Aboriginal

It's this history Florence Onus will share at Queensland's truth-telling inquiry when community sessions begin next month. WARNING: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died, which have been provided by family for the purpose of truth-telling and healing.

Giving evidence on the fourth day of a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in WA's Mid West, Senior Constable Brent Wyndham says everything he did on the night she died "was right".

A young Indigenous artist will have her work circulated in wallets around the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee.

A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.

In findings delivered on Monday, Coroner David Ryan identifies numerous failures in the lead-up to the death of 32-year-old Josh Kerr at Port Phillip Prison on August 10, 2022.

Five years after a 29-year-old Yamatji woman was shot dead on a suburban street in regional WA, her family want the officer who pulled the trigger moved to a different beat.

WA's Corruption and Crime Commission declares police efforts to investigate its own officers were "inadequate" after the "unlawful and unjust" arrest of an Indigenous teen.

The Pilbara's Balla Balla River is known for its barramundi fishing but could soon be home to a nearby sea water desalination plant worth $5 billion. 

An independent report into West Kimberley Regional Prison has found staff shortages, crowding and inequity for female prisoners has had a significant impact on its operations.

After years awaiting compensation, Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation has called for an inquiry into the lucrative Solomon Hub iron ore mine claiming the it operates "below the current standard of industry regulation".

In a jurisdiction with some of the highest reoffending rates in Australia, a rehabilitation service helping former prisoners conquer addiction is being evicted to make way for a new women's prison.  

A woman whose great-grandmother refused to give up on better access to education says acknowledgement of her family's NSW south coast "healing place" has brought a sense of justice.

A coroner has made 17 recommendations to government services, saying they failed to hear the pleas of a 17-year-old to be connected to family and culture.

After 87 submissions and many traumatic stories shared by First Nations advocates and families across five states and territories, the last hearing has been held in Melbourne. But there are concerns it will not lead to effective action.

Stolen is based on the real-life experiences of members of the Stolen Generations. Its message is as relevant now as when the play was first written nearly three decades ago.

The cave has been used by generations of Awabakal women for sacred women's business but for years they had to seek permission to access it from the proponents of a planned housing development.

The determination marks the first occasion on Australia's east coast where native title has been recognised in a heavily urbanised area.

Two South Australian Aboriginal health clinics have temporarily closed due to a nationwide Telstra data outage, which has also left three regional councils unable to perform critical services.

Bridging the gap between scientific monitoring and cultural knowledge, traditional owners say persistent pools along the Gascoyne River are changing with dire consequences.

Halls Creek's aged care home serves a vast area with many Indigenous cultural groups, and now a local Aboriginal health service hopes to boost the facility that's struggled in recent years with compliance breaches.

South Australia's inaugural state-based First Nations Voice to Parliament has met for the first time to appoint its presiding members.

For three decades, hundreds of notebooks filled with detailed descriptions of sacred Indigenous practices were locked away in a museum's archives. Now, Ngadjuri man Vincent Copley Junior hopes to finally have access to his great-grandfather's history.

Telstra and the ACT government are teaming up to work on a plan to refurbish and reopen Canberra's iconic Telstra Tower which has been closed to the public since 2021.  

An 81-year-old Tasmanian Aboriginal elder says Australian courts hold no jurisdiction over Indigenous people and he will not participate in the court process after being charged at a native forest protest. Now a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Gillian and Adrian never knew each other growing up in Sydney's Northern beaches in the 70s, but their uncannily similar backgrounds meant they became firm best friends later in life. Now they're sharing their story in a new documentary.