Indigenous
Indigenous name slated for new Sydney metro station
The metro station in the CBD is likely to be named Gadigal, after Sydney’s traditional owners, putting an end to years of heated debate about what the stop should be called.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Indigenous culture
‘I’m sorry’: Roger Cook scraps WA Aboriginal cultural heritage laws
Western Australia’s 2021 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act spent six years in development but just 39 days in operation.
- by Hamish Hastie
This year Garma was not just a celebration – it was a rallying point
Amidst distractions and criticisms supporters of the Voice heard just what they needed from the prime minister.
- by Jack Latimore
Opinion
WA Parliament
Labor reaps what it sowed with monumental Aboriginal heritage act failure
After six years, thousands of people consulted and substantial resources expended on the process, the government has created little more than 279 pages of fire starter to get them through this cold winter.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
AFL 2023
Meeting the godfather: Why incoming AFL boss sought a touch of ‘Magic’
Michael McLean has been fighting racism on the footy field for 30 years, and he’s still doing it in his own, quiet but profoundly effective, way.
- by Jake Niall
Pay-up time looms for Fortescue in native title fight
Fifteen years since negotiations started, the final stage of the Yindjibarndi People’s fight with Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue begins in the small Pilbara town of Roebourne on Monday.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
Indigenous Voice
Saying No has been the easy part. Now the real heat begins for Dutton
Peter Dutton has had Anthony Albanese on the ropes all week, but the pressure for a cogent explanation for denying the Voice to parliament is mounting.
- by Sean Kelly
‘Once in a generation opportunity’: PM says no second chances on Voice
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says voters will have only one chance to vote for a Voice to parliament, drawing parallels with the republic referendum of 1999.
- by James Massola and Angus Thompson
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Indigenous Voice
Key campaigner eyes quick Voice set-up as PM warns of ‘once in a generation’ chance
Indigenous lawyer and Yes campaigner Noel Pearson says the Voice to parliament could be up and running within this term of government.
- by James Massola and Jack Latimore
Yes campaign relieved as WA set to scrap controversial heritage laws
The move to ditch the laws was welcomed by the Yes campaign and Voice advocates at the Garma Festival, as the move takes ammunition away from the No camp.
- by Lisa Visentin
No delaying the referendum, Albanese says as he stresses urgency of Voice
Anthony Albanese will reboot the Yes campaign in a major speech at the Garma festival in East Arnhem Land on Saturday.
- by James Massola and Lisa Visentin