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Stolen Generation members receive personal files for the first time

During reconciliation week there were celebrations and gatherings all across the country signifying and remembering the importance of the referendum, but at the Perth...
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Mutitjulu, the community that was ground zero for the NT Intervention, ten years on

Today marks ten years exactly since the beginning of the Northern Territory Intervention, a $587 million Commonwealth government package that stripped Australia’s...
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A look at the media’s role in the NT Intervention, 10 years on

On the 10th anniversary of the NT Intervention, NITV News speaks to Chris Graham, one of the journalists who unpacked the Lateline report that ‘sparked’ John...
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Are dingoes dangerous or just misunderstood?

These animal rescue experts believe it's the latter.
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'Being born Aboriginal was a complete scandal,' how Linda Burney's childhood drives her today

Linda Burney made history when she became the first Aboriginal woman to enter the House of Representatives in 2016, but behind the confident Wiradjuri woman is a...
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'I couldn't believe what was happening': Elder reflects on Palm Island strike

Marking its 60th anniversary this year, the 1957 strike is remembered as one of the most significant events in Palm Island's history.
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Two codes, 4am starts, and intensive training all normal for wonder woman Mahalia

She plays NRL and Rugby Union, but that's just the beginning for this 23-year-old star.

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Did we miss a chance for a treaty? Charles Passi reflects on the Mabo verdict

A quarter of a century after the Mabo decision, Charles Passi, the son of the only surviving plaintiff, reflects on the legacy of the case and how it underpins...
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Justice in the family: Eddie Mabo's granddaughter takes up the fight

Twenty-five years after Eddie "Koiki" Mabo's historic land rights victory, his granddaughter, law graduate Hannah Duncan, is forging her own path to help her...
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'There is no shame': Emily Wurramara determined to preserve culture through song

Growing up in one of the most remote places in Australia, Emily Wurramara's musical journey has taken her a long way from home.
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$99 online confirmation of Aboriginality service provokes backlash

An Indigenous education company offering to provide nationwide confirmation of Aboriginality certificates for $99 has been criticised as disrespectful of...
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Treaty and sovereignty hot on the agenda at Uluru convention

The long-awaited discussions around if and how Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the Australian Constitution have begun in Uluru.
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Exclusive: Shorten ‘hopes for consensus’ at Uluru convention

Opposition Leader sees road to treaties through constitutional recognition.
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First Nations National Convention in Uluru kicks off with a heartfelt, meaningful ceremony

The Constitutional recognition forum has kicked off at Uluru with 250 Aboriginal delegates coming together to discuss the best way forward.
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Flawed investigation in 'redneck town' saw innocent man jailed for 25 years, says family

A woman's body is found on a river bank and a young Aboriginal man is convicted of her murder. For 25 years, he's been behind bars, and for 25 years, he's...
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Indigenous rangers in the Kimberley are helping save the bilbies

The bilby is one of the most critically endangered native animals in Australia their numbers have dramatically reduced since European settlement now the finally...
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'Race played a huge factor and that evidence was ignored': Inside the Kevin Henry case

The Point spoke with lawyer, human rights advocate and prisoner rights campaigner Martin Hodgson who is supporting Goreng Goreng man Kevin Henry who was...
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FEDERAL BUDGET 2017: What it means for Indigenous Australians

The federal budget has been handed down in Parliament House with the government promising a fair and practical plan forward that makes the right choices for hard...
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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.
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Indigenous youth send message to government about land rights

The Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network have left a candlelit message for the Turnbull government as they head back to Parliament this week to deliver the...
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Surf's up for teens seeking support to compete in the Australian Indigenous Surf Titles

This group of Indigeonus surfers hope to use their sport for a good cause.
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'My entire view of the world changed when I had the proof that I'd been wanted'

It had all the traits of a typical rags to riches story: a poet living out of a caravan wins one of the world's wealthiest literary awards. But behind the...

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