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The Federal Court has dismissed the Barngarla people’s case against a proposed ballot about the placement of a National Radioactive Waste site near Kimba. Justice White has ruled that the planned ballot to gather opinions of residents about the site by the Kimba District Council did not contravene the Racial … Read More

A new report prepared by Indigenous lawyer Terri Janke lays out a detailed plan for Australia’s museums to better engage with Indigenous people. The report First Peoples: A Roadmap for enhancing Indigenous Engagement in Museums and Galleries was written for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association and recommends ways to increase … Read More

The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has announced that  Native Title Operations & Management Training for people involved in PBCs and other Aboriginal Corporations will be available in Adelaide in September. Following on from a series of successful Native Title Operations & Management Training across Australia, the NNTC will offer … Read More

A community forum held at the SA Museum has heard that the city of Adelaide needs a strong suicide prevention network specifically to support Aboriginal people.Suicide prevention networks are a key element of the South Australian approach to suicide prevention and networks exist across the state.However, there is not a … Read More

A prominent South Australian leader has called for support for a Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Arts, saying that Aboriginal people must have a venue for truth telling about their displacement to enable South Australians to properly understand our shared history.  The comments were made by former public service executive … Read More

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO has spent the start of her term leading a project that highlights the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. The project, called ‘Wiyi Yani U Thangani’ (Women’s Voices) is the first government led initiative to … Read More

Aboriginal veterans and artists have worked together to create a new exhibition that showcases the previously untold stories of Aboriginal South Australia Veterans of the Vietnam War.VIETNAM – ONE IN, ALL IN is the third instalment of the creative Aboriginal Diggers program by Country Arts SA that focusses on the … Read More

Australian Indigenous languages are in a “dire” situation, with one language expert predicting that “we won’t have any Australian languages that are strong within the next five years”. Professor Jaky Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney made the comments after the launch … Read More

Sonder, South Australia’s integrated health service, hosted this year’s Closing the Gap Day at the Adelaide Show Grounds, bringing together health services and community under one roof. The day was an opportunity for local businesses and South Australia’s peak indigenous health bodies to encourage community to take care of their … Read More