Indigenous News

A lack of aged care facilities in WA's far north often means Indigenous elders have to leave their country and culture behind, but an aged care provider in Roebourne is helping them see out their final days.

The Northern Territory coroner has delivered her findings and recommendations from a landmark coronial inquiry into the domestic violence killings of four Aboriginal women in the territory. She's also announced she'll hold a second major inquiry into the issue.

For some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, receiving an Australian of the Year award can be used to draw attention to important issues. But others feel unable to accept a nomination because the timing of the awards is too painful.

Hundreds of Aboriginal people are travelling to Roebourne in Western Australia's north to mourn the death of a senior Yindjibarndi elder.

Janella Isaac's elders have fought for nearly 20 years to ensure the deep cultural and environmental significance of their homeland in Western Australia's north is recognised.

An ongoing crisis has claimed eight Northern Territory lives in just five months, now Coroner Elisabeth Armitage is about to release a landmark report on the issues behind the human suffering.

Street names and monuments celebrating colonial figures are part of "ongoing colonisation", say Portland's Aboriginal people, who want the relics to be taken down and placed in a space where a fuller historical context can be shared.

Wiradjuri woman Carly Stanley previously worked in corrective services. Now she and her community are breaking the cycle of justice involvement in the lives of Aboriginal people.

Truancy officers have begun patrols in the NT, trying to get children to school and issuing fines and compliance notices to families who fail to comply.

Traditional owners say they were not adequately consulted before the NT government signed off on Empire Energy's plan to drill nine new gas wells in the Beetaloo Basin. 

There are doubts that a controversial plan to construct an Aboriginal art gallery will go ahead after the Northern Territory government revealed its intention to almost halve the building's size.

For the first time, an Australian government has sat opposite a collective of Aboriginal communities in a bid to negotiate a treaty, in recognition of their sovereign rights over land colonised without their consent.

An Indigenous ranger group that rescued four asylum seekers on a remote island off the Northern Territory coast last week is calling for the federal government to guarantee their safety.

A new report shows only 6 per cent of child protection funding goes to Aboriginal-run organisations, despite these groups often posting better outcomes. 

One of Australia's top Aboriginal legal services, NAAJA, has publicly apologised for the unlawful sacking of former chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins.

South Australia's Attorney-General and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher has spoken to the state's Police Commissioner, following "confronting" footage taken during an arrest near Port Augusta at the weekend.

Footage of a man being shoved into a wall by a police officer before being dragged through a front yard has been shared on social media, with SA Police confirming a formal complaint has been made about the incident. 

In lieu of a formal truth-telling hearing, members of the Cherbourg community have shared their experiences of life and restrictions in the Aboriginal settlement. 

From being inspired by seeing Dame Joan Sutherland perform to carving her own path, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO reflects on her achievements and her drive to help others.

Despite an aborted manslaughter prosecution last year, the coroner found the mistakes that led to the drowning represented "a systemic issue, rather than a failing of any one person".

An island riddled with caves in the western Torres Strait provided sanctuary to pirates, shipwrecked sailors, and a post office.

In a town where unemployment is almost five times the national average, women in Halls Creek are finding much-needed solace and support as they chase their dream job.

The Garbutt Magpies in Townsville has switched to serving only water alongside healthy food at its Friday night activities for local children, measuring the effects for a type 2 diabetes prevention study.

The court heard the 17-year-old had a history of severe mental health problems, including psychosis, with her friends and staff at her care home recalling her saying she was “hearing voices” on the night she took her own life.

A monument to the 26 deaths of shipwreck survivors in 1840 is being put into context thanks to a collaboration that those involved hope will be replicated around the country.