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  • At the trial for the murder of Cassius Turvey, the West Australian Supreme Court has heard disturbing details of the alleged attack on the 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, who died in hospital ten days after the alleged attack, in October 2022. 

  • DILAPIDATED buildings are hindering dedicated services’ desperate efforts to close the gap on better life outcomes for Aboriginal people. A damning report, co-authored by Infrastructure Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, exposes…

  • THIRTY-SIX First Nations ancestors from the United Kingdom have been returned in a ceremony hosted by the Natural History Museum in London. The ceremony marked the return of ancestors to four communities in Queensland: one ancestor to the Woppaburra community, one to the Warrgamay, two ancestors to the Wuthathi community and two ancestors to the Yadhighana community. The remaining 30 ancestors…

IN SPORT

  • NOW in its third incarnation, the AFL’s Gather Round descended on South Australia from Thursday, April 10 to Sunday, April 13, with all 18 teams playing across three venues. See our picture spread from this year’s Round.

Mid-year Education Feature, pages 29 – 53

Latest News Stories

Miss Kaninna did not waste a second of her time on the big stages of Bluesfest delivering powerhouse performances and messages of human rights and politics to a rapturous audience. Pictures: Jillian Mundy.

Is it really time to say bye bye to Bluesfest?

Friday, 25 April 2025 6:22 pm

OVER 108,000 punters turned out for four days of world-class music, sunshine and vibes at the 36th annual Byron Bay Bluesfest on Bundjalung Country over the Easter long weekend. 

Unlike previous years when the Boomerang Festival was incorporated into Bluesfest, there were just a few Aboriginal acts – but they certainly did not disappoint.

Vanessa Harbrow and son Dhadjowa Jade Davidson, with Ashanti Walker and Asharna Good from Galway Yenbena dance group. Pictures Ali Mc.

Dancing through grief

Friday, 25 April 2025 6:15 pm

VICTORIA Park football ground recently played host to the Ngarra Jarra Noun Healing Ceremony, which saw ten dance groups gather to share culture and honour ancestors. Presented by the Indigenous Sports Network, Victoria Park is famed in both football and Aboriginal lore. 

This was the site where, in 1993, Nicky Winmar famously lifted his jumper and pointed at his black skin in response to racist jeering from the crowd. This occasion reflected upon the grief caused by ongoing deaths in custody, with the event held in partnership with the Dhadjowa Foundation. 

Arrernte artist and illustrator Seraphina Newberry with her first graphic novel, Exo Dimensions. (Picture: Indigenous LIteracy Foundation)

Telling ancient stories in a brand new, futuristic way

Friday, 25 April 2025 6:03 pm

IMAGINE this, the Rainbow Serpent turning into a superhero in a dystopian present day, complete with cyborgs and zombies, set in a graphic novel that entwines Indigenous creation stories in a time where the past catches up with the future.  

It may be a lot to get your head around, but for Arrernte artist and illustrator Seraphina Newberry and her readers, it all makes perfect sense.  

Federal Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy (centre right) with the most senior surviving claimant of the Wakaya- Alyawarre land claim, Eileen Bonney, in the Barkly region, Northern Territory. Traditional Owners are celebrating the return of more than 400,000 hectares of Country following four decades of negotiations and legal proceedings. (AAP)

Land returned after 45-year wait

Friday, 25 April 2025 5:30 pm

AFTER four decades of advocacy, Traditional Owners are celebrating the return of their Country, but say it has been a long time coming. In 1980, the Central Land Council lodged a land claim on behalf of Wakaya and Alyawarre Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory’s Barkly region. (AAP)

Monaroo Elder Uncle BJ Cruse spoke at the United Nations in Switzerland last year about historic child abuse. He’s now heading to New York to speak about human rights abuses.

Uncle BJ off to the UN, again

Friday, 25 April 2025 5:28 pm

MONAROO Elder Uncle BJ Cruse is again flying overseas to call out the Australian Government’s breach of human rights to the United Nations (UN). 

It relates to the compulsory acquisition of land at Fisheries Beach, Eden, in Yuin Country, by the Commonwealth of Australia, on behalf of the Department of Defence, in September 2002. 

Uncle BJ said the land was granted to the Aboriginal people under the 1999 International Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). 

Assariah Lenoy-Sam with his mum Renee Grinfelds at the Blackhawks game on April 12.

Mamma’s ok with her baby growing up to be a Cowboy

Friday, 25 April 2025 5:22 pm

RISING young Palm Island rugby league star Assariah Lenoy-Sam is hoping to be the third player from his Aboriginal community to make the top Cowboys NRL squad. Assariah is in the second year of a Cowboys Young Guns scholarship and played a pre-season trial with the NQ Cowboys team in Cairns during February. 

Aged just 20, Assariah looks well on the way to achieving that aim of making the full-time squad after starring this season for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup competition.Â