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• WA: See our coverage of NAIDOC Week from around Country, including the National NAIDOC Awards ceremony held in Boorloo, Perth, along with the award winners, of course! 

• WA: MORE than a million pieces of ancient rock art have secured World Heritage WA status in a bittersweet listing for environmentalists and traditional custodians who are fearful nearby industrial activity is damaging the engravings.The Murujuga rock art landscape in Western Australia was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Friday after intense lobbying by the federal government. 

• NT: RACISM cannot be ruled out as a contributor to the decisions of a former police officer when he fatally shot an Indigenous teenager in a remote community, a coroner has found. Kumanjayi Walker was shot three times at close range by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at a home in Yuendumu, 300km northwest of Alice Springs, in November 2019.

IN SPORT:
• TSI: A NEW wave of umpiring talent is emerging from the Tiwi Islands as part of an initiative aimed at empowering local match officials and strengthening leadership in remote football communities. The Tiwi Umpire Mentor Program returned in May and June, bringing together a dozen Tiwi-based umpires – including two newcomers – for two weekends of skills development, connection, and mentoring. 

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Mario Madua (Western Cape College) with junior Gunggandji Land and Sea Rangers Jared Fourmile, Kaydis Singleton and Malachai Ambrym – Cedric, and senior Gunggandji Land and Sea Rangers Dion Sands and Keith Amybrym.

Young leaders step up at Yarrabah

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 4:09 pm

“IT’S been a magnificent week, we’ve had heaps of events” Yarrabah Traditional Owner and Gindaja Treatment and Healing CEO Ailsa Lively says.

“It’s great to see everyone out celebrating culture, getting involved and dancing, singing, marching,” she said.

TSI dance group, Mui Mui Bumer Gedram perform at the 2025 NAIDOC Awards. Picture JILLIAN MUNDY.

Boorloo hosts a banger

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 3:45 pm

AUS: WINNERS of the annual National NAIDOC Awards were revealed at a ceremony on Saturday, 5 July, in Perth, ahead of NAIDOC Week celebrations across the nation.

The awards recognise individual excellence and celebrate the strength, culture and leadership of First Nations people, and the 2025 edition marks the 50th anniversary of NAIDOC Week.

See highlights from the awards ceremony in our picture spread.

Nornie Bero. Picture: On Jackson Street.

Star-chef Nornie loves to stir appetites with native ingredients

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 3:43 pm

AUS: SINCE someone said Indigenous people don’t have cuisine, Nornie Bero has been on a mission to make native ingredients the hero of Australian cuisine – from high-end dining to everyday cooking at home.

It is rooted in her upbringing, which revolved around cooking with her father and aunties while soaking up the rich cultural heritage of the Meriam people in the Torres Strait.

Richard J Frankland lays a wreath during the Reflections of Service ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance. Pictures Paul Connelly.

Shrine performance reflects on Indigenous service

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 3:38 pm

VIC: THE Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne honoured the service of Indigenous soldiers last Sunday with a special NAIDOC week performance by Richard J Frankland called, Reflections of Service.

“I speak to honour those who served but never got the recognition when they returned home,” Frankland said.

A Last Post was also played in observance of NAIDOC week.

Common Threads team Rachael Cavanagh, Millie Telford, Tamika Sadler and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, are pulling together First Nations communities far and wide to make an impact of COP31, likely to be in Adelaide next year.

Leading the climate challenge

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 3:31 pm

WITH Australia and the Pacific likely to host the COP31 international climate conference in Adelaide in November 2026, Mobs around the continent are urged to prepare now.

COP, which stands for Council of Parties, brings leaders from 198 countries together each year, under a United Nations (UN) framework, to negotiate climate change solutions and track progress against agreed goals.

Participants of the award-winning John Moriarty Football program.

Soccer program wins innovation award

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 3:30 pm

TSI: THE John Moriarty Football (JMF) has been recognised at the Australian, Sport, Recreation and Play Innovation Awards, taking out the Overall Winner as well as the Inclusion Program/Initiative of the Year. Using football (soccer) to support health and education outcomes for Indigenous children, John Moriarty Football (JMF) is delivered in remote and regional communities to more than 5,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people.