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VIC: A significant chapter begins for Aboriginal communities as historic treaty laws clear parliament in Victoria, sparking optimism for other parts of the nation.

WA: Almost 200 years after a massacre of Aboriginal people, a state’s governor has apologised for the ‘dreadful wrongs’ of the man behind the attack.

NSW: Cultural fisher Keith Nye has been NSW jailed twice, booked multiple times, and was the subject of undercover operations by three separate government agencies over 14 years. “Practising culture is our medicine, and what is being done to us is making us sick,” the Native Title claimant says.

SA: The fourth and final burial mound at Kaurna’s Wangayarta is being prepared for the next Kaurna reburial ceremony, following the repatriation of Kaurna ancestors from the South Australian Museum, University of Adelaide, and the Edinburgh University.

NSW: Families of those who have died in NSW custody braved the rain to tell their stories and cry out for change at the National Day of Action to oppose Black Deaths in Custody, held at Sydney’s Town Hall last Saturday, October 31

TSI: Remote Dauan Island in the Torres Strait has been identified as the home of three species new to science, a gecko and two frogs which are found nowhere else on Earth. .

Latest News Stories

Scott Boland at work on the pitch

First Nations Icons in 25 – Scott Boland

Friday, 7 November 2025 7:41 am

By PETER ARGENT

One of just a small handful of Indigenous Australians to be selected to play for Australia at international level, Scott Boland is only the second male Aboriginal player to have played Test cricket for Australia, following South Australian Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie.

With captain Pat Cummins confirmed unavailable for the opening Test in Perth of the 2025-2026 Ashes starting later this month, expect Poland to play that match at a minimum.

Evelyn Araluen. Picture: Leah Jing McIntosh

Evelyn Araluen Will Not Look Away

Friday, 7 November 2025 7:41 am

By CHRISTIAN MORROW

Stella Prize-winning poet Evelyn Araluen admits to being overwhelmed by the deluge of tragedy, half truths and outright lies washing relentlessly through her social media feeds. But Evelyn Araluen will not look away.

In her new collection of poetry, The Rot, she is firing back at it all – the patriarchy, colonialism and political malfeasance- using language dense with imagery and skilfully nuanced in its use of abstraction, emotional overload, design layout, satire and humour. Blak humour.

Inma performance during the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the handback of Uluru. (Pic: AAP); Uluru at sunset during the 40th anniversary of the hardback of Uluru to Traditional Owners (Pic: Sara Maiorino AAP); Group shot of the 2025 NITA Graduates. (Pic: Sophie B Photography)

Legacy of Strength

Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11:29 am

By RHODA ROBERTS AO

Forty years ago on October 26, 1985, the title deeds for Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park were formally returned to the Anangu Traditional Custodians in a powerful ceremony at the base of Uluru.

That day the red earth witnessed both justice and renewal as the Traditional Custodians signed a 99 year lease back to the Commonwealth, creating a joint management partnership that has since become a model for Indigenous land stewardship across the nation.

Last month, the Federal Court determined Wuthathi, Guugu Yimidhirr and Yithuwarra as the rightful custodians for their Country.

Hard won Land Justice

Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11:29 am

By CHRISTINE HOWES

A 150 year struggle for justice ended in three Native Title determinations on Cape York last month.

From the violence of the frontier to the strength of survival, the Federal Court has recognised the Wuthathi, Guugu Yimidhirr and Yithuwarra as the rightful custodians for their Country. The hearings mark a defining moment in a story that began two and a half centuries ago when Captain James Cook came ashore in 1770 – a meeting that shaped the relationship between First Nations peoples and newcomers for generations to come.

Yankunytjatjara artist Kaylene Whiskey from Indulkana (APY Lands, SA) in 2019 with her Telstra NATSIAA winning ‘Seven Sistas’, which is reproduced in the book. Pictures: Jillian Mundy.

Superheroine Kaylene delivers the magic

Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11:15 am

By JILLIAN MUNDY

BEFORE you even open Yankunytjatjara artist Kaylene Whiskey’s book, just released, you know you’re in for a treat.

Kaylene welcomes readers with the words ‘I want you to read this book and be happy’.

Governor of Western Australia, Chris Dawson, with Traditional Owners Karrie-Anne Kearing and her mother Gloria Keating, next to an apology letter during the annual memorial gathering at the Pinjarra Massacre Memorial in Pinjarra, Western Australia, last week. Picture: AAP

Governor apologises For Pinjarra Massacre

Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11:15 am

In 1834, Western Australia’s governor James Stirling led 25 armed men in the Pinjarra massacre, firing at Bindjareb Noongar men, women and children for an hour. Last week, WA current governor, Chris Dawson, went to the massacre site, south of Perth, with a different intent … to say sorry.