This deal was meant to be a game-changer for Indigenous people. It hasn’t moved the dial

This deal was meant to be a game-changer for Indigenous people. It hasn’t moved the dial

A blistering Productivity Commission review says governments have not delivered on their landmark 2020 agreement to transform the way public servants and politicians work with Indigenous Australians.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJack Latimore

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The Coalition says cultural heritage rules are ‘unworkable’. But it once claimed credit for them
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Indigenous

The Coalition says cultural heritage rules are ‘unworkable’. But it once claimed credit for them

The “strict” criteria in the Aboriginal cultural heritage management legislation that apparently spurred the Victorian Coalition into withdrawing its support for a treaty appears to be largely the result of efforts by a previous Coalition government.

  • byJack Latimore
Indigenous leaders on where to next after Voice blow

Indigenous leaders on where to next after Voice blow

After a bruising referendum,Aboriginal political leaders share their views on what the Albanese government needs to prioritise in 2024 and beyond.

  • byJack Latimore
I’m an Aboriginal doctor. Don’t change Australia Day on my behalf

I’m an Aboriginal doctor. Don’t change Australia Day on my behalf

There is growing discomfort with January 26 as our national day,but there is power in discomfort. Let’s use it to confront Australia’s identity crisis.

  • byJordan Cory
WA women’s prisons to stub out smoking
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Prisons

WA women’s prisons to stub out smoking

About 82 per cent of WA prisoners are smokers,compared to about 11 per cent in the broader community,and tobacco products are by far their most-bought items.

  • byHamish Hastie
Just when you thought he’d given up,Albanese surprises on Indigenous empowerment
Opinion
Indigenous

Just when you thought he’d given up,Albanese surprises on Indigenous empowerment

Making 99-year leases available on all native title land would be a historic step towards closing the gap.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
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Emotional traditional owners see 150-year-old artefact for the first time

Emotional traditional owners see 150-year-old artefact for the first time

A rarely seen smoked bark etching dating back to the 1800s has been briefly displayed as part of a bid to secure Commonwealth heritage protection for Victoria’s largest inland saltwater lake.

  • byJack Latimore
Judge refuses to send 17-year-old to ‘horrendous’ Perth prison

Judge refuses to send 17-year-old to ‘horrendous’ Perth prison

A 17-year-old Perth boy was released from custody for Christmas despite a serious crime spree,the judge calling the unit he would go to a “barbaric dungeon”.

  • byEmma Young
‘Considerable’ degree of violence:Officer sentenced for assaulting Indigenous teen

‘Considerable’ degree of violence:Officer sentenced for assaulting Indigenous teen

NSW Police constable Ryan Barlow used a “violent” leg sweep to knock the 16-year-old boy to the ground when arresting him in Sydney last year.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Fears Yoorrook truth commission will fail Indigenous Victorians by trying to do too much

Fears Yoorrook truth commission will fail Indigenous Victorians by trying to do too much

Victorian First Peoples are concerned the commission will fail to meet its brief after scaling up its inquiries into health,education and housing injustice with just 18 months to go.

  • byJack Latimore
Ambulance cancelled for Indigenous man who later died in custody

Ambulance cancelled for Indigenous man who later died in custody

A 28-year-old Noongar man who was handcuffed as he lost consciousness died after being arrested in Melbourne’s east last month.

  • byEsther Linder