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  1. Concern over federal Labor's quiet extension of mandatory income management
    By Elsie Lange and Jacqueline Breen

    The federal Labor government has extended its compulsory income management scheme which affects 30,000 Territorians, despite many experts claiming the practice is discriminatory.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/fed

    #FederalGovernment #Welfare #NationalElections #ALP #Senate #FederalParliament #ParliamentaryCommittees #IndigenousAustralians #NTIntervention #ElsieLange #JacquelineBreen

  2. Briggs swaps rap for punk with Big Noter: ‘I’m the same guy with the same middle finger!’
    By Mike Hohnen

    Featuring Tom Morello, Chuck D and Idles’ Joe Talbot, the rapper’s new project celebrates the shared ideals of punk and hip-hop – ‘both the voice of the voiceless’

    theguardian.com/music/2026/sep

    #Australianmusic #Music #Punk #Culture #Metal #Hiphop #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Musicindustry #TheGuardian #MikeHohnen

  3. Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
    By Tamsyn Buckle

    Changes to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw

    #IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle

  4. Federal funding delays put Alice Springs youth centre rebuild in jeopardy
    By Elsie Lange

    The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/ali

    #FederalGovernment #YouthCrime #IndigenousAustralians #ElsieLange

  5. Federal funding delays put Alice Springs youth centre rebuild in jeopardy
    By Elsie Lange

    The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/ali

    #FederalGovernment #YouthCrime #IndigenousAustralians #ElsieLange

  6. Federal funding delays put Alice Springs youth centre rebuild in jeopardy
    By Elsie Lange

    The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/ali

    #FederalGovernment #YouthCrime #IndigenousAustralians #ElsieLange

  7. Federal funding delays put Alice Springs youth centre rebuild in jeopardy
    By Elsie Lange

    The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/ali

    #FederalGovernment #YouthCrime #IndigenousAustralians #ElsieLange

  8. Federal funding delays put Alice Springs youth centre rebuild in jeopardy
    By Elsie Lange

    The redevelopment of a youth centre providing crucial support to disadvantaged Aboriginal children in Alice Springs is in jeopardy due to federal funding delays.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/ali

    #FederalGovernment #YouthCrime #IndigenousAustralians #ElsieLange

  9. Andrew Forrest's Fortescue appeals $150m native title compensation
    By Alistair Bates

    Fortescue is the third group to appeal against a record Federal Court award of $150.3 million to traditional owners. Both the Yindjibarndi people and the WA government have lodged filings of their own.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/and

    #NativeTitle #MiningandMetalsIndustry #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #LandRights #AlistairBates

  10. A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.

    phys.org/news/2026-09-indigeno #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide

  11. In Australia's most incarcerated place, most inmates have a mental illness
    By Tahnee Jash

    A new landmark study finds nearly two-thirds of NT prisoners have a diagnosed mental illness. Calls are now growing for more specialised services to reduce reoffending.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/new

    #MentalHealth #IndigenousAustralians #Prisons #TahneeJash

  12. Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese

    One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has offered qualified apologies for labelling Indigenous Australians “the most primitive race on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #andrewbragg #andrewhastie #anthonyalbanese #indigenousaustralians #malarndirrimccarthy #paulinehanson #TopNews #TopStories
    newsbeep.com/au/892833/

  13. Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese

    One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has offered qualified apologies for labelling Indigenous Australians “the most primitive race on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #andrewbragg #andrewhastie #anthonyalbanese #indigenousaustralians #malarndirrimccarthy #paulinehanson #TopNews #TopStories
    newsbeep.com/au/892833/

  14. Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation
    By Tory Shepherd

    Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Colonialism #Anthropology #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  15. Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds

    Australia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/ext

    #IndigenousAustralians #History #IndigenousCulture

  16. Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese

    One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has offered qualified apologies for labelling Indigenous Australians “the most primitive race on…
    #Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #IndigenousAustralians #PaulineHanson
    europesays.com/australia/96660/

  17. Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the newly resurfaced podcast comments

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #PaulineHanson #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  18. Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the newly resurfaced podcast comments

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #PaulineHanson #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  19. Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the newly resurfaced podcast comments

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #PaulineHanson #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  20. Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the newly resurfaced podcast comments

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #PaulineHanson #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  21. NT government says no more ‘coddling criminals’ or ‘identity politics’ after experts walk out over ignored advice
    By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

    Independent experts and organisations tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people say Territorian government is not entering into ‘genuine partnership’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #Prisons #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter

  22. First Nations MP resigns from NT parliament, accusing government of passing laws which are ‘dehumanising, oppressing and destroying” Indigenous people
    By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

    Yolŋu independent Yiŋiya Guyula accused the CLP of ‘contributing to the breakdown of our culture and people, in what is becoming a slow genocide’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter

  23. ‘My heart breaks into a million pieces’: emotional tributes to Kumanjayi Little Baby at Alice Springs funeral
    By Australian Associated Press

    Hundreds gathered with flashes of pink to farewell the five-year-old girl, who was allegedly murdered in April

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #AliceSprings #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Children #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

  24. National Indigenous Music awards 2026: Baker Boy wins big, including album and song of the year
    By Ima Caldwell

    Yolŋu hip-hop artist dominates, while Butchulla duo and cousins Birdz and Fred Leone win artist of the year and Drifting Clouds takes home best new talent

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #NationalIndigenousMusicawards #Australianmusic #Music #Culture #IndigenousAustralians #Darwin #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #Rap #Hiphop #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell

  25. High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert
    By Australian Associated Press

    NT government had granted 30-year licence to grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Water #Australianews #NorthernTerritory #Environment #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

  26. Garma festival kicks off in Arnhem land

    Hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation and the local Yolngu people, Garma is an annual celebration of Indigenous culture and tradition, and brings together community leaders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocates, policymakers, business groups and artists

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Garmafestival #Australianews #NorthernTerritory #TheGuardian #