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NT: For the first time since the early 1990s, tweaks have been made to the 99-year lease for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Anangu Traditional Owners have agreed to a lease variation with the federal government that will double their national park revenue share and ensure more jobs for their people.

NT: Nearly a year after a young disabled Aboriginal man’s death, an external police review of the use of force by officers who held him down has been completed. 

NSW: Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) has lodged applications with the federal government. It is trying to protect Aboriginal heritage on sites at West Culburra and East Crescent that are slated for housing developments on Jerrinja Country on the NSW South Coast.

VIC: Eleven police officers called to give evidence into the death of an Aboriginal man in custody have sought certificates to protect themselves from self-incrimination.

TAS: A magistrates court is considering whether to grant an application from First Nations woman, Ruth Langford / Tipruthanna, for evidence to be heard on culturally-significant land.

TAS: Newly discovered rock art raises the possibility Tasmanian tigers and devils may have survived longer in northern Australia than previously thought.



Latest News Stories

A model in streetwear from label Take Pride Movement, created by Benjamin Thomson (Wiradjuri), and a model wearing creations by designer Renee Henderson (Wiradjuri) from her label Lychee Alkira. (Pictures by Ali Mc)

Deadly Designs

Thursday, 26 February 2026 2:50 pm

By Ali Mc

Melbourne Fashion Festival was recently treated to an expose of cutting-edge First Nations fashion at the Beyond Blak Runway, curated by Mob in Fashion.

Now in its fifth year partnership with Melbourne Fashion Festival, this year’s runway featured both established and emerging designers and models and provided a unique and highly visible platform in the packed Royal Exhibition Building.

The front cover of the first Torres News Feature of the year.

Torres News

Thursday, 26 February 2026 2:48 pm

This edition features an insert from the Torres News, which appears quarterly in the Koori Mail.

Junior ranger watches the birds at dusk.

Where do the hungry mutton birds feed?

Thursday, 26 February 2026 1:58 pm

By Jillian Mundy

Little black trackers that look like tiny mobile phones attached to mutton birds are giving rangers and scientists vital information on the birds foraging patterns while rearing their chicks. Mutton birds, specifically the sub-species known as short tailed shearwaters are Australia’s most abundant sea bird, many would say the most the fascinating and also tasty – they are the traditional food of the Palawa in Tasmania. An estimated 23 million birds migrate from the northern hemisphere to islands and coastlines in south east Australia, mainly Tasmania each year.

Director of RMITs Centre for Nature Positive Solutions, professor Peter Macreadie, has led a team of experts in writing an article highlighting growing frustration among Traditional Owners who often find their lands, including mangroves, ineligible for carbon credits because they remain intact.

Carbon markets unfair: report

Thursday, 26 February 2026 1:03 pm

Carbon markets rewarding the recovery of degraded environments risk penalising long term Indigenous stewardship, according to the coalition of experts writing in Natural Climate Change. The article highlights growing frustration among Traditional Owners who often find their lands ineligible for carbon credits by restoring them. In contrast, landholders whose predecessors degraded ecosystems have opportunities to generate credits by restoring them.

Stephen Page who led Bangarra for thirty years and current Artistic Director and Co-CEO, Frances Rings. Photo: Daniel Boud.

Bangarra receives prestigious award

Thursday, 26 February 2026 1:01 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre has been recognised with the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance by the Biennale Danza 2026, the dance division of La Biennale di Venezia, becoming the first Australians to receive the esteemed award since its inception. The Golden Lion acknowledges a lifetime body of work and artists who have transformed, evolved and brought new urgency to the language of dance, infusing it with the vital force of their cultures.

Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, of the Geelong Cats VFL Club.

Icons of First Nations sporting history

Thursday, 26 February 2026 1:00 pm

By Peter Argent

Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer – was an athletic ruckman whose tap work and handball transformed the game of Australian Rules football when he arrived in Victoria from WA. Born in WA, he was placed in the care of Sister Kate’s Orphanage in Queens Park in WA, a home for ‘half-caste’ children. After countless awards, he was recognised with a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971.