Remote WA area connected to outside world with first at-home internet service
By Ruby Littler
Residents from remote Ngalingkadji in Western Australia's north are being connected to the internet at home for the first time, bringing banking services, telehealth and emergency services.
#MobileandInternetAccess #IndigenousAustralians #RubyLittler
The next step after treaty is here — and there's a lot at stake
By Kate Ashton
Victoria's treaty elections are underway, with successful candidates taking on new responsibilities. But uncertainty remains, with the opposition sticking to its pledge to scrap the agreement if elected in November.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/first-peoples-assembly-voting-treaty-next-step/106504744
#IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousAustralians #Elections #KateAshton
Aboriginal woman seeks on-country court hearing for trespass case
By Jano Gibson
A member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community charged with trespass has applied to the Hobart Magistrates Court to have her case heard on Aboriginal-owned land.
Petition calls for video of death in custody to be released despite coroner ruling
By Aisling Brennan
Raylene Nixon says the public should be able to make their own minds up about what happened to her son in his final moments.
#BlackDeathsInCustody #IndigenousAustralians #AislingBrennan
Some residents moved amid threat of flooding are under public guardianship due to reduced mental capacity. NT public guardian says they ‘would have been very frightened’
Community fears proposed law reform could erode Indigenous land rights
By Blair Wise
Aboriginal councils who have fought for decades to secure ancestral land are concerned proposed law reform puts rights at risk.
#LandRights #IndigenousAustralians #StateandTerritoryGovernment #BlairWise
Remote communities relying on diesel left vulnerable amid fuel crisis
By Kimberley Putland, Mietta Adams, Rachel Jackson, and Kirstie Wellauer
Remote communities' reliance on diesel fuel for power leaves them vulnerable in a global crisis.
#RuralandRemoteCommunities #RenewableEnergy #Utilities #OilandGas #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #PetrolPrices #KimberleyPutland #MiettaAdams #RachelJackson # #KirstieWellauer
Supplies running low for Gulf community after months of isolation
By Abbey Halter and Tim Little
The Aboriginal Gulf of Carpentaria community of Doomadgee is entering its fourth month of flood isolation, as residents prepare for another month surrounded by rising rivers.
#Floods #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AbbeyHalter #TimLittle
Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community
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