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After more than 40 years as a community association, South Australia’s Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) has changed its own legal foundation to become a corporation, but it will retain its community focus. At a General Meeting held in Adelaide today, it was formally agreed to change the status of … Read More

A First Nations Voice to Federal Parliament is a simple and achievable change to the Constitution that will give Indigenous people the practical recognition they are asking for, according to one Indigenous leader. Thomas Mayor is co-chair of the Uluru Working Group, the group established after the Regional Dialogues and … Read More

South Australia has celebrated outstanding contributions by Aboriginal people in our community at the NAIDOC SA Awards, held at the Adelaide Town Hall on 3 July 2017. From an Aunty and author who has spent her long life sharing her story of being stolen from her family, to a young … Read More

In a year of anniversaries, the anniversary of one significant protest that was hidden for many years was commemorated in North Queensland recently.         Palm Island is located on the Great Barrier Reef about 60 km north of Townsville. In 1957 all residents went on strike against the autocratic management of … Read More

A powerful play telling the story of the conflict between early convicts and the original inhabitants of our country was a sold out success at this year’s Adelaide Festival. Staged the Anstey Hill Quarry for the Festival, The Secret River tells the story of William Thornhill, a convict sent to New South … Read More

A recent Federal Court judgement for the Ngaliwurru and Nungali people in the Northern Territory (NT) has provided a potential precedent and method for calculating compensation for loss of native title rights for the first time in Australia’s history. It’s a decision has real significance for South Australian native title … Read More