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'Ugly nonsense': more police call after Anzac Day boos

'Ugly nonsense': more police call after Anzac Day boos

A leading Indigenous activist is calling for a larger police presence at future dawn services after Anzac Day acknowledgements were heckled and booed.

Right-wing activists ejected for Anzac ceremony heckles

Right-wing activists ejected for Anzac ceremony heckles

Right-wing activists ejected for Anzac ceremony heckles

Right-wing activists ejected for Anzac ceremony heckles

The booing of Indigenous-led ceremonies on Anzac Day has been widely condemned, but the opposition leader says the acknowledgements of Country are overused.

More Aboriginal burial sites found at holiday hot spot

More Aboriginal burial sites found at holiday hot spot

More Aboriginal burial sites found at holiday hot spot

More Aboriginal burial sites found at holiday hot spot

Authorities believe they might have discovered a dozen more unmarked Aboriginal graves near where human remains were found on a popular holiday island.

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Search delay for missing Indigenous man, coroner hears

Search delay for missing Indigenous man, coroner hears

The search for a missing Indigenous man faced a delayed start and premature end due to police making errors and following a false lead, a coroner has heard.

Sesame Street joins ancestor, kangaroos on mega mural

Sesame Street joins ancestor, kangaroos on mega mural

First Nations artist John Prince Siddon has unveiled a colossal psychedelic artwork he hopes will serve as a conduit for an important message.

'Lost' rule opens door to Indigenous sovereignty

'Lost' rule opens door to Indigenous sovereignty

A "lost" rule has upended legal precedent, opening the door for Indigenous communities to ask the High Court to rule on sovereignty, fresh research has found.

Man jailed for mimicking 'gut-wrenching' Bondi shooting

Man jailed for mimicking 'gut-wrenching' Bondi shooting

A man who impersonated the alleged terrorists behind the Bondi attack before launching into a drug-fuelled anti-Semitic tirade will serve months behind bars.

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Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

As arts bodies are defunded amid scandals and event cancellations, many in the sector are disgruntled with the national cultural policy.

Court denies Aboriginal woman's 'on Country' request

Court denies Aboriginal woman's 'on Country' request

Court denies Aboriginal woman's 'on Country' request

Court denies Aboriginal woman's 'on Country' request

A magistrate has rejected an Aboriginal woman's request for a hearing on culturally significant land, saying the case can be fairly determined without doing so.

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

From Polyswagg to Bollywood, an inaugural biennale of contemporary dance might help the sector get its groove back.

No anniversary celebrations for death in custody report

No anniversary celebrations for death in custody report

No anniversary celebrations for death in custody report

No anniversary celebrations for death in custody report

More than 600 Indigenous people have died in custody in the 35 years since a royal commission's landmark report, with many of its recommendations ignored.

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

The federal government is introducing free respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for Australians 75 years and older.

'My light, my future': teen killed by cop remembered

'My light, my future': teen killed by cop remembered

'My light, my future': teen killed by cop remembered

'My light, my future': teen killed by cop remembered

A tearful mother has told a court her motorbike-loving son deserved a second chance after he was killed by an officer during a police pursuit.

'Who gave you the right?': villagers take on gas giant

'Who gave you the right?': villagers take on gas giant

'Who gave you the right?': villagers take on gas giant

'Who gave you the right?': villagers take on gas giant

Leaders from remote Papua New Guinea villages have turned up at a shareholders meeting of gas giant Santos to question the board about a controversial project.

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Vast arts space endures delays, shelving, grumpy locals

A venue "as important as the Opera House" and more than a decade in development will debut in coming months. The original vision for it did not survive.

Clan feuding leads to man's death at remote community

Extra police and investigators have been sent to a remote island community where a 26-year-old man was killed in a large-scale disturbance.

'Spray it': woman bailed after allegedly helping gunman

A woman accused of calling a rideshare for a gunman who peppered a home with bullets during a drive-by has been bailed to attend a drug rehabilitation centre.

Indigenous remains found on island with prison past

Bones found beneath a church on a picturesque island with a dark past where Aboriginal boys and men were jailed, are most likely historical Indigenous.

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Epic battle over Epic Country as NGA exhibition opens

As the exhibition at the centre of "white hands on black art" allegations opens, the damage wrought on an Aboriginal-run art collective becomes clear.

Human rights scrutiny over Indigenous families pool ban

A formal racial discrimination complaint will be investigated after a group of First Nations families were ordered to leave a country town's public pool.

Art controversy in court and on national gallery walls

The Ngura Pulka exhibition is finally opening at the National Gallery of Australia, following a three-year delay because of allegations of interference.

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Proud Kamilaroi woman Justice Louise Taylor has been appointed chief magistrate of the ACT Magistrates Court.

'Drop the knife': conflicting accounts of cop shooting

A police officer says he yelled "drop the knife" before shooting an Indigenous man while a witness claimed nothing was said ahead of an inquest into the death.

Children 'invisible' in family violence support system

A survivor of childhood family violence has shared her experience grappling with the lifelong psychological and physical impacts of her childhood.

Bones found on holiday island could have colonial past

Police are investigating whether bones found on a popular holiday island that was once an Aboriginal prison are human.

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