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VIC: NEO-Nazi group leader Thomas Sewell is a danger to the public, a magistrate has found as she refused him bail over an alleged attack on an Aboriginal protest site.

NSW: THE Blak Caucus, working with Gadigal people and other Sovereign owners of the Sydney basin, are planning a major rally and cultural gathering on September 13 with the slogans: Sovereignty Never Ceded,Racism and Fascism Not Welcomed, No to Nazis, No to White Supremacy, Stand With Camp Sovereignty, and Corroboree Not Colony

WA: THE federal environment minister has taken an unreasonably long time to assess an application by two Traditional Owners to protect Indigenous rock art near a gas plant, a judge says.

TAS: FOLLOWING years of planning and environmental approval delays, the Australian Government gave Philippine company ACEN the go-ahead in late August to build a wind farm off the North West of Lutruwita/Tasmania.

QLD: MINJERRIBAH Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council (MMEIC) in south-east Queensland are proud to announce the signing of a landmark agreement, the first of its kind for the Quandamooka community.

IN SPORT
ADELAIDE Crows forward Danielle Ponter has called for the introduction of a women’s Indigenous All- Stars match, saying the concept would inspire the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players.

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Graphics from the new Smartphone game Nyiyaparli Widi, created to revive one of the world’s most critically endangered languages.

Smartphone game: Saving Language

Monday, 15 September 2025 4:42 pm

iPhones, Not Textbooks: WA’s Nyiyaparli Kids Help Preserve Critically Endangered Aboriginal Language with New Smartphone Game

Innovative smartphone game teaching and reviving the Nyiyaparli language — one of the world’s most critically endangered, with only 8 fluent speakers left. It flips the tech debate on its head: instead of pulling kids away from screens, it uses screens to save language and culture. TheNyiyaparli Widi(‘widi’ means game in Nyiyaparli) game transforms phones from a distraction into tools of cultural survival. The game is co-designed with the Nyiyaparli community and features voices of Elders, parents, and kids.

The Nyiyaparli people are the Traditional Owners of over 36,000 square kilometres of land and waters in the east Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Kade Davey and team mate Karlai Warner.

Feeling the need for Speed

Monday, 15 September 2025 4:02 pm

Front page: Kade Davey capped off his 2025 Toyota 86 Scholarship Series campaign with a history-making performance at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia, clinching third in the overall series standings.

Davey, a descendant of the Mandjindja tribe from the central desert of Western Australia, etches himself in history as the first Indigenous driver in Australia to place in the top three positions in a Motorsport Australia national championship.

Still from Tobin Parson’s short film Unexpected Visitor, one of the films showing at the 2nd annual Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival this weekend.

Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival

Saturday, 13 September 2025 11:10 am

A REMARKABLE collection of films by First Nations filmmakers will light up the river screen at Huskisson Pictures on the NSW South Coast this weekend. Films screening at the Second Annual Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival explore themes that celebrate the achievements of First Nations People while recognising there is still a long way to go to achieve rightful justice and equality.


Showing this weekend only, the 2nd Annual Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival opens at Huskisson Pictures, Huskisson, NSW, from 12:30 pm on Saturday, 13 September.


For information and bookings, please visit sfnff.wordpress.com

First Nations ’silver fox’, Danny Saunders.

Retirement out of the question for ‘silver fox’

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 4:50 pm

AN Aboriginal man in Tasmania is taking advantage of his signature ‘silver fox’ looks, as he struts it up on the catwalk and in advertising campaigns.

Danny Saunders, 65, resides in Launceston in northern Tasmania, but is originally from Queensland.

He is a Registered member of the Wardingarri Corporation and Native Holder of the Iman Nation of the Upper Dawson Valley Carnarvon Gorge region Queensland. He grew up on the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland, going to school in Ravenshoe and Mareeba, and moved to Tasmania in the 1980s.

Koori Mail editor Todd Jigarru Condie spoke with the ‘silver fox’ about his path to a new career later in life.

Create Exchange Wearing Country is Quandamooka woman Delvene Cockatoo-Collins’ latest exhibition, showing at Redland Art Gallery

Taking Quandamooka culture to the world

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 4:50 pm

A former model and now artist, fashion designer and business owner, Quandamooka woman Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, juggles a lot in her life.
Opening a dedicated shopfront in Brisbane’s CBD, being part of a First Nation contingent of businesses to Japan for World Expo recently, having her designs on show at the recent Brisbane Fashion Week and launching an exhibition of her work last week, Delvene is in hot demand.

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