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Youngsters Dion Mitchell and Nicholas Jingo of Mutujulu, Northern Territory, were stoked to get their hands on the biggest prize in AFL when the premiership trophy made the pilgrimage though the APY Lands in South Australia, then onto Uluru in the Northern Territory.

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• AUSTRALIA could be taken to task internationally for its “crisis of mass incarceration” of Indigenous children as one state tries to take its controversial youth crime crackdown even further. Indigenous legal experts have filed a complaint with the United Nations, pointing to what they say is systemic racial discrimination in criminal laws nationwide.

•INDIGENOUS groups respond to 2025 budget.

• AS the climate warms, species teeter on the edge of extinction and a federal election looms, the campaign to end native forest logging is ramping up with protests across the continent, more arrests and challenges to colonial law. Last week police evicted forest defenders and arrested Aboriginal woman Ruth Langford Tipruthanna, who were protesting native forest logging on the western side of the Kunanyi/ Mt Wellington range – the mountain that overshadows Nipaluna/ Hobart.

• MARK Haines’ siblings have spent every day of the last 37 years desperately missing their beloved older brother. Mr Haines, a happy and unassuming Gomeroi teenager who loved playing footy, was found dead on train tracks outside Tamworth, NSW, in January 1988. An inquest re-examining the 17-year-old’s death has given his siblings Lorna and Ron Haines very little comfort.

• AND meet our new editor, Todd Jigarru Condie, proud member of the Wadjanbarra and Bundebarra clans of the Yidinji nation in north Queensland.

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Members of the Indulkna Tigers club with the symbol of footy supremacy – AFL premiership cup. Picture: Peter Archer

AFL roadshow tours remote areas

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 3:11 pm

AS a part of the third instalment of the AFL’s Gather Round, its Roadshow travelled to the most remote footballing destination in our nation, the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands and then onto Uluru in the Northern Territory.

This was the inaugural trip by the 2025 AFL and AFLW premiership cup to the communities in this remote part of north-west South Australia.

The Cup first stopped at Pukatja Oval and the Ernaballa Ananga School, where the local students and staff played an impromptu game of football between the boys and the girls.

The proppaNOW artist collective (left to right): Gordon Hookey, Jennifer Herd, Tony Albert, Megan Cope, Richard Bell and Vernon Ah Kee. The collective also includes the late Laurie Nilsen. Picture: Rhett Hammerton.

Lismore Regional Gallery gets all proppaNOW – correction

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 3:11 pm

proppaNOW: OCCURRENT AFFAIR is showing at Lismore Regional Gallery until April 27, 2025.

This story, published in Edition 847 of the Koori Mail newspaper, erroneously stated, “proppaNOW, are currently staging their last exhibition as a collective…” This is not the last exhibition for the group. Koori Mail apologises for any harm or misunderstanding caused by this error.

Jarra Karalinar Steel is off to Paris and Archibald Prize-winning artist Vincent Namatjira OAM in his studio. (Pictures supplied).

Indigenous artists to take up residencies in Paris

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 3:09 pm

PARIS is renowned as the world’s epicentre of art and later this year two highly regarded First Nations artists will arrive in the city of light to take up prestigious residencies literally a stone’s throw from Notre Dame Cathedral and The Louvre.

Archibald Prize-winning artist…

Andrew Krakouer was remembered as ‘the perfect crumber, and he was a good mark for his size’. Picture: AAP

Krakouer remembered as ‘a special talent’

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 3:04 pm

FORMER Richmond and Collingwood AFL player Andrew Krakouer has been remembered as a “special talent” after he died from a suspected heart attack, aged 42…

Richmond and Collingwood figures led tributes to Krakouer, who died in Perth on Sunday, March 30, with both clubs saying they were “deeply saddened”.

Parrtjima curator and cultural lead of the Koori Mail, Rhoda Roberts, with Kumalie Riley who performed the Welcome to Country on opening night.

Festival Lights up the heart of Arrente land

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 3:04 pm

IN the face of disruptions both natural and political, Paartjima 2025 got off to a spectacular start on Arrente Country in Central Australia last weekend with a feast of light installations, artworks, workshops and music all shining a light on the way ahead. Kumalie Riley performed the Welcome to Country along with Parrtjima Reference group member Felicity Hayes, who welcomed everyone in language.

In her opening remarks, festival curator Rhoda Roberts said that now more than ever, an event like Parrtjima was vital.

Ken Thaiday Snr, CIAF’s artistic director Teho Ropeyarn and Gillyba Ambrum. Picture: Alicia Jade, Studio So

CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR CALLS FOR CREATIVES

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 2:55 pm

CAIRNS Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is calling out Queensland-wide to First Nations artists and craftspeople to showcase their culture and wares to thousands of visitors at the annual art market. Rebranded to reflect the organisation’s commitment to showcasing authentic, high-quality artwork and craftsmanship, the art market, now called the Artisans Showcase, is on at Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns from July 10 to 13 this year.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Artisans Showcase (CIAF art market) are open until April 30. Visit ciaf.com.au/cairns-indigenous- art-fair-ciaf2025