World news | The Guardian11h ago
Victoria police called to give evidence into Indigenous man’s death in custody seek protection from self-incrimination https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/30/indigenous-death-custody-victoria-police-seek-protection-self-incrimination-ntwnfb #DeathsInCustody #IndigenousAustralians #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Victoria #AustraliaNews
Victoria police called to give evidence into Indigenous man’s death in custody seek protection from self-incrimination

Request comes at the start of a two-week inquest into the death of Noongar man Jeffrey Winmar in Melbourne

The Guardian
ABC Feeds22h ago

'Wholly and solely systemic racism': Anger over closure of Indigenous health hub
By James Vyver

An absence of funding from the ACT and federal governments is forcing the Yerrabi Yurwang Health Hub to close this week, affecting about 400 First Nations patients.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/indigenous-health-hub-yerrabi-yurwang-to-close-due-to-funding/106504480

#IndigenousAustralians #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #JamesVyver

'Wholly and solely systemic racism': Anger over closure of Indigenous health hub

An absence of funding from the ACT and federal governments is forcing the Yerrabi Yurwang Health Hub to close this week, affecting about 400 First Nations patients.

ABC Feeds1d ago

$350m funding boost to help 'prevent another stolen generation'
By Gavin Coote

The team of case workers at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation in south-west Sydney helping to prevent children from going into foster care is about to double in size.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/millions-for-aboriginal-body-to-help-at-risk-families-keep-kids/106503578

#IndigenousAustralians #Children #StateandTerritoryGovernment #IndigenousPolicy #GavinCoote

$350m funding boost to help 'prevent another stolen generation'

The team of case workers at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation in south-west Sydney helping to prevent children from going into foster care is about to double in size.

ABC Feeds2d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/non-profit-digital-divide-wires-remote-indigenous-community/106457040

#MobileandInternetAccess #IndigenousAustralians #RubyLittler

Remote WA area connected to outside world with first at-home internet service

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.

ABC Feeds2d ago

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

The next step after treaty is here — and there's a lot at stake

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.

ABC Feeds3d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/tas-indigenous-activist-seeks-for-court-to-hear-case-on-country/106502748

#Courts #IndigenousAustralians #JanoGibson

Aboriginal woman seeks on-country court hearing for trespass case

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.

ABC Feeds3d ago

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/petition-for-police-video-of-steven-nixon-mckellar-death/106497678

#BlackDeathsInCustody #IndigenousAustralians #AislingBrennan

Petition calls for video of death in custody to be released despite coroner ruling

Raylene Nixon says the public should be able to make their own minds up about what happened to her son in his final moments.

World news | The Guardian4d ago
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell to stand trial after allegedly leading attack on Melbourne Indigenous camp https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/26/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-trial-alleged-attack-melbourne-indigenous-camp-ntwnfb #Victoria #AustraliaNews #Melbourne #IndigenousAustralians
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell to stand trial after allegedly leading attack on Melbourne Indigenous camp

Sewell pleaded not guilty to five charges over alleged group assault on Camp Sovereignty last year

The Guardian
Environment | The Guardian US6d 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’

The Guardian
ABC Feeds6d 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.