An Aboriginal man has been awarded what equates to $77 per day for spending nearly five years in custody for a conviction that was overturned.

The Supreme Court of Queensland handed down its decision in Irving v Pfingst (No 2), awarding Terry Irving a total of $130,000 in damages for a malicious prosecution that began in 1993.
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A WIRADJURI man who tried to claim back land owned by a regional university has failed to defend trespass and property damage charges by asserting his Indigenous sovereignty rights.

Paul Wayne Towney was charged with entering enclosed lands and damaging property after he refused to leave a vacant block near the Charles Sturt University campus at Orange, central western NSW, in February.

Georgia Weir is the founder and CEO of Deadly Runners, a First Nations certified social enterprise using long-distance running to transform lives.

About seven years ago, Georgia was contacted by Verna NezBegay Volker, who is from the Navajo Nation in the USA, and the two are now working together to …

SECRETS of Dawn, a Stolen Generations truth-telling exhibition by Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation, returns to Carriageworks from 1-12 October 2025.

Whilst illustrating the ongoing impact of forcible removal and assimilation, Secrets of Dawn also presents a story of healing and resilience. Over a period of sixty years, up until the 1970s, thousands of First Nations babies and children in NSW were stolen by …

A REMARKABLE collection of films by First Nations filmmakers will light up the river screen at Huskisson Pictures on the NSW South Coast this weekend. Films screening at the Second Annual Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival explore themes that celebrate the achievements of First Nations People while recognising there is still a long way to go to achieve rightful justice and equality.

Showing this weekend only, the 2nd Annual Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival opens at Huskisson Pictures, Huskisson, NSW, from 12:30 pm on Saturday, 13 September.

For information and bookings, please visit sfnff.wordpress.com

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• NT: IT has been 50 years since the iconic passing of soil from the hands of the prime minister to a Gurindji Elder – a moment that paved the way for land rights.

• WA: TRADITIONAL Owner Mardathoonera woman Raelene Cooper, who launched a legal bid to compel the government to consider a cultural heritage application to protect ancient rock art on her Country, says she’s thrilled to finally have the matter heard in court.

• QLD: A MAN charged with murdering “beautiful soul” Trevor Doyle in a suburban park will remain behind bars. The 29-year-old Indigenous man was found, deceased, on a footpath at Reserve Park at Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane, on Wednesday morning, 13 August, by a local resident.

• NSW: THE Fire to Flourish five-year program has been “transformative” for many communities in Eurobodalla Shire on Yuin Country. It has shown that small amounts of money can have a big impact when Indigenous voices are honoured and amplified.

• TSI: IN a landmark achievement in Australia’s far north, the Torres Strait region welcomes its most diverse fisheries advisory body to date – formed through a historic, community-led process.

IN SPORT
• QLD: LARRAKIA Country will once again host one of the most highly anticipated events on the AFLW’s calendar as the Dreamtime in Darwin match returns to TIO Stadium this Friday night.