After a lengthy battle, the Torres Strait Islander flag will fly over this...
Anzac Hill in Alice Springs will now permanently fly the Torres Strait Islander flag alongside the Australian, Northern Territory and Aboriginal flags — in what the town's mayor acknowledges is a "long...
View ArticleIndigenous musician William Barton says being named Queensland Australian of...
A Brave Life founder Melissa Redsell, child protection advocate Claude Harvey and Torres Strait Islander community leader Talei Elu were also honoured.
View ArticleExtra $424m to tackle Indigenous disadvantages
Acknowledging an 'enormous failure' to improve life outcomes for Indigenous Australians, the federal government has unveiled a fresh Closing the Gap plan and more funding.
View ArticleIn a landmark legal outcome, this unusual and very beautiful evidence was...
When five Indigenous groups came together on a native title claim, their traditional singing was crucial evidence. Now they're celebrating a landmark legal outcome.
View Article'We deserve a seat at the table': But is that what the Voice is? Three young,...
Three young, Aboriginal women share their views on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament – but don't expect them to fall neatly into Yes or No camps.
View ArticleSearch for popular, young canoeist known as the friendly face of Thursday...
Family and friends are praying for a miracle as the search continues for an experienced outrigger canoeist in Far North Queensland after the Thursday Island local disappeared two days ago.
View ArticleSearch for missing paddler in Torres Strait scaled down
Water and air searches for Denne Bourke will continue but shoreline searches will end, five days after he was last seen between Thursday and Horn islands.
View ArticleHow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders have shaped culture and...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders share stories and language, culture and wisdom, that have been passed down from generation to generation.
View Article'Leave their bones behind': Elders fear losing gravesites in Torres Strait as...
Aunty McRose Elu has been watching her ancestral lands slowly disappear beneath her feet for decades. The Saibai elder fears rising sea levels and increasingly severe weather events could mean her...
View ArticleThese Australians fear becoming climate change refugees if the sea keeps rising
Torres Strait Islander elders continue the fight to protect their islands from disappearing in rising sea levels in week one of the Federal Court's on-country hearing.
View ArticleWhat does it mean to be on Country with Indigenous Elders? Dan Bourchier...
We travelled thousands of kilometres, navigated croc-filled waters and an encounter with a deadly taipan to record the stories of Indigenous Elders on Country for the ABC's One Plus One program.
View ArticleHalf of this remote island has no internet — but it is about to host...
The mayor of Palm Island in North Queensland says the telco's arrival is "great news" for the remote Indigenous community that will create jobs and launch the island into the "corporate world".
View ArticleLeaders plead for 'avoidable' weekly deaths to be stopped in Torres Strait...
Three people are dying from avoidable causes in Torres Strait communities each week, leaders say, and they're calling for an independent review into the regional health service.
View ArticleSouth Australia delays Voice to Parliament elections over 'confusion' with...
South Australia has delayed the introduction of its state-based Voice to Parliament, just months from the referendum to decide whether to create a national Voice.
View ArticleJunior footy stars cross the sea to compete in league tournament
For the first time a team of junior rugby league players from the outer islands of the Torres Strait has represented the remote islands iin a mainland carnival.
View ArticleHow a former NRL star scored a dream gig in the Harry Potter stage show
As the final season of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage production draws to an end in Melbourne, Michael Bani is searching for his next adventure.
View ArticleMayor blasts 'two hour' decision to commit ministerial task force to Torres...
Queensland's health minister has completed a whistlestop tour of Cape York and the Torres Strait to seek consensus for a service review, but a local leader refuses to make a decision 'on the run'.
View ArticleAs the Voice to Parliament campaign ramps up, Victoria's Aboriginal...
So far, only two of Victoria's 11 registered Traditional Owner groups are advocating for a Yes vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum.
View Article'This is their country': Migrants say they need more resources to learn about...
Awareness of the Voice is low among newly arrived migrant and refugee communities, a survey by settlement service AMES Australia finds.
View ArticleThe referendum is a Yes/No vote on 92 words. All other disputes should be...
As the campaign for the Voice referendum begins, it's worth having a look at why this referendum question has become so hopelessly ensnarled in undergrowth. And perhaps doing a spot of weeding, writes...
View ArticleUninformed, bored and apathetic: Voters are turning against the Voice in the...
The latest poll result for the Voice referendum shows more bad news for Yes with rapidly declining support across all demographics. For Yes to win from here it needs to turn things around fast and...
View ArticleThere's a foul, rising tide of racism in the Voice debate ahead of the...
Bunburying is the art of concocting a noble-sounding alibi to provide cover for an undisclosed and less-noble objective. Why is this relevant today? Because senior First Nations academic Marcia Langton...
View Article'We have to find a way to go forward': Torres Strait Islanders look to the...
More than 70 per cent of people on Thursday Island/Waiben voted in favour of a Voice to Parliament. Defeat hasn't cooled their desire for more control over their region's affairs.
View ArticleTiwi Island traditional owners lobby against Darwin LNG project
The owners are in Sydney to campaign for the pulling of funding for an expansion of a Santos project, which has been subject to court action.
View ArticleSearchers suspect missing teen attacked by crocodile after body found on...
Queensland police believe a teenager who went missing on Thursday was killed by a crocodile after a boat broke down off Saibai Island in the far northern reaches of the Torres Strait.
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