Indigenous

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听security firm G4S to provide 鈥渕uch-needed relief鈥 in the corrections system.听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鈥檚 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.

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.

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.

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.听Kerry Smith reports.

The Northern Territory鈥檚 Country Liberal Party is moving fast, in a Trumpian direction, to听ride roughshod over the environment and peoples鈥 livelihoods.听Stephen W Enciso reports.

PM Anthony Albanese鈥檚 mealy-mouthed dodging of Trump鈥檚 declaration that the US would 鈥渙wn鈥 and 鈥渓evel鈥 Gaza was his way of signalling that Australia will tag along, albeit with a little bit of hand-wringing, argues Sam Wainwright.听

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This year鈥檚 Waitangi Day celebrations in Aotearoa/New Zealand were held during a period of strained race relations between M膩ori and the Crown, reports Zara Lomas.