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Indigenous voice supporters call for week of silence

Following the heavy defeat of a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander campaigners have endorsed a week of silence.

AAP · Oct 14, 2023

Unesco removes ‘hurtful’ document claiming Tasmanian Aboriginal people ‘extinct’

Inaccurate statement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature made as part of the 1982 process for world heritage status for Tasmanian wilderness area

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2023

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

An Aboriginal teen who spent more than two years on remand in a Queensland youth detention centre was in solitary confinement for much of that time.

AAP · Jun 26, 2023

Should the Tassie tiger be brought back to life? Have your say

We want to hear from you — should the Tasmanian tiger be brought back to life? And what will that mean for First Nations people, the environment, and the ecosystem?

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

Number of Aboriginal Tasmanians in prison more than doubles in a decade

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Tasmania's Ashley youth prison closure must be brought forward, children's commissioner, advocates say

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention

A proposed reform to Tasmanian law is welcomed as a move which could "change the lives of a lot of kids" by keeping them out of prison — but advocates say there is another key issue which must be addressed.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Aboriginal elders voice concerns over proposed Tasmanian trek through areas of 'immense importance'

Tourism operator Experience Co is pushing for a seven-day catered walk through Tasmania's south-west, but elders say proposals in areas with Aboriginal heritage sites should be put on hold until the state's new Aboriginal Heritage Act is tabled later this year.

ABC News · Jun 4, 2022

Indigenous Tasmanians sign deal to run commercial abalone fishery

A ground-breaking deal signed to provide Aboriginal Tasmanians with access to a commercial abalone fishery is being hailed as a step towards resetting relationships and cultural practices.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2022

Call for Marion Bay to be renamed, 250 years after the first encounter between Europeans and Tasmanian Aboriginal people

A Tasmanian Indigenous leader is calling for the renaming of a popular bay, to honour the sacrifice of a man who died defending his land.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2022