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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.

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

An Indigenous teen, who died after self-harming in an adult prison's youth wing, made eight threats to do so in the hours before he was found in his cell.

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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

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

Indigenous teen's family hope inquest will bring change

Indigenous teen's family hope inquest will bring change

The mother of an Indigenous teen who died after self-harming in the youth wing of an adult prison says she is determined to get justice for her son.

Biggest Indigenous voice referendum donors revealed

Biggest Indigenous voice referendum donors revealed

Big donors to the voice referendum 'yes' and 'no' campaigns have been revealed in electoral commission data showing the tens of millions spent wooing votes.

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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.

'Exhausted' Eddie Betts details toll of racial abuse

'Exhausted' Eddie Betts details toll of racial abuse

'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.

'Never welcome': AFL condemns Betts' racist attack

'Never welcome': AFL condemns Betts' racist attack

'Never welcome': AFL condemns Betts' racist attack

'Never welcome': AFL condemns Betts' racist attack

The AFL has condemned distressing footage of ex-player Eddie Betts' children being racially abused as police confirm they are investigating the incident.

First voice to parliament decided after votes counted

First voice to parliament decided after votes counted

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.

New plans to protect bilbies from extinction

New plans to protect bilbies from extinction

New plans to protect bilbies from extinction

New plans to protect bilbies from extinction

Introduced predators such as foxes and feral cats will be targeted in programs designed to help save the bilby from extinction.

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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.

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.

Call to block Woodside's $50b gas peninsula expansion

Prominent Australians have urged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to save sacred sites they say are at risk from a new gas export hub in Western Australia.

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Cyclone Megan response 'left remote residents stranded'

Emergency responses to Tropical Cyclone Megan have been blasted by the Northern Territory's most powerful land council which says residents were left in danger.

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.

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.

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.

Batteries to energise hottest, most remote communities

Novel batteries are being trialled in microgrids to make sure people living far from the national power network do not miss out on the benefits of clean energy.

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