#indigenousaustralians — Public Fediverse posts
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Emotive debate on dingo, wild dog management in the spotlight amid inquiry
By Julia AndréA 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.
#Animals #AnimalAttacks #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AgriculturalPestControl #IndigenousAustralians #JuliaAndr
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Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondentIndigenous Australians forcibly removed under government policies more likely to have severe or profound disability, report finds
#IndigenousAustralians #StolenGenerations #Health #Australianews #Inequality #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
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Mum-of-five repeatedly begged for medication in custody, inquest hears
By Kirstie WellauerA First Nations mother-of-five repeatedly begged prison officials for her medications and was discharged from hospital after a suicide attempt without a mental health review, a coronial inquest heard today. The inquest will look at whether the healthcare she received met community standards.
#BlackDeathsInCustody #IndigenousAustralians #Courts #KirstieWellauer
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$58m Aboriginal cultural centre opens at Darwin Waterfront
By George NicollA $58 million centre showcasing the culture, history and art of Darwin's traditional owners, the Larrakia people, has opened its doors to the public, more than two decades since the idea was first developed.
#IndigenousCulture #IndigenousAustralians #TravelandTourism #LibrariesMuseumsandGalleries #GeorgeNicoll
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Elder among last to remember Australia's forgotten 'parkland'
By Astrid VolzkeMenang elder Aunty Carol Petterson remembers when her family worked as shepherds, driving sheep through the bushland and along rivers towards the coast in southern Western Australia. Decades later, she recalls in vivid detail the natural abundance of the landscape.
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Indigenous dads challenging stereotypes this Father's Day
By Chris Murrkarany FitzpatrickIndigenous fathers say damaging stereotypes continue to shape how they are seen as parents, as advocates call for their strengths and contributions to families to be celebrated this Father's Day.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/celebrating-indigenous-dads-fathers-day/107116864
#Parenting #IndigenousAustralians #NTIntervention #ChrisMurrkaranyFitzpatrick
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More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondentOther families have been unlawfully compelled to be case managed without consent, watchdog finds
#NewSouthWalespolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Health #NewSouthWales #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
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More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/02/nsw-unborn-children-prenatal-caseworker-ombudsman-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Health #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
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Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
By Paul DaleyAustralia 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
#Sydney #Slavery #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Race #Pacificislands #Vanuatu #Sugar #Colonialism #Queensland #Business #Australianbooks #Museums #Books #Shippingindustry #Forcedlabour #AsiaPacific #SouthPacific #TheGuardian #PaulDaley
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Supreme Court battle over traditional owner consultation pauses flood works
By Sarah Buchecker and Nethma DandeniyaThe Victorian government and a regional water authority have admitted they did not property consult with traditional owners before approving a controversial flood plain restoration project.
#EnvironmentalImpacts #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #WaterSupply #SarahBuchecker #NethmaDandeniya
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#Australia - Online #racism is significantly affecting mental health, #FirstNations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
Australian Human Rights Commission has called for a digital duty of care to prevent #SocialMedia #algorithms from incentivising ‘racist’ content
Douglas Smith and Sarah Collard
Fri 12 Jun 2026 11.00 EDTExcerpt: "Sam Bennell started a social media account to share his deep love of #Noongar culture and language. The 27-year-old gained nearly 10,000 followers in just a few months across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, but says when he began sharing more of the traditional culture and language from south-west Western Australia he noticed a distinct change in the comments left under his posts.
" 'All the racists started commenting,' he says.
"He told Guardian Australia that his videos appeared to be pushed to a wider audience, which was attracting negativity. 'Facebook seems to be pushing my content to racists for some reason, which I don’t get,' he says. 'I haven’t been posting lately because it has been taking a toll on my mental health … all that online stuff is just crazy.' "
#AuntyLisa #Racism #IndigenousAustralians #AusPol #OnlineHarassment #SocialMediaAlgorithms #Incitement
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#Australia - #KatherineNT residents say potential damages from #PFAS firefighting foam case should pay for further 'recompense'
by James Elton, 1 June, 2026
Excerpt: "PFASContamination in Katherine was first announced by Defence in 2016 — the result of decades of use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam at #Tindal, which sits above a large and interconnected #aquifer.
"In the immediate aftermath, Katherine's town pool was closed and Defence trucked in bottled water.
"Commonwealth to sue the manufacturer of a firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals that contaminated 28 #DefenceForce bases across Australia.
"A class action, settled in 2020, resulted in Defence paying $92.5 million to Katherine home owners and businesses to compensate for lost property value, as part of a broader class action that also included Williamtown in NSW and Oakey in Queensland.
"Today, Katherine's town drinking water supply is thoroughly treated using a specialised plant to keep PFAS levels below minimum thresholds.
"But residents with bores in the contamination zone are still advised not to drink their groundwater or eat eggs from chickens that drink water from the bores.
"A 2018 health assessment commissioned by Defence also found there was an 'elevated risk' for anyone who ate fish caught in the #KatherineRiver on a regular basis, defined as one fish per week.
"A Senate inquiry into the issue last year heard evidence that assessment had affected #Aboriginal people in the region, who had historically eaten large quantities and varieties of fish and crustaceans from the river."
#3MKnew #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #FirefightingFoam #FirstNations #KatherineNT #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #WilliamtownNSW #OakeyQueensland #WaterIsLife #AusPol #TraditionalDiets #TraditionalFoodSources
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Mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby asks politicians not to leverage child’s death: ‘My heart is broken into a million pieces’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/kumanjayi-little-baby-mother-politicians-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #JacintaNampijinpaPrice #LidiaThorpe #PaulineHanson #NorthernTerritory
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Horrified Wagga residents call for proper sanitation at homeless camp where baby was found dead https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/06/wagga-homeless-camp-baby-found-dead-sanitation-ntwnfb #Inequality #Homelessness #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #RuralAndRegionalAustralia #IndigenousAustralians #Housing #Water #Environment #Health #Sanitation #Poverty #SocialExclusion