Indigenous
Owners set to close Uluru climb
‘Uluru is not Disneyland’, and traditional owners are considering banning the rock climb permanently.
Petition to rethink voice stance
Malcolm Turnbull’s decision on indigenous recognition ‘underestimates the decency and intelligence of Australians’.
Dead ‘inflate jobs numbers’
Jobs agencies have been accused of claiming fees for dead people and prisoners, an audit finds.
Student to follow nan’s work
Danella Mene has spent most of the past five years thousands of kilometres from her home in the Torres Strait.
PM white-hot angry: Mundine
Warren Mundine has told how he received a phone call from a ‘white-hot angry’ Malcolm Turnbull.
Literacy is justice key: Pearson
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has called on sceptics of his literacy program to give it a go, as the government announces further funding.
Early success for literacy program
The rollout of indigenous leader Noel Pearson’s signature literacy program will be extended.
PM broke our hearts: council
Indigenous recognition leaders say Malcolm Turnbull has ‘broken the hearts of all Australians of goodwill’.
Housing loses out as cash diverted
States and territories are spending up to 34 per cent of federal funds provided for remote housing on ‘ancillary costs’.
Get real on recognition: PM to ALP
Malcolm Turnbull has urged Bill Shorten to embrace a realistic approach to Aboriginal constitutional recognition.
Historic reform’s mundane end
The PM has blown a chance to seize an issue that might elevate our national debate above the daily ugliness of partisan politics.
Blot on $5.4bn remote housing
A review of the main indigenous housing program has found the scheme has not fostered homeownership or business growth.
Two held over vigilante attack
Police have charged two men over an alleged vigilante attack on youths in Alice Springs.
Aboriginal spending $33bn a year
Total government expenditure on indigenous last year was $33.4bn, up from $27bn almost a decade ago, new figures show.
Silence follows Uluru summit
An indigenous parliamentary advisory body would
bring first Australians into ‘the main building’, a leader will say.
Night parrot captured in a flash
The Paruku rangers of the Kimberley have captured the sight and sound of a night parrot.
Troubled school’s results plunge
Key NAPLAN results have plunged in the Aboriginal school on Cape York at the centre of a bitter row.
A test for ‘good faith’ talks
A keystone of native title law risks becoming meaningless in a high-stakes court battle.
Same-sex ‘pushed aside treaty’
Malcolm Turnbull is urged to revive the flagging indigenous constitutional recognition agenda.
Target of Pearson complaint quits
Queensland Education boss Jim Watterson, who got into a spat with Noel Pearon, has quit.
