees finally return home to flood-hit community

After hundreds fled a flood-hit community months ago, a first group of evacuees are finally set to return following a major clean-up and restoration operation.

Call for independent probes into deaths in custody

Call for independent probes into deaths in custody

Call for independent probes into deaths in custody

Call for independent probes into deaths in custody

Police should not be investigating police over Indigenous deaths in custody, a social justice commissioner says.

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

An Indigenous man has marked the start of Reconciliation Week with the culmination of his 500km journey to reach the seat of government.

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Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

Police says anger in communities will be understandable after a decision not to prosecute officers who held down an Aboriginal man who died.

Concern for economic reality of Aboriginal camps

Concern for economic reality of Aboriginal camps

Residents in Aboriginal town camps like the one Kumanjayi Little Baby was allegedly abducted in want better economic security, an inquiry heard.

Fatality confirmed, disease rate dropping amid outbreak

Fatality confirmed, disease rate dropping amid outbreak

The rate of diphtheria cases is dropping in a territory caught in the middle of a national outbreak after health authorities confirmed its first fatality.

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

The many thousands of Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families from 1910 to 1970 are being remembered as part of National Sorry Day.

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Indigenous kids' rights cut after sentencing changes

Indigenous kids' rights cut after sentencing changes

Indigenous kids' rights cut after sentencing changes

Indigenous kids' rights cut after sentencing changes

Indigenous children have been left with no legal representation as the prison population surges, a budget estimates committee has heard.

'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

An Aboriginal stockman whose remains have been stranded in a museum for decades is going home, as his family began a solemn journey to return him to Country.

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Vaccine hesitancy, health staff shortages and overcrowding in remote communities could all be causes of a diphtheria outbreak, the federal health minister says.

Shot in arm for health clinics to combat virus outbreak

Shot in arm for health clinics to combat virus outbreak

Shot in arm for health clinics to combat virus outbreak

Shot in arm for health clinics to combat virus outbreak

Funding to combat a diphtheria outbreak is being welcomed by health agencies but they say a shortage of medical staff in remote communities needs fixing.

PM's message after Kumanjayi Little Baby family meeting

PM's message after Kumanjayi Little Baby family meeting

PM's message after Kumanjayi Little Baby family meeting

PM's message after Kumanjayi Little Baby family meeting

The prime minister has met the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby and shared a message with the hundreds of workers and volunteers who searched for her.

Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Severe household overcrowding and high rates of rough sleeping are driving an Aboriginal housing crisis in the Northern Territory, a conference has heard.

Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations

Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations

Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations

Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations

One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has spread across the nation with fears the respiratory disease has claimed a life in an outback community.

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Beloved dingo grave reveals ancient First Nations bond

The grave of a cherished dingo buried more than 900 years ago is reshaping what experts knew about the animal's bond with First Nations people.

Sobering-up centre to close after drunkenness shift

The plug will be pulled on a sobering-up centre within four years of a state decriminalising public intoxication following an Aboriginal woman's death.

Next-generation Indigenous women flying employment flag

Rising employment among Indigenous women has been linked to substantial gains in post‑secondary education, which have outpaced those of Indigenous men.

Aboriginal groups slam proposed child removal powers

Indigenous rights group believe proposed child safety reforms will "deepen an already devastating crisis" and portrays Aboriginal communities as dangerous.

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Senator's plea to end 'racism of low expectations'

Condolences have been offered in federal parliament over the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby, including a passionate call to action from her aunt.

Racism 'out of control' as grieving communities suffer

Racism has spiked alarmingly in the wake of the alleged murder of a five-year-old girl, an Aboriginal women's group has told a federal inquiry.

'Racial' police task forces unchallenged, inquiry told

A children's advocate has challenged a police commissioner to address the issue of young people of colour being stigmatised by "racialised” crime task forces.

Crowds swathed in pink light candles for little girl

Thousands of people have attended sombre candlelight vigils across Australia to honour and grieve for a little girl, many wearing her beloved colour pink.

Rio Tinto blamed for drying sacred Indigenous waterhole

Traditional Owners are calling on Rio Tinto to curb its water use as they accuse the miner of over-pumping from a sacred waterhole that's finally run dry.

Staff suspended over welfare fears before girl's death

The alleged murder of a five-year-old girl has led to three child protection workers being stood down amid concerns over how her welfare case was handled.

More cops, jail guards as territory budget fights crime

The NT budget offers no "lollies and sweets" but it cements the government's tough-on-crime approach, its architects say.

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