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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 16, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Guardian Australia
Top 1K sites
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Jul 11, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Douglas Smith

    Aboriginal land councils fear new NSW law will cut amount of land open to traditional owners’ claims (opens the original)

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    Chair of Indigenous land group says his organisation was not consulted before the bill was introduced in parliament Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Local Aboriginal land councils in New South Wales say they remain deeply concerned about changes to laws governing crown land which could retrospectively affect land claims. The state parliament passed the Crown Land Management Amendment bill on Wednesday, despite mont

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Douglas Smith

    ‘Forced out with nowhere to go’: First Nations families face eviction as council sells homes over charity’s unpaid rates (opens the original)

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    Mount Isa city council to auction off first of 24 homes after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Services accrues $1.2m in unpaid debts Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A rural Queensland council is auctioning off 24 homes to recover unpaid rates, potentially forcing First Nations families into homelessness. Residents claim they were left in the dark about the debt, which stretches back y

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Douglas Smith

    NT government says no more ‘coddling criminals’ or ‘identity politics’ after experts walk out over ignored advice (opens the original)

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    Independent experts and organisations tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people say CLP is not entering into ‘genuine partnership’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Northern Territory government has hit back after a panel of independent experts tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people stood down over what they described as a “facade of scrutiny, dialogue and col

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Douglas Smith

    ‘Enough is enough’: 121 Indigenous Victorians have died by suicide in the past five years (opens the original)

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    Royal commission recommended First Nations healing centres in 2021 but the Indigenous health service says the state has ‘done nothing’ to fund it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast On the steps of Victorian parliament stood 121 empty chairs, marking the number of Indigenous lives lost to suicide in the state in the past five years. All of these deaths, the state’s peak body for Aboriginal health said, came afte

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Douglas Smith

    First Nations MP resigns from NT parliament, accusing government of passing laws which are ‘dehumanising, oppressing and destroying’ Indigenous people (opens the original)

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    Yolngu independent Yiŋiya Guyula accused the CLP of ‘contributing to the breakdown of our culture and people, in what is becoming a slow genocide’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A First Nations MP from the Northern Territory has resigned from parliament, accusing the ruling Country Liberal party of introducing laws that are “dehumanising, oppressing and destroying our communities and our people”, and con

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