The Latest Breaking News from Matilda House

Now more than ever, we need Reconciliation Day to lead to listening

There's a very serious side to the event at Commonwealth Park.

The Canberra Times · May 24, 2024

ACT government apologises to Canberra's Ngambri people for failing to recognise them as traditional custodians

Ngambri community members took the ACT government to court last year over its Indigenous protocol, which listed only the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land. The government today issued an apology for any "hurt or distress" caused, saying it would review the protocol.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

'Irrefutable evidence of our ancestry': Ngambri custodians take ACT to court

Paul Girrawah House said he and other members of the Ngambri had launched the court action to stop the ACT government's "blatant" discrimination and hypocrisy.

The Canberra Times · Jul 30, 2022