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Indigenous leader's lifelong drive for justice honoured

Indigenous leader's lifelong drive for justice honoured

"Formidable advocate" and longtime Aboriginal rights campaigner Pat Turner has been recognised for her push to deliver Indigenous-led solutions in communities.

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

An extension of community liquor bans in a territory is being sought ahead of a looming deadline amid fears a lapse will have devastating consequences.

Indigenous activist continues royal fight over genocide

Indigenous activist continues royal fight over genocide

Indigenous activist continues royal fight over genocide

Indigenous activist continues royal fight over genocide

An Aboriginal elder, supported by hundreds of activists, has continued his fight to prosecute King Charles for genocide in court.

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‘We are not quitters’: Indigenous judge makes history

‘We are not quitters’: Indigenous judge makes history

The first Indigenous Australian judge in a court's 174-year history has been sworn-in at an event attended by legal luminaries and community leaders.

Legal landmark celebrated with free Mabo Day concert

Legal landmark celebrated with free Mabo Day concert

Mabo Day will be celebrated with a free concert to mark the watershed legal decision paving the way for native land title claims across Australia.

Protesters shift Olympic park fight beyond fences

Protesters shift Olympic park fight beyond fences

Campaigners say their fight to protect Brisbane’s Victoria Park is moving from the parklands to the courts and Canberra as work starts on the 2032 stadium.

Elder's grief as Olympics stadium replaces healing site

Elder's grief as Olympics stadium replaces healing site

The race to complete the 2032 stadium has begun at a city park despite protests, triggering fears a First Nations place of healing will be "gone forever".

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Last-ditch push to save park slated for Olympic arena

Last-ditch push to save park slated for Olympic arena

Last-ditch push to save park slated for Olympic arena

Last-ditch push to save park slated for Olympic arena

A government and demonstrators remain at loggerheads over a central park that's earmarked to serve as the main Olympics stadium.

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

Aboriginal Elders and young children are forging special connections at a unique playgroup celebrating its first year of spreading intergenerational joy.

Evacuees finally return home to flood-hit community

Evacuees finally return home to flood-hit community

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.

Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

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

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.

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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

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.

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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