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• TENS of thousands of people turned out to Invasion Day rally’s across the country. Framed with slogan-adorned signs, and amongst a sea of t-shirts advocating for better acknowledgement of Indigenous folks in Australia, this year’s Invasion Day rally’s were a realistic representation of more than just a bipartisan narrative that the mainstream media often feeds the airwaves. Full coverage, pages 28-35.

• ABORIGINAL people in Western Australia will be able to access records, usually kept from the public eye, to find out more about their family history. The restricted government files, which are closed to the public because of their sensitive nature, span from 1886 and 1972, and include information on births, family history, relatives, and medical records. 

In SPORT:

• THE battles have been won again in the annual Battle of the Countries Rugby League tournament in Wollongong, NSW. But that doesn’t mean that the important messages behind this competition, concerning mental health, suicide prevention and speaking up ever finish. 

• EFFERVESCENT and energetic William Hickey is a part of the heartbeat of the Illawarra Hawks as they push towards the NBL title this season. Dynamic and explosive as a point-guard, he has been a key component in the Hawks 24-25 campaign. 

Latest News Stories

A sign points out that January 26 is not a date to celebrate.

Tens of thousands turn out for Invasion Day Rally’s

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:40 pm

TENS of thousands of people turned out to Invasion Day rally’s across the country. 

Framed with slogan-adorned signs, and amongst a sea of t-shirts advocating for better acknowledgement of Indigenous folks in Australia, this year’s Invasion Day rally’s were a realistic representation of more than just a bipartisan narrative that the mainstream…

Emily Wurramara is embarking on a tour across Australia.

Award-winning Wurramara taps into power of nature

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:39 pm

HAILED as one of the country’s greatest voices by Double J, Emily Wurramara is playing a limited run of shows during February and March across most states of Australia. 

The Lutruwita/Tasmania- based artist, activist, author and proud Warnindhilyagwa woman from Groote Eylandt and Milyakburra/Bickerton will be touring in support…

Ruth Langford just before her arrest protecting native forest in Eastern Tiers Forest Reserve.

More forest arrests

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:38 pm

RUTH Langford/Tipruthanna who was arrested in the Eastern Tiers Forest Reserve last week protesting the logging of native forests says the real criminals are those allowing the destruction to continue.  

Hers was the latest in string of arrests in forestry coupes around Lutruwita/Tasmania, as more people answer Palawa Elder Uncle Jim Everett puralia meenamatta’s call to end native forestry logging and reinstall Palawa law in Country. 

Langford, a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung woman, who was born and raised in Lutruwita, says she has a cultural responsibility to…

A road trip through Western Australia’s southwest hopes to help Aboriginal people take the first step in researching their family history.

Hitting the road to reconnect families with their ancestry

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:37 pm

ABORIGINAL people in Western Australia will be able to access records, usually kept from the public eye, to find out more about their family history.

The restricted government files, which are closed to the public because of their sensitive nature, span from 1886 and 1972, and include information on births, family history, relatives, and medical records. 

Research experts from Aboriginal…

Janice Ross with her installation in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, a version on a white wall is currently exhibited in London – it is story that spans centuries.

Janice is truth-telling on the world stage in London

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:35 pm

TASMANIAN Aboriginal artist Janice Ross is in London this week truth telling and pushing for the return of important objects in British institutions, in particular a doll and pincushion that belonged to stolen Tasmanian Aboriginal girl Mathinna. 

Mathinna was born at Wybalenna on Flinders Island, Lutruwita/Tasmania in 1835 during the brutal Black War. 

She was stolen from her parents for Tasmanian Governor ‘Sir’ John Franklin and ‘Lady’ Jane Franklin when she was just four years old. 

Jane Franklin herself wrote that Mathinna was a ‘civilising experiment’, listing her alongside a collection which included the skulls of…

Danny Chapman, NSW Aboriginal Land Council South Coast region councillor.

Cultural fishing advocates slam flawed consultation

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:35 pm

FUNDAMENTALLY flawed consultation is the latest battle in the decades-long fight by NSW South Coast Aboriginal fishers for their fishing rights. 

The consultation was unannounced, held over the holiday period, totally online and based on the NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries) interpretation of cultural fishing. 

In 2009 the NSW government passed the Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009. 

It exempted Aboriginal cultural fishing from the catch limits that apply to recreational and commercial fishers. 

Section 21AA of that Act made a special provision for Aboriginal…