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Indigenous used as political football in Welcome debate

Aboriginal people are being used as a political football in an "outdated and tired match" and critics miss the point of Welcome to Country, an advocate says.

AAP

Indigenous-led centre launched, continuing Mabo legacy

Helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities leverage their native title rights for economic growth will be the focus of a new centre.

AAP

'He learned his lesson,' teen's alleged murder bragged

Cassius Turvey's alleged murderer was "hunting for kids" when chased the teen down and struck him in the head with a metal pole, a court was told.

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Watching the doom loop: Sydney Festival artists witness climate change, and imagine our post-apocalyptic future

The first weeks of 2025 have seen catastrophic wildfires locally and internationally, record global ocean temperatures, and unprecedented coral bleaching events.

The Conversation

‘A story is where we begin’: two Indigenous poets face monsters of invasion with words of love and hope

I like to read poetry on long flights. I think it’s the climbing motion of the plane against the constant roar of the engine that creates a space for words to hum and move. But poetry can connect us to home, even when we are distant, away, sky high.

The Conversation

Luke Bryan blames ‘click bait headlines’ for backlash over Beyoncé comments

Bryan had advised the ‘Cuff It’ singer to ‘come into our world... a little bit’ after her country album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ failed to receive any CMA Award nominations

The Independent UK

‘I felt my tongue coming alive’: learning a critically endangered Indigenous language is a small triumph

I know I don’t have it right yet. I know my grammar is rudimentary. But I am speaking, writing and thinking in Kooma nearly every day

The Guardian - AU

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Reconciliation needed 'now more than ever' in Canberra

'The more we can talk about Aboriginal issues, the better.'

The Canberra Times

Country diary: The barn owls are back in the valley

Allendale, Northumberland: I had thought they were gone for good, but in this peak year for vole numbers, they have rebounded

The Guardian - UK

Winning artists take 1,700km car ride to the catwalk for Indigenous fashion awards

Over two nights in Darwin, artists and designers from across Australia come together for runway show Country to Couture, and the National Indigenous Fashion Awards

The Guardian - AU

To reduce harm from alcohol, we need Indigenous-led responses

Alcohol management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has been a deeply divisive issue, as seen recently in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

The Conversation

Pub boss banned from being a director after running companies under TWELVE barred names

Christopher Hannon faces bankruptcy after two of his businesses went into liquidation

Daily Mirror

Landlord banned from running pubs after using forbidden names

Christopher Hannon faces bankruptcy after two of his businesses went into liquidation

Liverpool Echo

Alone Australia’s Duane Byrnes On How The Show Strengthened His Connection To Country

"I just feel prouder and prouder to be Aboriginal. It made me appreciate more just how we have survived for so many thousands of years."

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Dolly Parton adds Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx to her forthcoming album

The rocker is the latest big name joining the country star’s Rock Star album with the likes of Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks

Tribune News Service

Country music ‘will definitely not be the same’: Officials, musicians mourn Loretta Lynn’s death

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, a country music icon who was once known as the Queen of Country Music, has died at 90.

Daily Mirror

Country singer Luke Bell died aged 32 from accidental fentanyl overdose, authorities say

Country singer Luke Bell was reported missing and found unresponsive over a week later in Tucson, Arizona

The Guardian - AU

The floods tell us the river is sick. We should listen to Indigenous knowledge to help Country heal

The only way to learn is from the river, like our old people did when they sat on its high banks of red and green

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The Conversation

'Decolonising' classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police

The recent decision to transport juvenile offenders into an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia shows the youth justice system is in crisis. The findings of the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were uncomfortably similar, even though being held almost three…

ABC News

'Desperate situations' of First Nations people with disability living in remote communities laid bare at royal commission

The "desperate situations" of First Nations people with disability living in remote communities have been laid bare at the disability royal commission.

The Conversation

'What matters is hope, freedom and saying who you are.' What LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disabilities want everyone to know

They are a group often overlooked, described as “invisible”, or perhaps assumed not to exist at all.

ABC News

Campo's Corner: The life and death of City v Country — how the legacy of league's much loved rep game lives on

It helped launch careers both on and off the field and left an indelible mark on all who played in it. So what happened to the City v Country game, and what legacy has it left behind? Nick Campton reports.

The Conversation

Friday essay: 'this is our library' – how to read the amazing archive of First Nations stories written on rock

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people.

The Conversation

Birthing on Country services centre First Nations cultures and empower women in pregnancy and childbirth

Many Australian women rely on and trust maternity services to see them through pregnancy, labour and the early stages of new parenting.

The Conversation

A new exhibition explores invisible data, from facial algorithms to satellite tracking as a return to Country

Review: Invisibility, MOD museum, Adelaide

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