Business Insider

Australians overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give Indigenous people greater rights in a major setback for reconciliation

Australians voted "No" on a proposal to give Indigenous peoples greater rights in the country. People were asked whether the country's constitution should be changed to recognize the First Peoples of ...
CNN

Lowitja O’Donoghue, trailblazer for indigenous Australian rights, dead at 91

Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide ...

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous trailblazer Pat Turner has announced her retirement after a "tireless" career dedicated to championing the rights of First Nations people. Residents from the isolated community of Laramba ...
Digital Journal

Indigenous Australians celebrate historic state treaty

A young girl holds up an Australian Aboriginal flag during a 2022 demonstration in support of Indigenous rights. - Copyright AFP Steven Saphore A young girl holds up ...
Crux

Australians must ‘redouble efforts’ after defeat for Indigenous, bishop says

Voters rejecting a referendum to give greater political rights to Indigenous people in Australia “doesn’t mean we accept the status quo”, according to Bishop Charles Gauci. All six Australian states ...
Human Rights Watch

Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a Matter of Human Rights

When laws are designed fairly, in line with international human rights standards and applied consistently, they can be an important tool for upholding justice and equality. But without safeguards, ...

Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik remembered as a 'trailblazer' in Aboriginal education, health and rights

MaryAnn Bin-Sallik was the first Aboriginal nurse graduate in Darwin and the first Aboriginal person to receive a PhD at Harvard University. Following her death at age 85, the Djaru Elder is being ...
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The one word white Australians are told not to use when talking about First Nations people

Indigenous Australians were called 'blacks' and 'natives' at the time of white settlement and over the past two centuries have been subjected to far more racist labels. But as the term 'First Nations ...
Reuters

Indigenous Australians file human rights complaint with pension funds over Santos gas projects

SYDNEY, April 26 (Reuters) - A group of Indigenous Australians on Wednesday filed a human rights complaint against 20 large Australian pension funds for investing in Santos Ltd's (STO.AX), opens new ...
Reuters

Australian Aboriginal leader threatened ahead of referendum on Indigenous rights

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An Indigenous senator in Australia was targeted with threats and racial abuses in a video on social media, just days before the country votes in a referendum on whether to ...
The New York Times

Should Aboriginal Australians Have a ‘Voice’ in Parliament? These Two Say No.

Two female Aboriginal lawmakers with very different political views are campaigning against the proposal to create an advisory body on Indigenous issues. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Hobart, ...