Indigenous recognition touted for new electoral map Tasmania is the sole state without an electorate named after an Aboriginal person or place but many are hoping to change that. AAP · Apr 18
A handful of soil: 50 years since iconic land hand-back It has been 50 years since the iconic passing of soil from the hands of the prime minister to a Gurindji Elder - a moment that paved the way for land rights. AAP · Aug 15, 2025
Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery "People don’t have to like my paintings," responded the award-winning artist after Australia's wealthiest tycoon, Gina Rinehart, demanded its removal. The post Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · May 17, 2024
Vincent Namatjira’s paintbrush is his weapon. With an infectious energy and wry humour, nothing is off limits Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics. The Conversation · Nov 24, 2023
Seeing isn't believing at NGV's biggest photo show Real & Imagined at the National Gallery of Victoria shows off more than 300 images from the gallery's photography collection. AAP · Oct 12, 2023
Phone hacking scandal just a ‘mishap’ in The Australian’s tribute to their boss Rupert Murdoch’s ‘creative mind’ Paul Kelly praises ‘massive work ethic’ of Murdoch but newspaper not tipped off. The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2023
The 'No' campaign claimed to have the backing of Vincent Lingiari's grandson. But the man in question says he's not related 'No' campaign leaders Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price have both claimed Indigenous land rights activist Vincent Lingiari's grandson opposed the Voice. Was that actually correct? ABC News · May 18, 2023
Indigenous man condemns voice no campaign for claiming he is Vincent Lingiari’s grandson Stewart Lingiari calls on no campaign to take his picture down after leaders falsely claim he was grandson of land rights leader Vincent Lingiari The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2023
Toni Childs features in all-female line-up at Freedom Day Festival to remember women of Wave Hill walk-off At the 56th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off — a seminal event that galvanised national change and paved the way for equal wages for Aboriginal workers, as well as a new land rights act – history was made again. ABC News · Aug 27, 2022
Thousands recreate the Wave Hill walk-off, originally led by Vincent Lingiari, at the Freedom Day Festival in Kalkarindji It's been 56 years since Vincent Lingiari paved the way for the Aboriginal land rights movement with the Wave Hill walk-off. But his descendants continue that fight today. ABC News · Aug 26, 2022
Morning mail: visa backlog’s human impact, Putin’s army plan, Dutton denounces ‘witch-hunt’ Friday: Australia’s bureaucracy is tackling a huge number of visa applications. For people like Huma, it’s a race against time as she fears being sent back to the Taliban who burned her. Plus: the gendered double standards for prime ministers The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2022
Wave Hill Walk-Off anniversary to be celebrated after two-year COVID hiatus When Vincent Lingiari led 200 stockmen away from Wave Hill station in protest of unfair working conditions in 1966, he wouldn't have foreseen it becoming a seminal turning point in Australian history. ABC News · Aug 25, 2022
Don’t let ‘low bar politics’ hold back Indigenous voice, advocate to say in Lingiari lecture Thomas Mayor compares current fight for constitutional recognition to 1960s Wave Hill walk-off that led to land rights The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2022
Lingiari's courage needed for voice vote A leading advocate for a voice to parliament said supporters need to back themselves to win, while delivering the Vincent Lingiari memorial lecture on country. AAP · Aug 25, 2022
ABC News · Jul 15, 2022 Intervention-era alcohol bans have ended in the Northern Territory. Here’s what that means With the alcohol laws that stem from the NT intervention expiring at midnight tonight, we take a look at the legislation, what is changing, and why.
ABC News · Jun 27, 2022 Indigenous songwriter Kev Carmody opens up about his secret stolen childhood An early childhood in hiding, being ripped away from his parents, and a life working the land all helped inspire one of Australia's most beloved and powerful songs, From Little Things Big Things Grow.
The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2022 Labor promises to ‘move quickly’ on Indigenous voice to parliament referendum if elected Party accuses Coalition of ‘ignoring the needs’ of Aboriginal people as it releases First Nations policy
The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2022 In the battleground seat of Lingiari, the Coalition hopes to dim Labor’s star power with a first-time upset A Labor stronghold since its creation in 2001, the party faces the possibility of losing to the rising popularity of a CLP candidate