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'Survival isn't enough': In new poetry collection, author asks readers to push further
At 51, Australian-born Māori writer Anne-Marie Te Whiu found she finally had time to reflect on her life. The result is a powerful new poetry collection, Mettle; an expansive collection, which invites readers in.
Published: Source: ABC ArtsTopic: Poetry
Police too often increase family violence risk and harm, new research finds
Police responses to family violence are too often harming not helping victims, replicating the power and control dynamics that underpin abuse and increasing risk, trauma and feelings of powerlessness, new research has found.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Domestic Violence
In the red sand, two ancient cultures collide
Like their Yolŋu hosts on Gumatj country, the stories, dance and regalia of Navajo, Comanche, Kiowa Sioux, Pueblo and Lakota nations in North America are intertwined with the land and natural environment.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
New national commissioner appointed amid worsening outcomes for Indigenous children
Adjunct Professor Sue-Anne Hunter, a Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman, will start in the role later this year.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
'Dismally failing’: State and territory funding cuts urged for Gap failures
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has warned Australia is at risk of "losing another generation" of First Nations people to the criminal justice system without urgent action from all levels of government.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
First Nations Australians denied access to own super savings, report finds
Research by consumer advocates has found discriminatory policies and rigid regulatory design prevent many First Nations people from accessing their own superannuation, years after the issue was highlighted at the banking royal commission.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Superannuation
Daniel Hunt wins coveted NAIDOC Person of the Year
The National NAIDOC Awards have wrapped up for another year. Here's your guide to the winners list.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Awards and Prizes
Regional News
Guard was watching TV in lead up to Indigenous inmate's death, inquest hears
A guard has admitted to watching a soccer game on TV in the moments leading up to the death of an Indigenous inmate, an inquest has heard in its first day.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Black Deaths In Custody
After waiting 50 years, remote community resorts to Chinese prefab homes
Sick of waiting decades for repairs and new homes, an Indigenous community in WA pools funds to buy two houses, made in China from shipping containers, to house its most vulnerable residents.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Housing Policy
Remote community celebrates anniversary of dialysis breakthrough
Smithy Zimran died before he could realise his dream of receiving dialysis on country, but his legacy lives on.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Inquest hears doctor getting counselling since Indigenous woman's death
A doctor admits he should have been called to see a woman before she died at the remote Lightning Ridge health centre, during a coronial inquest into her death.
Published: Source: ABC Western PlainsTopic: Healthcare Facilities
At a pivotal place, an urgent problem goes unaddressed by the PM
The prime minister's address at Garma this weekend contained strong commitments on economic development and land rights, but what was left unsaid became a talking point.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
The broken promise that has loomed over 25 years of Garma
From the pain of a broken political promise and one community’s desire to push forward, the Garma festival was born.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
Climate ruling puts Australia on notice, but is Canberra listening?
Both Torres Strait Islander peoples and Pacific Islanders have taken their climate battles to the courtroom in recent weeks. Together, they send a message to the world of what stands to be lost if leaders don’t take serious action on climate change.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Climate Change
Guard was watching TV in lead up to Indigenous inmate's death, inquest hears
A guard has admitted to watching a soccer game on TV in the moments leading up to the death of an Indigenous inmate, an inquest has heard in its first day.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Black Deaths In Custody
We asked AI to make Indigenous art. What it produced shows its great threat
We asked ChatGPT to create authentic Indigenous artworks and stories. Experts say what it produced — while "quick, easy and cheap" — represents a profound threat to First Nations cultures.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: AI
Portrait prize winner highlights plight of Indigenous youth detainees
An image of three First Nations girls gesturing with their middle fingers towards the camera, highlighting the issue of Indigenous children in youth detention, wins the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Art
Guard was watching TV in lead up to Indigenous inmate's death, inquest hears
A guard has admitted to watching a soccer game on TV in the moments leading up to the death of an Indigenous inmate, an inquest has heard in its first day.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Black Deaths In Custody
Inquest hears doctor getting counselling since Indigenous woman's death
A doctor admits he should have been called to see a woman before she died at the remote Lightning Ridge health centre, during a coronial inquest into her death.
Published: Source: ABC Western PlainsTopic: Healthcare Facilities
After a fire tore through the bush, 4,000 rare orchids popped up in its wake
The fight to save the veined doubletail orchid had a breakthrough in the Black Summer bushfires and now elders are leading a series of cultural burns to regenerate the endangered flower.
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Indigenous Culture
Elders lead cultural burns to help rare veined doubletail orchid
Indigenous elders have led three cultural burns at Barrington Tops, also known as the Biyan Biyan Plain.
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Endangered and Protected Species
Remote community celebrates anniversary of dialysis breakthrough
Smithy Zimran died before he could realise his dream of receiving dialysis on country, but his legacy lives on.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Indigenous runner Charlie Maher grateful for historic marathon feat
Charlie Maher has become the first Indigenous man to complete all seven major marathons in the world.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Marathon
Lawyers call for police involved in Kumanjayi White's death to be suspended
Almost 80 Northern Territory lawyers have written to the government calling for "external oversight" in the investigation into Kumanjayi White's death in custody, and for the officers involved to be stood down during the probe.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Legal Profession
Oyster reef restoration raises hope for north Queensland marine health
Scientists and traditional owners restore oyster reefs once common in Far North Queensland waters.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Environmental Management
The 'predatory and unethical' scam targeting Australia's most vulnerable
Financial Counsellors are warning of catastrophic impacts of unregulated gambling, known as "scambling", spreading like wildfire in First Nations communities. New data shows $2.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Scams and Fraud
Mixed feelings as Indigenous community rolls back 17-year alcohol ban
The remote central Queensland town is one of 15 local government areas in the state where alcohol restrictions are in place.
Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Alcohol
We asked AI to make Indigenous art. What it produced shows its great threat
We asked ChatGPT to create authentic Indigenous artworks and stories. Experts say what it produced — while "quick, easy and cheap" — represents a profound threat to First Nations cultures.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: AI
Remote community celebrates anniversary of dialysis breakthrough
Smithy Zimran died before he could realise his dream of receiving dialysis on country, but his legacy lives on.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Indigenous Australians
'Snapshot of Māori past': Carvings handed back to descendants
They depict Māori ancestors, they have been described as cultural treasures, they are made from wood and shell — and they are now returning home after more than a century overseas.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: History
SA government to appoint administrators to run APY Lands
The South Australian government says it will appoint administrators to run the remote APY Lands in the state's Far North amid concerns over governance.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
APY general manager's reappointment 'constitutionally invalid', report alleges
The APY Lands board has been ordered to remove general manager Richard King after a review commissioned by the state government concluded his reappointment was "a failure of proper accountable administration".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Respected Tasmanian elder and artist remembered as 'universally loved'
Uncle Rex Greeno, who became the first Tasmanian Aboriginal man to have a solo exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery last year, dies aged 83.
Published: Source: ABC Radio HobartTopic: Indigenous Australians
Six hundred deaths, little justice: The ongoing toll of deaths in custody
With more than 600 Indigenous deaths in custody since the royal commission, First Nations families say the staggering toll is Australia's shame.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Black Deaths In Custody
Councillor's push to drop 'quasi-religious' Acknowledgement of Country defeated
Councillor Louise Elliot's motion to move Acknowledgements of Country and Welcomes to Country practices out of formal council proceedings fails.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Local Government
'Fed up': Hobart councillor's push to move Acknowledgement of Country
Hobart City councillor Louise Elliot wants to move Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country protocols from official proceedings, arguing they are akin to religious rituals and being forced on people "against their will".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
Tanya Plibersek approved water plan without reading it, court finds
The federal court finds that the federal government failed traditional owners when the former water minister approved a water resource plan she had not read.
Published: Source: ABC WimmeraTopic: Water
New details emerge as Australia's first formal Treaty imminent in Victoria
In coming weeks the Victorian government is set to introduce a bill to legislate Australia's first formal treaty with traditional owners.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Residents of historic village refuse to pay rent for crumbling homes
In Cummeragunja, families live in decaying homes while children play on broken equipment.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Policy
Portrait prize winner highlights plight of Indigenous youth detainees
An image of three First Nations girls gesturing with their middle fingers towards the camera, highlighting the issue of Indigenous children in youth detention, wins the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Art
After waiting 50 years, remote community resorts to Chinese prefab homes
Sick of waiting decades for repairs and new homes, an Indigenous community in WA pools funds to buy two houses, made in China from shipping containers, to house its most vulnerable residents.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Housing Policy
Remote community celebrates anniversary of dialysis breakthrough
Smithy Zimran died before he could realise his dream of receiving dialysis on country, but his legacy lives on.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Indigenous Australians
WA Police apologise after officer laughed at detainee's suicide
WA police commissioner Col Blanch says police "need to be better" after a constable admitted ignoring a warning that a detainee was going to kill himself, then laughed when he did.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Aboriginal
Bunuba people say 'it's good to be home' as they return after floods
More than two years since catastrophic floods in WA's far north devastated a wildlife sanctuary, traditional owners have returned to country.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Indigenous Culture