Opinion
To mark National Sorry Day, this extract from a new book on the stolen generations by Brian Butler and John Bond details how Australia’s efforts to reconcile with the First Australians compares with other countries still coming to terms with their colonial past.
News
The Federal Court has dismissed a bid by a group of native title holders to have a say on the possible location of a nuclear waste dump on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.
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Indigenous Australians will play a greater role in efforts to close the health and education gap, the Prime Minister says.
Australian mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto have joined the push for an indigenous voice to federal parliament, with BHP stumping up $1 million to add action to its words. But the Prime Minister says their position won’t sway his own stance.
Labor has promised to abolish a controversial work-for-the-dole scheme meant to help indigenous people in remote Australia if it wins the next federal election.
South Australian Aboriginal students will reach the same literacy and numeracy standards as their non-Aboriginal classmates by 2029 under the Education Department’s new draft plan for closing the gap on Indigenous education.
