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NAIDOC Week

All of the news and stories from the NAIDOC Awards 2015.

11 Jul 2015

The NAIDOC Awards and stories behind them

Videos, photos and stories of all the recipients of 2015 NAIDOC Awards, including mini-documentaries about their life, work and achievements.
30 Jun 2016 - 5:15pm

Meet the NAIDOC Person of the Year 2015 - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Rosalie Kunoth Monks has had a major impact on the nation’s cultural, political and social life for more than half a century.
11 Jul 2015 - 12:58am

Tauto Sansbury - Lifetime Achievement Award

Tauto Sansbury, a Narungga elder, has worked to close the gap in inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for more than 30 years.
10 Jul 2015 - 10:49pm

NAIDOC Sportsperson of the Year - the story of Ryan Morich

Aboriginal Australian wheelchair basketballer Ryan Morich is founder of the Red Dust Heelers’ Wheeling and Healing program.
10 Jul 2015 - 10:17pm

Veronica Perrule Dobson - NAIDOC Female Elder

Veronica Perrule Dobson remains committed to providing services to the Indigenous Community as an Arrernte elder and traditional owner, linguist, naturalist and...
11 Jul 2015 - 12:23am

Meet Graham Taylor - NAIDOC Male Elder of the Year

Graham Taylor, an Amangu Yamaji Elder born in Three Springs, the North Midlands area of Western Australia, has made a significant contribution to Australia’s...

ANZAC Centenary

A century on from the first landings at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, we look at the legacy of Australia's black diggers.

20 Apr 2015 - 9:14pm

The story behind Sydney's bullet sculpture

One Indigenous digger's service in World War II inspired generations of his family, writes Living Black's Laura Murphy-Oates.
29 Jun 2015 - 6:14pm

What ANZAC means for young generation of Navy personnel

On the eve of the ANZAC centenary, Jarryd Boyd, a 25-year-old Biripi man and combat systems operator, reflects on the pride and opportunity he attributes to the...
29 Jun 2015 - 6:12pm

A soldier's honour in the Black Diggers March

Jonathan Captain-Webb acknowledges his family's contribution to Australia's war history by walking in the Black Diggers March each year. This ANZAC Day, there...
21 Apr 2016 - 12:22pm

Comment: Is Tasmania's Black War a tragic case of lest we remember?

Tasmania's Black War was the most intense frontier conflict in Australia's history. Yet nearly two centuries on, most Australians know almost nothing about it.
25 Jun 2015 - 5:05pm

Meet the only Indigenous man in uniform at Gallipoli this ANZAC Day

It's one of the most sacred places in the world for Australian people.

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NITV News

Budget fails to help Northern Territory Close the Gap

The Northern Territory has accused the Turnbull government of turning its back on the Top End with its budget.
The coalition's fiscal papers revealed no significant new spending or projects for the NT and many say it’s not helping Close the Gap for Indigenous people.  Luke Gosling joined fellow federal Labor MP Warren Snowdon and Senator Malarndirr...
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NITV News

BUDGET 2017: Indigenous bodies say government is out of touch

Peak Indigenous groups have responded to the federal budget, saying its new measures are out of touch and fail to reach real solutions for Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous peak bodies have converged on Canberra to respond to the federal budget, announced on Tuesday night by Treasurer Scott Morrison. They say the Turnbull Government is out of touch and many of its measures affecting Indigenous Aust...
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Koorie Kids

Watch this adorable video of a 4-year-old doing an Acknowledgement of Country

Meet Rondelle Williams, a Melbourne pre-schooler with a heart-warming message.
Cue the 'awwws'. Pre-schooler, Rondelle Williams is breaking hearts with her memorised Acknowledgement of Country of the Wurundjeri people. Wearing an oversized beanie adorned with the Aboriginal flag, Koorie girl, Rondelle says thank you ...
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Sydney Film Festival 2017

Sydney Film Festival puts Indigenous storytelling in the spotlight

From 1930s biology examinations of Sami people to adult literacy in Brewarrina, a rural northwest NSW - this years' Sydney Film Festival is jam-packed with Indigenous content.
The Sydney Film Festival has just announced its 2017 program with Indigenous stories in the spotlight. The long-running festival will be screening the works of Indigenous filmmakers from Australia and around the world, showcasing the red s...
Exhibition

Blak Critic's review: Dirty Dingo

The Dirty Dingo Exhibition, by artist Peter Waples Crowe, represents queer, disabled, homeless, sistagirl, brotherboy and mental health sufferers who are seen as the 'Aboriginal dingoes' celebrated for being on the outside.
Dingo Story is a powerful, transformative Dreaming in which messages of adaptation, rebirth and renewal can be found. I’ve seen Dingo desecrated before, so I was intensely relieved to see that this is not the case with Crowe’s “Dirty Dingo...
Sport

Cody Walker wears Indigenous family spirit on his heart

Bundjalung and Yuin man, Cody Walker, will literally have luck behind him in this weekend's NRL Indigenous round. He’ll be playing with a special jersey inspired by his family's history and spirit.
Walker will run out in South Sydney's Indigenous jersey, designed by his uncle Joe Walker, for this Friday's clash with Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium. Walker says It's something pretty special to his heart. "They put together a little compet...