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Study finds high level of distress for Indigenous LGBTQ+ youth
Nearly one in two young Indigenous LGBTQ+ Australians have attempted suicide at some point in their life, new research has found.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Australian governments worsening Indigenous disadvantage, report finds
The Productivity Commission's first review of Closing the Gap progress finds state governments are failing to meet their targets.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Young people are being shut out of the Voice debate
The Uluru Youth Dialogue say that the loudest speakers for and against the Voice are those already with a voice - politicians, activists and media personalities. They argue young people are being left out.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Why this screenshot of a Yes campaign email does not equal 'bribes paid by the taxpayer'
Conjecture appeared on social media this week suggesting Labor MPs were offering 'bribes' in the form of grants to community organisations to become active in campaigning for a Voice.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Federal Parliament
'Vote No' flyers peddling false claims under investigation
An Indigenous artist and elder is "disgusted" that a painting he composed of Uluru has been reappropriated to help spread misinformation about the Voice to Parliament.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Referendums
Alice Springs locals' are calling for alcohol restrictions to be made permanent
Extended for another twelve months, NT bottle shops will continue to have reduced trading hours, a limit of one transaction per day and must cease operations on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Artwork used to further the 'no' camp in Voice to Parliament referendum
Danny Eastwood's painting of Uluru has been stolen and distributed by opponents to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The doctored image was used in 'no' pamphlets without his permission.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
Regional News
Divers risked their lives to collect shells like these for others to create buttons, luxury items
Wearing helmets as heavy as a medieval suit of armour, divers had one hour to fill their baskets with pearl or trochus shells.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Trial for four people accused of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey set for 2025
The trial of four people accused of the murder of Cassius Turvey has been set down for February 2025.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
Seaweed abundance provides inspiration for Holdfast Art Project
Seaweed is used in a growing number of industries including agriculture, food and cosmetics. But in the state's south east... the science behind seaweed is also proving an inspiration for artists.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Art
This busker knows the streets well, including where he can and can't go
Malcolm Walalgie, who lives with cerebral palsy, loves life in his WA town. But he says "people like me" can't enjoy every aspect of it — and that is something he wants changed.
Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Indigenous Music
With a possible double dissolution, Albanese has an exceptionally rare opportunity
Anthony Albanese has signalled a return to a sharper political contest with his announcement that the government would be reintroducing the legislation for its Housing Australia Future Fund next week, writes Laura Tingle.
Published: Source: 7.30Topic: Federal Government
A mysterious leaflet pushing a No vote for the Voice has jumped the shark to the issue of money
If there is a similarity between the politics of Robodebt and the sorts of things now being said under the No banner of the Voice, there is an even more significant similarity in the mechanics of what lies beneath both, writes Laura Tingle.
Published: Source: 7.30Topic: Federal Government
Imagine being locked in a tiny room for days. For these teenagers, it's reality
As more examples of the unlawful confinement of youth detainees come to light, it's time to end the vicious cycle, writes state political reporter Keane Bourke.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Law, Crime and Justice
Internal division over Path to Treaty expected to boil over at Queensland LNP convention
It's come as a surprise to some Queensland LNP members that there's one glaring omission from the motions set to be openly debated at the Liberal National Party's state convention this weekend, writes Rachel Riga.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
Why beds at the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm remain unused six years after the centre opened
The $12 million purpose-built health facility for Indigenous people in Canberra's south has been open for over six years, but its eight beds have never been slept in.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Drug and Substance Abuse
More than 60 First Nations veterans of Korean War identified
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra believes there may have been 17 times as many Indigenous Korean War veterans as previously thought.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: History
Aboriginal art collective breaks silence on allegations of interference
A leading member of an Aboriginal arts group at the centre of parallel investigations into allegations of interference with works says the controversy is proving "hard and difficult" for the artists and the broader local community.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment
'Another broken promise to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people': Report warns of continued disadvantage
State and territory governments are not being held accountable for failing to meet Closing the Gap targets and in some cases are actively exacerbating disadvantage, a Productivity Commission report finds.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
'Special landscape': $13m deal to turn remote NSW pastoral property into national park
The ABC is given access to pastoral Comeroo Station in remote NSW, soon to be converted to national parkland, protecting a healthy and unique river system.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Land Management
Mutawintji Cultural Festival to continue 'meeting place' tradition, attracting dancers from four states
More than 100 dancers from across the country will come together at Mutawintji National Park in August for what is only the second gathering of its kind since colonisation.
Published: Source: ABC Broken HillTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
NSW Corrections boss notes 'systemic' failures linked to inmate's death
A 26-year-old First Nations inmate referred to as RRC died in his cell at Shortland Correctional Centre at Cessnock in 2021. His inquest hears there were "systemic" failures in the lead-up to his death.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Aboriginal
Push to reduce red tape to allow for more cultural burning being considered in NSW
Insurance, approvals, and understanding within government have been hampering efforts to ramp up cultural burning, but a large volume of requests from private landholders is forcing the issue.
Published: Source: ABC South East NSWTopic: Indigenous Culture
Artists impressions reveal what could be 'national Aboriginal art gallery'
Designs for a multimillion-dollar Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs have been released, revealing the size and scale of the project.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Architecture
Designs unveiled for National Aboriginal Art Gallery precinct in Alice Springs
Designs for a multi-million-dollar Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs have been released, following years of failed negotiations with Indigenous custodians over the project's location.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Art
Is it time to rethink the way First Nations children are educated?
A report by a network of Indigenous leaders has made the case for a First Nations-led education system that prioritises language and culture for Aboriginal children.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Indigenous Policy
Surviving the stolen generation and bombing of Darwin: Class action evidence heard in Federal Court
Justice Bernard Murphy has travelled through the Northern Territory this week as part of an ongoing class action over allegedly stolen wages of Aboriginal people before 1971.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Other Peoples)
Divers risked their lives to collect shells like these for others to create buttons, luxury items
Wearing helmets as heavy as a medieval suit of armour, divers had one hour to fill their baskets with pearl or trochus shells.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Joseph's ancestral language is no longer spoken but he's trying to change that
The Wakaman language of Far North Queensland has been dormant for generations but, using archival material from anthropologists’ collections, a project is under way to bring it back.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous Culture
Joseph's ancestral language is no longer spoken but he's trying to change that
The Wakaman language has been dormant for generations. But thanks to archival material found in a SA museum, Joseph is hopeful this important part of his cultural identity will be revived.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Aboriginal Language
Answers wanted over cause of lead leaching into drinking water
Documents show the Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council raised concerns with the state government over critical infrastructure failures more than a year before lead was discovered in the community's tap water.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Infrastructure
Seaweed abundance provides inspiration for Holdfast Art Project
Seaweed is used in a growing number of industries including agriculture, food and cosmetics. But in the state's south east... the science behind seaweed is also proving an inspiration for artists.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Art
Seaweed was once important in traditional Boandik diets. Now its beauty is under the microscope for an art project
On South Australia's wild Limestone Coast seaweed is abundant. Due to the southern ocean's nutrient-rich Bonney Upwelling there are more types of seaweed here than elsewhere in the world, making it the ideal subject for a local art project.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Aboriginal
Uluru Statement from the Heart signatory blames 'toxic' racism for silencing people about the Voice
Attendees of a Support Yes Forum south of Adelaide voice their fears about the momentum of the No campaign, as a Ngarrindjerri, Kaurna and Wirangu woman warns there is a lot of work to do to convince some of her own people to support a Voice to…
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Aboriginal art collective breaks silence on allegations of interference
A leading member of an Aboriginal arts group at the centre of parallel investigations into allegations of interference with works says the controversy is proving "hard and difficult" for the artists and the broader local community.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Tam wanted to quit smoking when her daughter fell pregnant. She found someone to help
Tamara Styles had been smoking cigarettes since she was 14 years old, until an Aboriginal program gave her a plan to quit.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Smoking
A key to solving the GP crisis could be right under our noses — we just need to ask Aboriginal Australians
Despite constant headlines about general practice being in crisis, research shows one area is shining brightly. So what can we learn from Aboriginal-run health services?
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Doctors and Medical Professionals
This statue will soon be gone, but its base will remain — to explain why the monument had to go
A sandstone plinth will be left at the site of a bronze statue depicting a divisive colonial statue in Hobart explaining why it was taken down — but there is a push on for the removal to be stopped altogether.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Aboriginal
'We need to do this': Yes campaigners rally around the country
Thousands take part in Yes vote events around the country as advocates lay out why Australia needs a Voice to Parliament.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
'This is their country': Migrants say they need more resources to learn about the Voice to Parliament
Awareness of the Voice is low among newly arrived migrant and refugee communities, a survey by settlement service AMES Australia finds.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Refugees
They're the oldest families in Victoria. On Wednesday, they took over Parliament House
A fresh set of Victorian traditional owners elected to the First Peoples' Assembly are preparing for Australia's first statewide treaty negotiations, which they say represent an "ongoing journey" that will benefit all Victorians.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Aboriginal
At the age of six, Lois attended the first Aboriginal debutante ball. Soon she'll be at the 74th
Lois Peeler hopes the ball will keep helping future generations of Indigenous women find pride in their identity.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: History
As the Voice to Parliament campaign ramps up, Victoria's Aboriginal communities are outlining their positions
So far, only two of Victoria's 11 registered Traditional Owner groups are advocating for a Yes vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Trial for four people accused of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey set for 2025
The trial of four people accused of the murder of Cassius Turvey has been set down for February 2025.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
This busker knows the streets well, including where he can and can't go
Malcolm Walalgie, who lives with cerebral palsy, loves life in his WA town. But he says "people like me" can't enjoy every aspect of it — and that is something he wants changed.
Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Indigenous Music
'Soaked in trauma, soaked in grief': Why a region in southern WA is in the grip of an Indigenous suicide crisis
Joanne Woods has lost count of the loved ones her community has lost to suicide in WA's Great Southern region, as her family and advocates call for urgent change to stop more people dying.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Suicide
WA councillor stands by 'offensive' acknowledgement of country comments
The wording references "all Aboriginal communities", with one councillor saying she did not want to honour "all members" of any community.
Published: Source: ABC South West WATopic: Local Government