Indigenous

A Federal Court judge has expressed some concerns over the registration process in the historic settlement of up to $180 million in the stolen wages class action.

The boss of Australia’s native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.

The Federal Court has temporarily banned oil and gas company Santos from starting pipeline works on its $US4.7 billion Barossa project.

Santos has vowed to “vigorously defend” Federal Court proceedings launched by Tiwi traditional owners over the oil and gas company’s $US4.7 billion Barossa project.

Nyunggai Warren Mundine has singled out the exodus of Aboriginal stockmen from pastoral stations as one of the drivers of welfare dependency.

Two businesses accounted for nearly half the value of all state government contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses last financial year.

There are legitimate reasons to vote no if you so choose, but those put forward by the anti-Voice camp aren't it.

An Indigenous body has aired frustration about the mammoth effort in helping the state government bring about change to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage which it says has fallen on deaf ears.

Juukan Gorge’s traditional custodians have blasted the state government for treating First Nations people as “second class citizens” in the fallout from Tuesday’s unprecedented decision to scrap the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after coming into effect.