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Artists from Art Centres right around rural and remote Australia have travelled to Adelaide to present their art works to Adelaide buyers and collectors at the TARNANTHI Art Fair. The event is being held at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute this weekend. Cara Kirkwood, a Mandandanji, Bidjara and Mithaka woman … Read More

Adelaide welcomes the new creative works of over 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from today, with the launch of the 2017 TARNANTHI Festival. This is the second time the TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art has been held, after the successful 2015 program garnered … Read More

Councils around Australia are reviewing and changing how they mark January 26, with the Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor Martin Haese supporting a proposal for more inclusive events in the city on that date and Victorian Councils making significant changes to their events. The Adelaide City Council has noted a … Read More

South Australia is long overdue for a new approach to prisons and re-offending according to one tireless community volunteer. Her comments come as the Government launches a major reform to corrections policy in the state. Heather Agius was awarded SA Female Elder of the Year at the 2017 SA NAIDOC … Read More

Aboriginal people in South Australian embrace and value the opportunity to discuss treaty with the SA Government, says SA Native Title Services CEO Keith Thomas. His statement comes after Opposition Leader Steven Marshall told the Sunday Mail that plans for treaty are unworkable and not a priority for Aboriginal communities … Read More

The South Australian community was saddened by the sudden passing in July of a much-loved community leader and cultural educator – Stephen Goldsmith. Uncle Stevie was a proud Narungga and Kaurna man, an inspiration and friend to many. He was an important part of the revival of the Kaurna language … Read More

Consultation into the proposed nuclear waste storage site in South Australia must be carefully shaped to take Aboriginal people’s views into account and incorporate existing decision making structures, says a member of the Board which is overseeing the current state-wide discussions. Mr Parry Agius is a member of the Nuclear … Read More

Yunkunytjatjara leader and anti-nuclear campaigner Yami Lester OAM has been farewelled at a state funeral held on his traditional lands at Walatina Station in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in northern South Australia. Over 400 people paid their respects to a man celebrated as a survivor and advocate for … Read More

The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) says that the guidelines for the Stolen Generations reparations scheme mean that many people could miss out on funding despite having been stolen from their families as children. With over 350 applications awaiting state government assessment, ALRM CEO Cheryl Axelby says that the guidelines … Read More