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.
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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.
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Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Matilda Lane-Rose said environment minister Tanya Plibersek should not approve Woodside's North West Shelf Extension, reports Isaac Nellist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For 21 years, Gail Hickey has been marching for justice for her son TJ, who died after being impaled on a fence while being pursued by two NSW Police vehicles. Zebedee Parkes reports.
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Labor says it is delivering record funding in health, education and housing to First Nations communities, but First Nations advisor Pat Turner AM and Senator Lidia Thorpe dispute this. Kerry Smith reports.
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The Northern Territory’s Country Liberal Party is moving fast, in a Trumpian direction, to ride roughshod over the environment and peoples’ livelihoods. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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PM Anthony Albanese’s mealy-mouthed dodging of Trump’s declaration that the US would “own” and “level” Gaza was his way of signalling that Australia will tag along, albeit with a little bit of hand-wringing, argues Sam Wainwright.
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This year’s Waitangi Day celebrations in Aotearoa/New Zealand were held during a period of strained race relations between Māori and the Crown, reports Zara Lomas.
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A snap protest outside Long Bay Correctional Facility demanded an end to brutality in custody after a First Nations inmate was bashed. Jim McIlroy reports.