‘Opening up worlds’: Linda Burney joins UTS board with a mission to boost Aboriginal participation

Former minister helped develop Australia’s first Aboriginal education policy in the 1980s and brings decades of expertise to embattled university ...

Man charged with terrorism over attack targeting Aboriginal Australians at protest

Accused allegedly threw a homemade bomb at a crowd which had gathered to protest Australia Day.

An Australian Billionaire Tried to Suppress an Aboriginal Artist’s Unflattering Portrait of Her. It’s Only Drawn More Attention

Australia’s wealthiest person comes under the microscope after unsuccessfully trying to get the National Gallery to remove a painting of her by an acclaimed Aboriginal artist.
The New York Times

Indigenous Australians and the Women’s World Cup: A fight for self-determination

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...
The Economist

Aboriginal Australians may at last be given a say in their own affairs

Beginning in 2016 thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from hundreds of communities across Australia came together in regional dialogues culminating in a constitutional convention. The ...
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Man charged with ‘terrorism’ for bomb at Indigenous protest in Australia

The charge marks the first instance of an individual being prosecuted for this specific offence in Western Australia.

A note to Abbie Chatfield: 'Paying rent' to Indigenous Aussies to atone for the actions of our ancestors would be a logistical nightmare

The spectre of inherited guilt burdens people like Wes Clark Jr., who, in 2016, knelt before Lakota elder Leonard Crow Dog to ...
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New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...
The New York Times

Should Aboriginal Australians Have a ‘Voice’ in Parliament? These Two Say No.

Two female Aboriginal lawmakers with very different political views are campaigning against the proposal to create an advisory body on Indigenous issues. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Hobart, ...
Los Angeles Times

Did she betray Indigenous Australians or protect them from victimization?

MELBOURNE, Australia — Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was confident and composed when she appeared at Australia’s National Press Club to explain why she, a rising political star who is an Indigenous ...
CNN

‘It belongs to everyone’: Australian government buys rights to Aboriginal flag for $14 million

Australia’s government has bought the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, making it freely available for public use and ending a longstanding battle over the design. In a deal worth more than 20 million ...
Time

Australia Will Hold a Referendum to Recognize Indigenous Peoples. Meet the Activist Behind the Vote

Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Australia stands out among Britain’s former settler colonies as the only country that doesn’t have a ...