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Dick and Jack remembered 200 years after their hangings

Questions are being raised about land under a prominent building belonging to First Nations people, during commemorations for Aboriginal men who were hanged.

AAP · Sep 24

Racist abuse worse since voice referendum, inquiry told

An inquiry into racism in Australia has been told abuse faced by Indigenous people online is getting worse amid the "culture wars" of recent years.

AAP · Aug 5

'Real action': historic step for Aboriginal land return

A capital city council has voted to support the return of parkland to the Aboriginal community, in what could lead to the creation of a cultural centre.

AAP · Jul 28

Aboriginal heritage sites 'destroyed' by 4WD users

An Indigenous group and conservationists claim Aboriginal heritage sites on Tasmania's northwest coast have been damaged by off-road 4WD use.

AAP · Apr 14, 2023

Alleged police assault of Indigenous man

Allegations an Indigenous man was bashed by Tasmanian police officers while in custody are being investigated.

AAP · Oct 25, 2022

What flags fly at half-mast after Queen Elizabeth II's death and for how long?

Australia's national flag has been lowered to half-mast around Australia for Queen Elizabeth. How long will it stay that way? And why have other flags — including the Aboriginal flag — also been lowered? Welcome to the world of Australian National Flag protocols.

ABC News · Sep 12, 2022

Controversial William Crowther statue to be removed after Hobart City Council vote

There is a palpable sense of relief for many in Tasmania's Aboriginal community over the decision to remove a 133-year-old statue of a man accused of mutilating a deceased Aboriginal man, but one historian says there are other monuments to men who did far worse — just metres away.

ABC News · Aug 15, 2022

Hobart council to vote to determine if William Crowther statue to be removed, amid continuing debate on gruesome past

Surgeon and later Tasmanian premier William Crowther snuck into a morgue and stole the head of Indigenous man William Lanne. Now, Hobart's council will vote tonight on whether his prominent city-centre statue should be torn down.

ABC News · Aug 14, 2022

Hobart divided over statue of man who stole Indigenous skull, as council votes on removal

William Lodewyk Crowther, later premier of Tasmania, mutilated the corpse of Aboriginal man William Lanne in 1869

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2022

Tasmania's south-west is a place people fall in love with, but how should tourism be managed in the remote wilderness?

People come to Tasmania's remote south-west for different reasons, but as the state government continues to encourage tourism development in national parks, is the right balance being struck between development and conservation?

ABC News · Mar 5, 2022