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  1. We asked teens what they thought of sweeping changes to child protection laws
    By Dana Morse and Tahnee Jash

    Culture and knowledge have been passed down across generations. But some young people worry their loved ones could soon be left behind.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/tiw

    #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #DanaMorse #TahneeJash

  2. 84yo nan drives 2,000km to donate clothes to communities
    By Jon Daly

    Barbara Carroll is on a personal mission to distribute donated clothes to charities and women's refuges in the most remote corners of WA.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/op-

    #Charities #RegionalCommunities #IndigenousAustralians #HumanInterest #JonDaly

  3. 'Disappointing': Council's bid to scrap Indigenous tribute sparks backlash
    By Phoebe Pin

    Community concern is growing over a decision by an inner west Sydney council to black out sections of its entry signs which pay tribute to the area's traditional owners.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/syd

    #LocalGovernment #IndigenousAustralians #Reconciliation #Multiculturalism #PhoebePin

  4. 'Landmark' NT novel wins best fiction at Prime Minister's Literary Awards
    By Courtney Barrett Peters

    A novel based on the oral history of Yolŋu people has taken out the fiction prize at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards, with judges describing it as a "profound work of remembrance and re-imagination".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/a-p

    #Books #IndigenousAustralians #CourtneyBarrettPeters

  5. Police use of force under review after 63yo woman pushed to ground
    By Amy Rossbach

    WA Police are reviewing an officer's use of force after footage appeared to show him pushing a 63-year-old Indigenous woman to the ground.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/foo

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Assault #AmyRossbach

  6. Police use of force under review after 63yo woman pushed to ground
    By Amy Rossbach

    WA Police are reviewing an officer's use of force after footage appeared to show him pushing a 63-year-old Indigenous woman to the ground.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/foo

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Assault #AmyRossbach

  7. Police use of force under review after 63yo woman pushed to ground
    By Amy Rossbach

    WA Police are reviewing an officer's use of force after footage appeared to show him pushing a 63-year-old Indigenous woman to the ground.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/foo

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Assault #AmyRossbach

  8. Police use of force under review after 63yo woman pushed to ground
    By Amy Rossbach

    WA Police are reviewing an officer's use of force after footage appeared to show him pushing a 63-year-old Indigenous woman to the ground.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/foo

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Assault #AmyRossbach

  9. Police use of force under review after 63yo woman pushed to ground
    By Amy Rossbach

    WA Police are reviewing an officer's use of force after footage appeared to show him pushing a 63-year-old Indigenous woman to the ground.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/foo

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Assault #AmyRossbach

  10. Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in Pilbara for millennia, Juukan Gorge fossils reveal
    By Petra Stock

    Researchers find fossils ranging from 7,000 years to 46,000 years old showing evidence that devils may have become reliant on humans for scavenging

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Wildlife #Endangeredspecies #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #TheGuardian #PetraStock

  11. Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in Pilbara for millennia, Juukan Gorge fossils reveal
    By Petra Stock

    Researchers find fossils ranging from 7,000 years to 46,000 years old showing evidence that devils may have become reliant on humans for scavenging

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Wildlife #Endangeredspecies #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #TheGuardian #PetraStock

  12. Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in Pilbara for millennia, Juukan Gorge fossils reveal
    By Petra Stock

    Researchers find fossils ranging from 7,000 years to 46,000 years old showing evidence that devils may have become reliant on humans for scavenging

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Wildlife #Endangeredspecies #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #TheGuardian #PetraStock

  13. Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in Pilbara for millennia, Juukan Gorge fossils reveal
    By Petra Stock

    Researchers find fossils ranging from 7,000 years to 46,000 years old showing evidence that devils may have become reliant on humans for scavenging

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Wildlife #Endangeredspecies #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #TheGuardian #PetraStock

  14. Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
    By Tahnee Jash

    Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/nsw

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #Children #TahneeJash

  15. Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
    By Tahnee Jash

    Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/nsw

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #Children #TahneeJash

  16. Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
    By Tahnee Jash

    Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/nsw

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #Children #TahneeJash

  17. Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
    By Tahnee Jash

    Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/nsw

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #Children #TahneeJash

  18. Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
    By Tahnee Jash

    Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/nsw

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #Children #TahneeJash

  19. Book about Kumanjayi Walker's killing wins $80,000 at literary awards
    By Hannah Story

    Kate Wild wasn't sure if she should write about the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker and the ensuing murder trial. Her book just won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/pri

    #AwardsandPrizes #Books #Fiction #NonFiction #Author #Novel #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #IndigenousAustralians #BlackDeathsInCustody #HannahStory

  20. From Nhulunbuy to New York, the rare politician torn between two worlds
    By Matt Garrick

    From Arnhem Land to Northern Territory parliament, independent MLA Yiŋiya Guyula resigned from politics this week after taking his people's fight to the world.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/ana

    #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Independents #NTCLP #MattGarrick

  21. Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
    By Paul Daley

    Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Sydney #Slavery #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Race #Pacificislands #Vanuatu #Sugar #Colonialism #Queensland #Business #Australianbooks #Museums #Books #Shippingindustry #Forcedlabour #AsiaPacific #SouthPacific #TheGuardian #PaulDaley

  22. Residents at homeless shelter plead for help to save their homes
    By Roxanne Fitzgerald

    Hundreds of adults and children living at Darwin's largest homeless shelter have been told they need to be out by October — and many fear they won't have anywhere to go.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/hom

    #Homelessness #NTCLP #PublicHousing #IndigenousAustralians #RoxanneFitzgerald

  23. NT enacts 'significant overhaul' of child protection system
    By Gemma Ferguson

    The Northern Territory parliament has passed changes to child protection laws, with the Country Liberal Party describing its amendments as "the most significant overhaul of the Territory's child protection system in a generation".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/chi

    #StateandTerritoryParliament #NTCLP #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Safety #Laws #ChildAbuse #Children #IndigenousAustralians #GemmaFerguson