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Monday, September 21

Parrtjima Festival illuminates the Red Centre

Alice Springs’ Parrtjima Festival is one of the first major Australian arts festivals to be held since the pandemic hit, and is fittingly themed “Lifting our Spirits”. Ben Kelly reports.

Govt keen for rights to Aboriginal flag

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt is in talks to buy the rights to the Aboriginal flag.

Photo: Ryan Melaugh / Flickr

Youth mental health concerns prompt online service

A not-for-profit organisation has launched an online telehealth service to support adolescent mental health – particularly among Indigenous Australians – after identifying a “huge” demand due to the pandemic’s impact on jobs and families.

Indigenous immigration detention up in air after court ruling

Home Affairs officials are examining claims 23 immigration detainees should be released because they are indigenous.