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Rio Tinto faces fresh probe over ancient rock shelter blast

September 25, 2023

Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again: The Age

September 25, 2023

‘Wait for an invitation’: Indigenous community has Santos’ Barossa gas project on hold: SMH

September 21, 2023

Indigenous groups call for an immediate stop to Dingo culling: NIT

September 20, 2023

Indigenous fires program prepares for brutal bushfire season: The Australian

September 20, 2023

Adnyamathanha community left heartbroken after sacred sandhills damaged: NITV

September 19, 2023

Artificial intelligence helps catalogue Aboriginal rock art in Far North Queensland: ABC

September 19, 2023

Why are Australia’s treasures languishing underneath the British Museum? The Australian

September 18, 2023

Djinama Yilaga choir reclaims once-forbidden Indigenous Dhurga language through song: ABC News

September 18, 2023

What Manchester Museum’s return of 174 Indigenous artefacts tells us about the future of museums

September 14, 2023

VIDEO: Rangers push case for world heritage protection of rock carvings ABC NEWS

September 1, 2023

Tasmanian Aboriginal oral traditions among the oldest recorded narratives in the world: UniSC News

August 28, 2023

Meet the young people helping to preserve Australia’s Indigenous languages: ABC News

August 25, 2023

Hundreds gather at PULiiMA Conference in Darwin to preserve Australia’s Indigenous languages: ABC News

August 24, 2023

Wangkamadla people launch special wildlife reserve application for Pilungah and Ethabuka reserves: ABC

August 23, 2023

Frankland River to take on Aboriginal name as part of dual naming initiative: West Australian

August 23, 2023

Mixed heritage: Book review

August 11, 2023

Implementing UNDRIP into Canadian Law: The Institute of Art & Law

August 10, 2023

VIDEO: WA repeals Indigenous cultural heritage laws after outcry by landholders: 7:30 report

August 10, 2023

Darwin Parents Urge Government to Withdraw Gas Support in Canberra

August 9, 2023

NSW government buys remote Comeroo Station for land conservation: ABC

July 31, 2023

Push to bring NSW Aboriginal languages back from brink of extinction: The Guardian

July 25, 2023

Opinion: Why is Arizona poised to give away groundwater to mining when it faces a devastating water crisis?

July 18, 2023

Yindjibarndi people say they’re unsure if burial grounds, sacred sites at FMG’s Solomon Hub are safe

July 18, 2023

Why is there so much confusion and fearmongering over WA’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act?

July 5, 2023

Traditional owners in NSW call for heritage reform to continue cultural practices: Guardian

July 5, 2023

5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about: Australian Geographic

July 4, 2023

Julian Rocks, Cape Byron could soon be known by traditional Aboriginal names Nguthungulli, Walgun: ABC News

July 4, 2023

Culturally important ancient forest set to be destroyed by developers at Lee Point: Yahoo News

July 3, 2023

Backlash at handling of WA’s new Aboriginal heritage laws forces major change: NIT

June 29, 2023

Boodjamulla National Park (Lawn Hill) closed, signalling blow to north-west Queensland tourism: ABC

June 27, 2023

National Parks crack down on social media influencers taking unlawful selfies in Carnarvon Gorge: ABC

June 21, 2023

Indigenous heritage laws ‘severely outdated in SA

June 20, 2023

Innovative new album of Gunditjmara songs released: Uni of Melb

June 15, 2023

Port Hedland traditional owners accuse council, Water Corp of disturbing heritage site: ABC

June 15, 2023

Farmers, Traditional Owners want new cultural heritage laws delayed: NIT

June 13, 2023

Indigenous languages grants critical to culture: CQ Today

June 9, 2023

Traditional owners appalled by Mt Beerwah vandalism: Zinc FM

May 30, 2023

Six decades, 210 Warlpiri speakers and 11,000 words: how a groundbreaking First Nations dictionary was made: The Conversation

May 25, 2023

Buried treasure shows Flinders St clocks have been a meeting place for thousands of years: The Age

May 25, 2023

Juukan Gorge rehabilitation work underway three years after Rio Tinto blast: ABC

May 25, 2023

Yunipingu wins historic Native Title fight: The Australian

May 22, 2023

How have plans to reform national cultural heritage laws progressed? Radio National

May 18, 2023

Tough laws to clamp down on Aboriginal heritage vandals: NIT

May 18, 2023

Indigenous rangers play key role in protecting “world’s most elusive bird”: NIT

May 17, 2023

Murujuga’s rock art is being destroyed – where is the outrage?

May 17, 2023

FNQ First Nations Tourism Action Plan aims to double Indigenous experiences, create jobs: ABC

May 15, 2023

Buffel waffle: Alice Springs News

May 15, 2023

Jim Crow Creek officially renamed Larni Barramal Yaluk: ABC

May 12, 2023

FOI documents show ministers were told of risks to Aboriginal cultural sites at Middle Arm precinct near Darwin: ABC

May 12, 2023

Aboriginal land council’s backflip on McPhillamys gold mine has traditional owners demanding answers: ABC

May 11, 2023

Traditional Owners call for ban on shale gas fracking: NIT

May 11, 2023

More than 27,000 people urge WA government to protect Martuwarra Fitzroy River: NIT

May 11, 2023

Hundreds of Aboriginal ancient artefacts unearthed at site of new Eurobodalla Hospital in Moruya: ABC

May 11, 2023

UN: WA’s new cultural heritage laws violate treaty obligations (ABC)

May 10, 2023

NT water allocation draft risks ‘irreversible damage’ to country and culture, critics say: ABC

May 10, 2023

Gija language dictionary reflects rich culture, Warmun art and East Kimberley landscape: ABC

May 9, 2023

New Darebin Creek Lookout embraces Aboriginal culture: North Central Review

May 9, 2023

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice: Sustainabaility

May 5, 2023

Indigenous Australians urge pension funds to stop gas company’s “trail of destruction”: Euronews

May 3, 2023

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Bungle Bungle Caravan Park closed pending traditional owners’ approval: ABC

May 3, 2023

Joint media release: Delivering water ownership for First Nations: Ministers Plibersek & Burney

April 27, 2023

State Government announces grants to two Mid West Aboriginal organisations to protect cultural heritage sites: West Australian

April 26, 2023

Complaints over top super funds’ Santos investments

April 26, 2023

Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta national parks to receive more than $250 million in funding: ABC

April 26, 2023

WA government announces $77million to boost Aboriginal heritage protection system: NIT

April 26, 2023

Bingil Bay Campground under new management: Cairns Post

April 21, 2023

Rock climbing banned at Wallcliffe cliffs, custodian says sacred place needs ‘time to rest’: ABC

April 21, 2023

Emojis help immortalise endangered Kaytetye language in Central Australia in new Kaytetyemoji app: ABC

April 21, 2023

Taste of Kakadu returns with the ultimate menu of Indigenous bush foods and culture

April 21, 2023

Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation angry about lack of consultation on K’gari resort proposal: ABC News

April 17, 2023

‘How we heal as a nation’: the replanting and return of the forests of Tower Hill: The Guardian

April 17, 2023

Revealing Naarm: Interactive map reveals hidden Indigenous histories of major sites: The Age

April 17, 2023

Regional solar farm build uncovers Aboriginal artefacts and grinding grooves

April 13, 2023

Probe to find ‘definitive answer’ on emissions damage to rock art at Murujuga gas, fertiliser plants: ABC

April 12, 2023

Hopes bush foods can provide economic, cultural empowerment for FNQ traditional owners: ABC

April 12, 2023

Custodians call for closure of Mount Beerwah to climbers in Glasshouse Mountains: ABC

April 12, 2023

Connecting with culture on the Cape: Australian Geographic

April 11, 2023

Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent

April 11, 2023

Traditional owners ask banks to reconsider Santos loan: MSN

April 5, 2023

Mystery of Australian desert ‘fairy circles’ may be solved thanks to Indigenous knowledge: The Guardian

April 5, 2023

Land rights and heritage champion grieves loss of “visionary and keeper of songlines”, Yunupingu: NIT

April 5, 2023

National Native Title Council welcomes federal funding to protect South Australian heritage sites: NIT

April 5, 2023

Koonalda Cave security to be improved after Indigenous art vandalised: ABC

April 3, 2023

Guided by nature: ABC

March 31, 2023

Heritage funding to protect ancient Koonalda Cave: National Tribune

March 30, 2023

Funds to future-proof ancient cave art in SA: The Leader

March 30, 2023

Huge chunk of Australia’s coastline almost the size of Melbourne has been returned to the traditional Aboriginal owners: Daily Mail

March 30, 2023

“Monumental” Native Title decision in Victoria after long campaign for recognition: NIT

March 28, 2023

Landmark Mount Gambier attractions adopt dual names: INDAILY

March 28, 2023

What Indigenous cultures can tell us about astrophysics: SBS/NITV

March 26, 2023

5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about

March 23, 2023

Kaurna online: New website to help learn the language: INDaily

March 23, 2023

VIDEO: Traditional owners hope to preserve culture in new IPA

March 22, 2023

Murujuga’s rock art, heritage and culture must be protected: NIT

March 17, 2023

22,000-year-old rock art in the Garden Ranges, VIC returned to Taungurung control: NIT

March 8, 2023

Traditional owners want more assurances on Jabiluka uranium deposit: SMH

March 3, 2023

Spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 to be returned to Sydney’s La Perouse Aboriginal community

March 3, 2023

Traditional owners plead for visitors to respect nature after Bloomfield crocodile attack: ABC

March 3, 2023

BOOMING CONTRIBUTIONS BY FIRST NATIONS TO ADDRESS AUSTRALIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS MUST BE RECOGNISED (Arena)

August 4, 2022

Tanya Plibersek pauses $4.5bn works on Western Australia’s Burrup Peninsula (The Australian)

July 22, 2022

Aboriginal Affairs Minister says traditional owners ‘rehashing’ debate on cultural heritage concerns (ABC)

June 14, 2022

Why did McGowan shuffle so many ministers?

April 1, 2022