Environment | The Guardian US1d ago
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle: ‘Vulnerable’ evacuees from Katherine aged care homes housed in open-sided basketball court https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/25/ex-tropical-cyclone-narelle-katherine-evacuees-aged-care-homes-ntwnfb #TropicalCycloneNarelle #AustraliaNews #IndigenousAustralians #Flooding #NorthernTerritory #NaturalDisasters #Environment #ExtremeWeather
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle: ‘Vulnerable’ evacuees from Katherine aged care homes housed in open-sided basketball court

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’

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ABC Feeds1d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/nsw-aboriginal-land-councils-oppose-land-rights-law-proposal/106489076

#LandRights #IndigenousAustralians #StateandTerritoryGovernment #BlairWise

Community fears proposed law reform could erode Indigenous land rights

Aboriginal councils who have fought for decades to secure ancestral land are concerned proposed law reform puts rights at risk.

ABC Feeds1d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/remote-communities-australia-powered-diesel-left-vulnerable-/106464204

#RuralandRemoteCommunities #RenewableEnergy #Utilities #OilandGas #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #PetrolPrices #KimberleyPutland #MiettaAdams #RachelJackson # #KirstieWellauer

Remote communities relying on diesel left vulnerable amid fuel crisis

Remote communities' reliance on diesel fuel for power leaves them vulnerable in a global crisis. 

ABC Feeds2d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-23/doomadgee-gulf-of-carpentaria-flood-isolation-enters-four-months/106472102

#Floods #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AbbeyHalter #TimLittle

Supplies running low for Gulf community after months of isolation

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.

World news | The Guardian3d ago
Queensland government ‘opens old wounds’ as police officer criticised after Palm Island riots appointed to Legal Aid board https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/23/queensland-police-detective-darren-robinson-palm-island-legal-aid-board-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #IndigenousAustralians #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #AustraliaNews
Queensland government ‘opens old wounds’ as police officer criticised after Palm Island riots appointed to Legal Aid board

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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ABC Feeds4d ago

Rhoda Roberts, the woman behind 'Welcome to Country', dies at 66
By Stephanie Boltje

Rhoda Roberts AO, the arts executive who had an enduring impact on the cultural life of this country, has died. The Widjabul Wieybal woman was the creative force behind Australia's best-loved festivals and helped bring Welcomes to Country to the modern era.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/indigenous-artistic-leader-cultural-adviser-rhoda-roberts-dies/106445192

#IndigenousAustralians #HumanInterest #StephanieBoltje

Rhoda Roberts, the woman behind 'Welcome to Country', dies at 66

Rhoda Roberts AO, the arts executive who had an enduring impact on the cultural life of this country, has died. The Widjabul Wieybal woman was the creative force behind Australia's best-loved festivals and helped bring Welcomes to Country to the modern era.

ABC Feeds5d ago

Woman's death at remote hospital deemed preventable by coroner
By Genevieve Blandin de Chalain and James Paras

The coroner found that a mother of three could have been saved if a transfer from a remote New South Wales hospital had been ordered sooner.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/coroner-finds-first-nations-woman-death-preventable/106467298

#Courts #HealthcareFacilities #IndigenousAustralians #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #GenevieveBlandindeChalain #JamesParas

Woman's death at remote hospital deemed preventable by coroner

The coroner found that a mother of three could have been saved if a transfer from a remote New South Wales hospital had been ordered sooner.

ABC Feeds6d ago

Promise of feral-cat sandwich lures Maggie Beer to outback health hub
By Emma Haskin

Culinary icon Maggie Beer and her team are working with an Alice Springs organisation that provides dialysis and aged care on Indigenous homelands.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/maggie-beer-brings-aged-care-nutrition-alice-springs-renal-hub/106470480

#DietandNutrition #IndigenousAustralians #Diabetes #LiverandKidneys #EmmaHaskin

Promise of feral cat sandwich lures Maggie Beer to outback health hub

Culinary icon Maggie Beer and her team are working with an Alice Springs organisation that provides dialysis and aged care on Indigenous homelands.

World news | The GuardianMar 17
‘Removing flags doesn’t stop racism’: regional NSW council abandons plan to stop flying Aboriginal flag https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/17/corowa-regional-nsw-council-aboriginal-flag-ban-stopped-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
‘Removing flags doesn’t stop racism’: regional NSW council abandons plan to stop flying Aboriginal flag

The Federation Council in Corowa received 266 submissions from ratepayers opposed to a plan to remove Indigenous flags, and only 44 in favour

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/17/queensland-native-title-claims-government-backflip-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #LiberalNationalParty #AustraliaNews
Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims

The policy reversal came after a federal court judge asked the government to explain why it had stopped negotiating with Cape York traditional owners

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