ABC Indigenous
As the NT election looms, this Alice Springs leader fears a disturbing narrative is spreading
With election day just months away in the Northern Territory, a prominent Indigenous leader is calling on politicians — and the media — to change the narrative around Aboriginal people.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Records of Aboriginal people's 'nose breadth' and 'caste' show Australia's brutal history of segregation
It's this history Florence Onus will share at Queensland's truth-telling inquiry when community sessions begin next month.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Aboriginal
Queensland police backed in a lock-up wagon at event for Indigenous children, resident says
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson has told the ABC the "hands-on" use of police property had been approved and "intended to break down barriers".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
First Nations heroes are celebrated this NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week celebrations officially begin on Sunday with the theme: Keep the fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud. But can everyone celebrate?
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Thorpe calls on Albanese government to be 'fair-dinkum' on family violence, and fix community legal sector funding deficit
A Darwin barrister has raised the alarm on the NT's community legal sector, saying it is 'collapsing', and will only get worse if a nation-wide funding shortfall for community legal centres isn't filled.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politics
Police officer who fatally shot Indigenous woman rejects assertions he breached police policy four times, inquest hears
Giving evidence on the fourth day of a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in WA's Mid West, Senior Constable Brent Wyndham says everything he did on the night she died "was right".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
Artist shares her surprise after her design is picked for new NAIDOC collectible coin
A young Indigenous artist will have her work circulated in wallets around the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Anger as WA government abandons pledge to build remote dialysis clinic by next election
The state government blames COVID-19 and record floods for a lack of progress on its pledge to build a dialysis centre in Halls Creek as Indigenous health leaders vent about a lack of consultation.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Healthcare Facilities
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