Indigenous

Miss Kannina and Rhia Alone

Yorta Yorta, Yirendali and Kalkadoon woman Miss Kaninna performed an electric set to a sold-out crowd at The Vanguard in Newtown on April 6, reports Isaac Nellist.

Human Rights Watch has criticised the Western Australia government for the dramatic and alarming rise in the forcible removal of  Aboriginal children from their families. Paul Gregoire reports. 

A ceasefire rally was organised by the Islamic community in Garramilla/Darwin in the wake of Israel’s renewed bombing in Palestine. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Frontline workers in the Northern Territory are pushing back against the Country-Liberal Party’s destructive “tough on crime” policies. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Labor is defying a United Nations order to ensure the Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region are able to decide how they develop their traditional land. Paul Gregoire reports.

Communities speak out about Cyclone Alfred, calling for climate action

Communities affected by Cyclone Alfred dumped flood-damaged belongings outside parliament and demanded action to prevent future climate disasters. Kerry Smith reports.

The blowback against Rio Tinto for blasting a sacred rock shelter to pieces in the Pilbara was enormous. Cas Smith reports that WA Labor has passed the buck on mega mining approvals to the federal government.

The NT Country Liberal Party has contracted the controversial private British-Danish security firm G4S to provide “much-needed relief” in the corrections system. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Matilda Lane-Rose said environment minister Tanya Plibersek should not approve Woodside's North West Shelf Extension, reports Isaac Nellist.

Leonard Peltier released

As former United States President Joe Biden left office, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the US.

posters on a wall

Multimedia journalist and producer Michael Fox is back with a new podcast series, Stories of Resistance, which is packed with glimpses of inspiration in these dark times, reports Federico Fuentes.

Protesters, including Aunty Gail Hickey, are still demanding that the NSW Police officers that chased TJ Hickey to his death in 2004 be brought to justice. Paul Gregoire reports.