Rio Tinto expected to destroy 124 more Aboriginal sites, inquiry told
An inquiry into the destruction of Juukan Gorge has heard that Rio Tinto is expected to destroy another 124 Aboriginal heritage sites at a new...
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‘National emergency’: urgent leadership needed after fifth Aboriginal death in custody since June
Five Aboriginal deaths in custody since June is a national emergency that needs urgent leadership, the national Aboriginal and islander legal services has said. The...
Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle
Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-SĂŠbastien Jacques and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed to intense investor pressure for...
The Furnace director: stories of Australia’s cameleers ‘felt like a huge historic omission’
While researching the Australian gold rush of the 1800s, director Roderick MacKay came across an image that immediately jumped out at him: men dressed in...
More than 100 Aboriginal sacred sites â some dating before the ice age â could be destroyed by mining companies
More than 100 ancient Aboriginal sites in Western Australia â some of which date before the last ice age â could be destroyed by mining...
‘They never went away’: reclaiming Indigenous names from a colonial past â a photo essay
Hit the Gibb River Road out of Derby, Western Australia, and you find yourself heading towards the northern Kimberley plateau, a breathtaking landscape of sandstone...
Natsiaa 2020: the winners and finalists of Australia’s Indigenous art prize â in pictures
Western Australia artist Ngarralja Tommy May won the $50,000 top prize in the prestigious 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art awards announced on...
Brexit âshould prompt UK to rethink attitude to Indigenous artefactsâ
Britainâs departure from the EU and the renewed focus on empire should prompt a âsignificant shiftâ in its approach to returning sacred artefacts to Indigenous...
Australiaâs Coon cheese to change name in effort to help âeliminate racism’
The Australian cheese brand Coon will change its name to help âeliminate racismâ following a campaign stating the product name was offensive to Indigenous Australians....
John Ah Kit: leader and tireless advocate for Aboriginal rights dies aged 69
The esteemed Jawoyn leader John Ah Kit, who was the first Aboriginal minister in the Northern Territory parliament and a lifetime advocate for the rights...