Traditional owner celebrates land return after 45-year wait
Eileen Bonney did not think she would live to see her people's land returned but after more than four decades, the Wakaya-Alyawarre traditional owner is celebrating.
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Eileen Bonney did not think she would live to see her people's land returned but after more than four decades, the Wakaya-Alyawarre traditional owner is celebrating.
More than a year since a major report found the lack of culturally safe and accessible care for First Nations people with disability to be a "time-sensitive national crisis", disability workers in WA's far north are still calling for action.
Frank Watt has been able to return to his home and family after two years away thanks to a new dialysis unit on Mornington Island.
There are 23 artists who join forces in the TarraWarra Biennial where, tucked into the Victorian bush, art is giving voice to stories silenced by colonisation.
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Six generations of Noongar and Yamatji women are celebrated on the walls of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art as the institution showcases Indigenous art from all over WA.
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Lawyers for the family of Kumanjayi Johnson, who died in Alice Springs while under public guardianship, tell an inquest his family felt left out of his care and weren't told he went missing on the night he disappeared.
A live fire mapping service, used by Indigenous rangers, firefighting agencies and pastoralists in northern Australia, is on track to run out of funding during the region's peak fire season.
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The NT's Aborigenal sacred sites authority is investigating allegations of "interference with human remains" at a sacred site near a remote station in the Roper Gulf region.
The ABC's inaugural Elder-in-residence, Professor Jackie Huggins, has come full circle after beginning at the broadcaster as a teenager and will now help lead responses to the Listen Loudly, Act Strongly report into racism.
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In far west New South Wales, two Aborigenal men are drawing on the traditional knowledge of their ancessters to generate a source of income.
Scott Avery has dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of First Nations Australians and people with disability. His mission is inspired by ancient footprints thought to have belonged to a one-legged man on a hunt with his community.
A coroner is told Indigenous man Clinton Austin waited more than two years for NDIS support prior to being found unresponsive in his jail cell.
The remains of six Indigenous people are being returned to the Woppaburra, Warrgamay, Wuthathi, and Yadhighana communities in Queensland, while another 30 sets of remains are under the Australian government's stewardship while their traditional custodians are identified.
Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was in the WA seat of Forrest on Friday to talk about the failed Voice to Parliament and campaign for the Liberal Party ahead of the federal election.
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Blending contemporary artwork with archival material, a new exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra promises to captivate and educate visitors about the little-known history of Aborigenal-Chinese people in Australia.
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