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  1. ‘Forced out with nowhere to go’: First Nations families face eviction as council sells homes over charity’s unpaid rates
    By Douglas Smith

    Mount Isa city council to auction off first of 24 homes after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Services accrues almost $1m in unpaid debts

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Queensland #Australianews #Housing #Renting #LidiaThorpe #RuralandregionalAustralia #TheGuardian #DouglasSmith

  2. Emotive debate on dingo, wild dog management in the spotlight amid inquiry
    By Julia André

    A grazier is at his wits' end after losing $60,000 in sheep to dingo attacks in the past five years, but conservationists say killing the wild dogs is not the answer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/deb

    #Animals #AnimalAttacks #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AgriculturalPestControl #IndigenousAustralians #JuliaAndr

  3. Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people
    By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent

    Indigenous Australians forcibly removed under government policies more likely to have severe or profound disability, report finds

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #StolenGenerations #Health #Australianews #Inequality #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent

  4. Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people
    By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent

    Indigenous Australians forcibly removed under government policies more likely to have severe or profound disability, report finds

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #StolenGenerations #Health #Australianews #Inequality #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent

  5. Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people
    By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent

    Indigenous Australians forcibly removed under government policies more likely to have severe or profound disability, report finds

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #StolenGenerations #Health #Australianews #Inequality #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent

  6. Blak & Bright Writers Festival rare public safe space for conversation
    By Mawunyo Gbogbo

    Poet Evelyn Araluen says the Blak & Bright Writers Festival will provide a welcome reprieve from the often hostile online environments First Nations people deal with. The festival will take place in Naarm this week.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/bla

    #CommunityandCulturalEvents #ArtsFestivals #Author #Books #IndigenousAustralians #ArtsEvents #MawunyoGbogbo

  7. Grass 'skeletons' hint at 25,000-year-old Indigenous fire ritual in cave
    By Jacinta Bowler

    Evidence of ancient burnt grasses unearthed in a Victorian cave on GunaiKurnai country suggest old ancestors used the cave for fire rituals during the Ice Age.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #IndigenousCulture #ScienceandTechnology #Archaeology #SocialScience #Science #IndigenousAustralians #JacintaBowler

  8. #Australia - ‘Gone forever’: political anger after #NSW #Aboriginal #HeritageSite bulldozed for power lines

    The #RockShelter was destroyed by contractors building #TransmissionLines for the Central-West Orana #RenewableEnergyZone

    Petra Stock
    Wed 27 May 2026

    "#Indigenous community members have described their shock and anger after an Aboriginal rock shelter was 'damaged beyond recovery' by contractors building transmission lines for a #NewSouthWales renewable energy zone.

    "The #HeritageSite was destroyed by bulldozers in March during the construction of access tracks for the #CentralWestOrana renewable energy zone, a transmission line project located about 300km north-west of #Sydney.

    "The network company #Acerez, engaged by the state government to design, build and operate the infrastructure project, discovered the damage in May while undertaking due diligence checks.

    "A company spokesperson said processes to protect the shelter 'were not fully implemented'.

    " 'We are deeply sorry and apologise without reservation to the #TraditionalOwners and to the local community,' they said."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #IndigenousAustralians #ProtectTheSacred #IndigenousNews