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Natasha Harris named Forbes Indigenous Person of 2019 at NAIDOC celebrations  Forbes Advocate

Natasha Harris has been named Forbes' 2019 Indigenous Person of the Year, honoured for her work as a family worker and in the community. In particular her ...

Launceston City Council to shun Australia Day  The Australian

Launceston will shift its citizenship ceremonies and awards to January 25, shunning Australia Day for its links to Aboriginal dispossession.

Launceston City Council to shun Australia Day  The Australian

Launceston will shift its citizenship ceremonies and awards to January 25, shunning Australia Day for its links to Aboriginal dispossession.

New Australia Day rules and dress code  Camden Advertiser

Local councils will be forced to hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26 under new federal government rules. The move cements a push against dozens of ...

A new wave of Pentecostal missionaries is dividing remote communities in Australia’s north.

Some are promoting the idea that traditional Aboriginal culture is a type of witchcraft or devil worship, and their followers are setting fire to sacred artefacts in an attempt to drive away the devil.

Aboriginal leaders have accused the preachers of exploiting vulnerable communities.

Erin Parke from ABC Kimberley investigates.
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Tasmania news: Road reopens after wind turbine mishap and pedestrian dies in CBD crash  ABC News

DAILY BRIEFING: A road in the Central Highlands has reopened after a truck carrying a 68-metre-long wind turbine blade lost its load, a 39-year-old woman ...

Another stolen generation looms unless Indigenous women fleeing violence can find safe housing  The Conversation AU

Indigenous children are admitted to out-of-home care at 11 times the rate for non-Indigenous children. The lack of safe housing for mothers fleeing family ...

Another stolen generation looms unless Indigenous women fleeing violence can find safe housing  The Conversation AU

Indigenous children are admitted to out-of-home care at 11 times the rate for non-Indigenous children. The lack of safe housing for mothers fleeing family ...

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects  ABC News

Christian missionaries are causing a *fresh* wave of upset in outback Australia, promising to bring people back from the dead, and promoting the idea traditional ...

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects  ABC News

Christian missionaries are causing a *fresh* wave of upset in outback Australia, promising to bring people back from the dead, and promoting the idea traditional ...

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects  ABC News

Christian missionaries are causing a *fresh* wave of upset in outback Australia, promising to bring people back from the dead, and promoting the idea traditional ...

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects  ABC News

Christian missionaries are causing a *fresh* wave of upset in outback Australia, promising to bring people back from the dead, and promoting the idea traditional ...

'We declare our support for Extinction Rebellion': an open letter from Australia's academics  The Guardian

Leading academics from around the country say it is their moral duty to rebel, to 'defend life itself'

'We declare our support for Extinction Rebellion': an open letter from Australia's academics  The Guardian

Leading academics from around the country say it is their moral duty to rebel, to 'defend life itself'

Denisovans: Face of long-lost human relative unveiled  BBC News

Researchers have provided the first glimpse of what an ancient group of humans looked like. Denisovan remains were discovered in 2008 and human evolution ...

Scientists use fossilised finger bone DNA to rebuild ancient human  The Guardian

Unprecedented feat reveals little-known Denisovans resembled Neanderthals but had 'super-wide' skulls.

Economics must stack up in NT’s carbon dream  The Australian

The Top End really has gone troppo if it thinks it can solve climate change alone, with a Territory-based aspiration to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Australia’s indigenous people assert their rights over Uluru  Financial Times

I don't have a head for heights, but even if I did, I wouldn't climb Uluru. The majestic, rust-coloured sandstone rock, a symbol of Australia, is a sacred site for the ...

Australia’s indigenous people assert their rights over Uluru  Financial Times

I don't have a head for heights, but even if I did, I wouldn't climb Uluru. The majestic, rust-coloured sandstone rock, a symbol of Australia, is a sacred site for the ...

Michael O'Loughlin champions education and hard work through GO Foundation  National Indigenous Times

A well-known AFL legend, Michael O'Loughlin said aside from his football career, he's proud of co-founding the GO Foundation with close friend Adam Goodes.