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THE path to a professional netball career for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young women should become clearer following the First Nations Black Swans’ remarkable debut on the international stage.

The Black Swans team defied all expectations while belying their relative inexperience after recording an impressive 4-2 record at the 2024 Pacific Netball Series in Brisbane at the weekend.

The team was made up by 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander netballers from across Australia, and coached by Kamilaroi woman Ali Tucker- Munro, a former Australian Diamonds squad member and experienced coach.

The Swans’ pushed world- ranked…

WITH its resort-style appearance and pristine beaches that are swarmed by countless tourists each year, it’s hard to believe Wadjemup (or Rottnest Island) in Western Australia is also home to Australia’s largest recorded Aboriginal Deaths in Custody site.

But just metres behind the thousand- dollar-a-night villas looking out over million- dollar yachts lies one of Australia’s greatest shames: a mass burial ground containing the bodies of hundreds of Aboriginal prisoners.

Even today, many of the tourists who flock to Rottnest Island to take selfies with the world-famous Quokkas are unaware of the island’s dark secrets and its disturbing past…

HUNDREDS of people have gathered to remember the day Aboriginal people were massacred by stockmen in NSW 186 years ago.

Every June hundreds of people gather in northern NSW to remember the massacre of Aboriginal people at the hands of non-Indigenous settlers.

On June 10, 1838, a group of 11 convicts and ex-convict stockmen rode onto Myall Creek station, killing 28 Aboriginal men women and children.

Seven of the perpetrators were trialled, convicted and executed in a national first.

“It marked the first time in our country’s history where white people were brought to justice…

“TOO many times our people are spoken to and about with deficit language and not with strong strength-based language that is filled with aspirations and solutions. This use of deficit language has to change and we have to call it out when we hear and read it. We also need to be a part of changing how we speak about ourselves and the actions we do in our everyday life.

How do we do this? In my opinion it goes back to our own strength and connection in identity with ourselves, community, Country and culture. We need to make aspirations for ourselves and be driven by the core values and connection of our people moving forward. For when we give back with the intent for the wellbeing, safety and growth of others to live full lives, that connection and spirit is priceless and flows on through others with…

MULTI award-winning musician Emma Donovan will lodge a complaint with the taxi industry regulator after being refused a ride by two separate taxi drivers at Perth Airport last weekend.

Ms Donovan initially thought she was refused service due to the short fare from the airport but is seeking an apology because she believes she was rejected by the taxi drivers ‘because of the colour of my skin’.

One taxi driver even told Ms Donovan that they ‘don’t take my kind’.

In a social media post on Friday, June 7, Ms Donovan said she was ‘absolutely fuming’ over the incident.

“I know this wasn’t because of a short fare, I know this was racism at its finest,” she said.

“I will be reporting these guys…

A TRIO of talented hockey-playing sisters will take on the best in the country at next month’s national championships on the Gold Coast.

Twins Shaniqua Williams and Shelera Williams and sister Martina Williams have won selection for New South Wales at Hockey Australia’s Under-18s National Championships.

The deadly trio come from a long line of hockey players in their family, who are from Grafton, in northern NSW.

In what was a record-making feat, a few years ago, the girls joined their mum, Leanne Williams, and older sisters Pamela and Trista (goalkeeper), on the pitch to play for the Bailey’s club in a D-grade match in the Grafton Hockey Association.

The youngsters weren’t just making up the numbers. In the game, Martina nabbed two goals against Sailors Allure Derma…