Indigenous

Fortescue Metals Group is aiming to award $1 billion of contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint ventures over the next decade through its new green energy operation.

Rights afforded to traditional owners and custodians are not being upheld due to deficiencies in the legislation, an inquiry has heard.

Some $500,000 has been included in the federal budget to increase Indigenous heritage protection through Australia's environmental protection laws.

The state government has opted not to prosecute a mining company alleged to have destroyed a sacred Aboriginal heritage site in the Kimberley.

WA’s largest Aboriginal health service has come out of administration after appointing a new board and modernising its governance rules, with independent directors given voting powers.

Fortescue Metals Group has apologised to an Aboriginal community after clearing a Western Australian site considered sacred, without representatives present.

Rio Tinto has hired indigenous community leader Wayne Bergmann to help improve relations with traditional owners as it continues to grapple with fallout from the Juukan Gorge controversy.

The state government has confirmed that it intends to proceed with clearing at the new $126.5 million Ocean Reef Marina, despite claims it is home to a significant indigenous site.

Carey Mining was one of the first private Aboriginal contractors to be established in Australia and it’s still going strong.

An appeal by Aboriginal artist and activist Kado Muir related to the development of a potash project in the Goldfields has been overruled.

Rio Tinto has pushed back the start date for its Winu copper-gold operations in the Pilbara while projecting an increase in iron ore production.

A scathing parliamentary report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves has found responsibility lay across industry and government, but its recommendations have not all been accepted by the mining lobby. or the WA government.

The High Court of Australia has dismissed all special leave applications challenging the registration of the South West Native Title Settlement Agreement.

Aboriginal-owned and operated business Garli will complete road works on the state government’s $122 million marina project in Port Hedland.

The nation's first recognised Indigenous medical doctor, Helen Milroy, has been named Western Australia's 2020 Australian of the Year.

More than 200 contracts were awarded by the state government to Aboriginal-owned businesses this past financial year, with four entities earning more than half the value.

WA’s largest Aboriginal health service has been placed under special administration while South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has removed its chief executive after a disputed property deal.

Rio Tinto has changed the name of its new iron ore mine to Gudai-Darri after a request from Banjima elders, one small step in the miner’s efforts to rebuild trust with traditional owners.

The CEO of a Pilbara native title group says she was disappointed by the resignation of Rio Tinto's executives following the Juukan Gorge destruction.

A parliamentary committee examining Rio Tinto's destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters will visit the sacred Western Australian sites next week.

More than 1,600 people have signed up within 48 hours to join a class action against the state government over the theft of wages from Indigenous workers.

The state government has urged the heritage industry to swallow its concerns about the new draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.

An Onslow-based Aboriginal corporation has returned to member control after a major restructuring that included selling its pastoral stations and other assets.

Traditional owners have accused Rio Tinto of exaggerating the safety risk involved in removing explosives from the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

The Commonwealth government should not compulsorily acquire copyright for the Aboriginal flag, a Senate committee has recommended.

Juukan Gorge is back in the news, amid a dispute between Fortescue Metals Group and the traditional owners.

Traditional owners of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters destroyed by Rio Tinto have given emotional evidence to a parliamentary inquiry.

The parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge will hold three public hearings next week.

Federal MPs are being urged to develop national principles to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage following the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

Traditional owners of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters destroyed by Rio Tinto have accused the mining giant of ignoring their significance so it could maximise its profits.

Traditional owners in Western Australia's Pilbara region say they were rushed into signing a complex deal allowing Rio Tinto to mine on their land.

The company with exclusive commercial licensing rights of the Aboriginal flag is in discussions with a federal government agency over use of the design.