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indigenous affairs July 1, 2017
The dispute over climbing Wollumbin-Mount Warning
To the Bundjalung people, Wollumbin-Mount Warning is a sacred site. It is also a major Tweed Valley tourist attraction and the centre of a debate over who should be allowed to visit its summit.
indigenous affairs June 3, 2017
Murrawah Johnson and the Indigenous fight against Adani
Leading the Indigenous fight against Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine, Murrawah Johnson is continuing the advocacy her grandfather started.
indigenous affairs April 15, 2017
Pardon call over ‘flawed’ Kevin Henry murder case
An Aboriginal man has spent the past 25 years in jail for a murder he says he did not commit, his only link to the crime a dubious 1991 confession.
indigenous affairs June 3, 2017
The making of the Uluru statement
Behind the landmark Uluru statement are years of conservative negotiation and compromise, led by Noel Pearson.
indigenous affairs March 18, 2017
Government withholds funding for Indigenous genetic disease foundation
Despite a Federal Court win over Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, a foundation supporting sufferers of a crippling genetic disease across remote Aboriginal communities is still waiting on funding promised under the previous Labor government.
indigenous affairs February 4, 2017
Wayne Morrison’s family questions secrecy over his death
More than four months since the death in custody of an Indigenous man, his family awaits details from correctional services of how it happened.
indigenous affairs January 28, 2017
Ms Dhu’s family’s fight for prosecutions
Ms Dhu’s family is determined not to let the coronial report into her death disappear from the spotlight without prosecutions.
indigenous affairs October 1, 2016
Marcia Langton on Recognition and income management
Marcia Langton talks about a promising welfare management trial and how constitutional recognition would complete the Commonwealth.
indigenous affairs October 1, 2016
NT royal commission and the youth justice system
As a royal commission probes child protection and detention in the Northern Territory, ongoing issues of alcohol abuse, violence and neglect in Aboriginal families keep delivering new offenders into the system.
indigenous affairs September 3, 2016
Inquest examines infractions of NT domestic violence orders
Prompted by the deaths of two Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, an inquest has been held to examine ‘extreme domestic violence’ and the seeming inability of the justice system to protect those at risk.
indigenous affairs August 20, 2016
WA still waits for Indigenous Custody Notification
The first Aboriginal death in custody for 16 years in NSW has highlighted the effectiveness of a Custody Notification Service, which WA has yet to implement.
