Rudi Maxwell
Elders fight to save island home from climate change
Faced with rising seas and fearing the loss of their island home, two Torres Strait elders have made a final bid to...
Fortescue compensation should include land and ore, court told
Traditional owners seeking compensation from iron ore miners have rejected a proposition that the land value should be calculated without considering the...
A Sector in Crisis report reveals community legal centres overwhelmed
Hundreds of thousands of people are being turned away from underfunded and overstretched community legal centres. Community Legal Centres Australia released its...
Indigenous climber serenades Everest with world’s highest didgeridoo solo
When Jeremy Donovan was packing for Mount Everest, the top item on his list was his yigi yigi – the Kuku Yalanji...
Australia failing on key Closing the Gap targets
The number of Indigenous babies being born healthy and strong is continuing to improve. But, according to new data released by the...
Senators call for Closing the Gap to be ‘above politics’
Calls for courage, unity, change and accountability have been issued from across the political spectrum in Parliament when senators rose to make...
Price of failure isn’t just money, it’s lives: Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to drive cultural change across all levels of government to help address entrenched Indigenous inequality. The...
Urgent power shift needed to achieve Indigenous equity
A seismic shift in the way governments conduct business with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and organisations is needed to...
A voice for the voiceless: Pat Dodson hangs up his hat
When Senator Pat Dodson hangs up his hat – with its familiar band showing the colours of the Aboriginal flag – he’ll...
Tiwi Islanders lose challenge against Santos’ pipeline
The Federal Court has dismissed Tiwi Islanders’ challenge against Santos’ gas pipeline in the Timor Sea. Jikilaruwu traditional owner Simon Munkara lodged...