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Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?

The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s youth justice crisis needs national leadership. The Senate inquiry is helpful but isn’t enough

At a time when youth justice policy across Australia has taken an increasingly punitive turn, a federal Senate inquiry has laid out the evidence for a different path. It stopped short, however, of recommending the range of reforms needed.

The Conversation

Fears political frenzy not facts guiding youth justice

A national inquiry recommends evidence-based standards and a multi-agency safety task force to reduce youth incarceration and address systemic inequalities.

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Artists boycotted this portrait prize over AI entries. Now they’re back to take them on

After two years shunning the Brisbane portrait prize, several artists are entering again, with some First Nations painters counting on another AI – ‘ancestral integrity’ – to help them win

The Guardian - AU

Australia closer to HIV target but disparities exist

Disproportionately high numbers of HIV in First Nations people reflect the need for better access to health care as Australia edges closer to its global target.

AAP

NY woman says NYPD pulled her over, still gave her a ticket despite a valid license. Why?: ‘kept insisting that I wasn’t American’

"Both of my parents are American. And yes, I am an American citizen.”

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Weight-loss campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like drug marketing in disguise

If you’ve scrolled through social media or watched TV, you’ve probably seen campaigns featuring women describing how difficult weight loss can be. These say you’ve probably “tried everything”. Then, viewers are encouraged to “talk to a doctor” about managing their weight.

The Conversation

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'Kick the gate open': Tongan tour a timely rugby dose

First Nations and Pasifika captain Triston Reilly has made a passionate case for annual action for the side after their big win in rugby-mad Tonga.

AAP

'If we're serious about it': Tonga's rugby reminder

Wycliff Palu, the former Wallaby with Tongan heritage, is invested in providing consistent exposure to the sport in a country that still loves rugby.

AAP

Victoria’s First Nations body breaks new ground in support of prisoners’ ‘open air’ rights

For the first time since its creation, Gellung Warl has used its powers to challenge the Victorian government on a legislative bill that passed parliament last week.

The Conversation

NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging. Could the Greens really block it?

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists

The Guardian - AU

Top cop, minister sorry for botched gunpoint bus arrest of wrong boy

Family speaks out on 'demeaning' illegal search of Aboriginal teen.

The Canberra Times

‘Staggering’: watchdog condemns police after Indigenous teenager on bus wrongfully arrested – then searched

Ombudsman Iain Anderson says he is concerned police ‘had no clearly understood definition of racial profiling’

The Guardian - AU

Will rents rise by 30%? We don’t know, but the number of stories about rents rising definitely did

Some publications seized on modelling about returns to property investors, despite unequivocal denials they were forecasts of rent rises. Plus: what happened at the Ekka?

The Guardian - AU

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Australian couple bought a cattle farm and planted 34,000 trees to restore rainforest for koalas and other wildlife

An Australian couple who bought a former cattle property in New South Wales are working to bring back the forest that once covered the land, planting more than 34,000 trees and restoring habitat for koalas and other wildlife. Brett and Lisa Vercoe purchased their 30-hectare property, Narlu, near Upper Orara,…

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'Adult-centric' violence services not made for children

An "adult-centric" approach to domestic and family violence is failing Australian children, who are facing wait times of up to six months to access support.

The Independent UK

Puyallup Tribe and First Nations in Canada hope World Cup partnerships raise cultural awareness

A handful of Indigenous tribes are partnering with World Cup host cities to showcase their traditions and cultures

The Conversation

Ten Australians are taking the government to the UN over fossil fuel exports. What is their case?

Ten Australians – including a firefighter, First Nations leaders and young people – are bringing their concerns about the nation’s coal and gas exports to the United Nations.

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Why are First Nations peoples so opposed to Brisbane’s Olympic stadium at Victoria Park?

Today, construction is set to begin on Brisbane’s controversial Olympic stadium in Victoria Park.

The Guardian - UK

Sydney, Cairns and Uluru: unlock Australia on this 12-day wonder route

Take in the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and one of the world’s greatest cities in a single trip. This is one epic adventure, made easy with Qantas Explorer

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'Warning flare' for high Indigenous kids' jail rates

Laws sold as a solution to community safety are being used to lock up First Nations youth while fuelling future crime, according to experts.

The Conversation

Hidden clues in colonial journals reveal why Tasmania’s remote west keeps burning

In 1830, the Palawa people were in the midst of their guerilla war against the British colonists taking their land in what is now Tasmania. After flaring in the mid-1820s, intensifying violence had claimed hundreds of First Nations and settler lives. In response, the Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, Sir…

The Guardian - UK

Canada minister resigns from cabinet over Carney’s controversial oil pipeline deal

Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’

The Conversation

Meanjin was closed – but new Australian literary journals are springing up around the country

The recent, sudden closure of Meanjin has brought renewed attention to Australian journals: those hardy perennials that support Australian literature year in and year out. While the sector has been suffering for some time, new entrants in Adelaide’s Splinter and First Nations journal Sovereign Texts – and a resurrected Southerly…

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Wallabies can't lose heads in Lions Test tussle

The Wallabies have to play smart against the British and Irish Lions and need more than aggression to get on top of the tourists, says coach Joe Schmidt.

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