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    ‘Deja vu’: Pat Anderson, co-chair of the Uluru Dialogue.

    Voice architect fears Indigenous policy ‘deja vu’ trap

    Uluru Dialogue co-chairwoman Pat Anderson warned Labor not to throw its promise of a Makarrata commission “out with the referendum bathwater”.

    • Tom McIlroy
    Sean Gordon, managing director of the Gidgee Group, says the Indigenous economic plan has potential.

    PM’s Indigenous economic plan ‘not enough’

    Businessman and Voice advocate Sean Gordon says many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are not well placed to benefit from renewables development.

    • Tom McIlroy
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Friday: “You have kept the faith, and my government will keep faith with you.”

    PM promises major Indigenous economic plan

    Anthony Albanese will attend the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday, saying his determination to close the disadvantage gap has not wavered.

    • Tom McIlroy

    July

    Rock art near Jabiluka is one reason why the Northern Territory has decided not to extend the lease.

    End of the road for Kakadu’s Jabiluka uranium lease

    The NT government has refused to extend a mining lease over the Jabiluka uranium deposit, cheering native titleholders but angering nuclear power advocates

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    • Peter Ker
    Linda Burney will not contest the next federal election.

    The soaring success and unspeakable grief of Linda Burney

    Linda Burney has been a pioneering advocate for Indigenous Australia, but her life has been peppered by tragedy.

    • Julie Hare
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    There are plenty of jobs in renewables.

    ‘Everyone wins’: Financing renewables at scale

    Brighte looks to boost the renewables transition through its ‘one-stop shop’ model, winning the Banking and Financial Services category.

    • Prashant Mehra

    June

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    Fortescue should face EPA audit, native title group claims

    Fortescue’s stoush with the Yindjibarndi people has deepened, with the native title group asking the WA government to review permits for the Solomon mining hub.

    • Peter Ker
     Rueben Berg, co-chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly.

    Long walk to treaty resumes in a fractured federation

    The Albanese government has backed away from a promise to strike a treaty with Indigenous Australians. In a federal policy vacuum, some states are picking up the baton.

    • Peter Ker and Tom McIlroy
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    Uranium miner not deterred by Jabiluka lease portent

    An NT government ruling has raised traditional owners’ hopes that the Jabiluka mining lease will not be renewed, but mining company ERA hasn’t given up.

    • Peter Ker
    Sandfire’s DeGrussa operations in Western Australia. Indigenous items were disturbed at this site.

    Ignorance rather than greed behind Sandfire’s Indigenous blunder

    An investigation conducted by Gilbert + Tobin concluded there was a “clear failure” by the copper producer’s former management to understand “ESG obligations”.

    • Peter Ker

    What can Indigenous groups do with native title?

    Unlike native title rights in other countries, the Mabo decision provided only a limited bundle of rights that must be tied back to a group’s traditional laws and customs. Here’s how it works.

    • Michael Pelly

    May

     Gunlom Falls was a popular tourist spot until it was closed in 2019 due to unauthorised work on a walking track

    High Court rejects Crown immunity for sacred sites damage

    The custodians of Kakadu National Park have won a test case in the High Court over a walking track at picturesque Gunlom Falls.

    • Michael Pelly
    A family-owned fishing charter business in operation.

    The great success story of Indigenous enterprise is missing

    Indigenous businesses have proven robust and resilient against all the odds – that should be included in the Closing the Gap reports as well.

    • Michelle Evans and Cain Polidano

    April

    Indigenous Australians from Sydney’s La Perouse community at Trinity College, Cambridge, to retrieve the four spears taken by Captain Cook.

    Captain Cook’s first Australian souvenir returned to Indigenous owners

    Cambridge University has surrendered a set of spears taken the momentous day when Sydney’s Indigenous people first set eyes on their eventual colonisers.

    • Hans van Leeuwen
    Anthony Albanese says Labor wants to get truth-telling “right”.

    Truth-telling risks inflaming community conflict: report

    Amid heightened scrutiny on community cohesion, a new report says 60 per cent of Indigenous Australians have major concerns about a Makaratta process.

    • Tom McIlroy
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    March

    The Mirarr traditional owners are firmly opposed to the development of the Jabiluka uranium deposit.

    Rio Tinto’s ERA takes on traditional owners in Kakadu stoush

    ERA has formally applied to extend a mining lease in the Kakadu region only one day after it was slammed by traditional owners.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    The Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory, owned by ERA, stopped mining in 2012. Now it is a big and costly clean-up job.

    Rio Tinto’s reputation clean-up faces a $1b uranium test

    The miner did well out of uranium in Kakadu for years – now it is paying for it. The prospect of writing a cheque to fund rehabilitation is raising questions.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been speaking about funding UNRWA.

    Albanese pledges $4b for Indigenous housing

    Anthony Albanese and Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney will visit the NT on Tuesday to announce a major package for remote homes.

    • Tom McIlroy
    Tanya Hosch, the AFL’s general manager of Inclusion and Social Policy, at Peel St Bistro in Adelaide.

    AFL inclusion boss says Paul Keating was wrong on the Voice

    Eight years into her role, and still recovering from the amputation of her lower right leg last year, Tanya Hosch keeps pushing on in a job where there is no finish line.

    • Simon Evans

    February

    The Dhupuma Barker School Djirikitj Firebirds placed 40 in their division of 80 schools at the 2023 VEX Robotics World Championships in Texas.

    How a tiny NT school became an exemplar for Indigenous education

    The town of Gunyangara, 11 hours east of Darwin, decided to take education into its own hands. The results have been stunning.

    • Julie Hare