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Tasmanias Aboriginal community outraged over government control of sacred Wargata Mina cave site WedWednesday 24 updated ThuThursday 25 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:16am Members of Tasmanias Aboriginal community on a trip to Wargata Mina cave earlier this year. ( Print text only Cancel It is owned and managed by the Aboriginal community — but the sacred Wargata Mina cave in southwest Tasmania is still being controlled by the State Government, according to Tasmanias Aboriginal Centre (TAC). Key point...

Download 5.50 MB A collection of almost 2000 Indigenous artefacts is back on Australian shores, and will be returned to their communities where their provenance can be identified. The collection, which includes ancient stone tools and ceremonial items, was given to The Israel Museum in Jerusalem in the 1970s. Their return is part of the Return of Cultural Heritage program, and is led by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra. Its chief ex...

Grad set to establish Edmonton’s first urban reserve Words: Scott Messenger | Images: Leigh Kovesy, NAIT staff photographers 23 Feb, 2021 Enoch Cree Nation chief sees real estate development as ‘reconcili-action’ Located between the hectic Anthony Henday Drive to the west and dark rowhouses to the east that define the edge of Edmonton’s Glastonbury neighbourhood, Billy Morin’s vision for the future can be easy to overlook. It’s a plot of land the size of two or ...

On 29 January 2021, as part of monitoring at Mining Area C in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, BHP identified a rock fall at a registered Banjima...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomes the government advice that over 4600 general practices have been approved to...

Almost 2000 Indigenous stone artefacts have been repatriated with the support of the Israeli government's "return of cultural heritage" program. Holly Tregenza reports.

The Government of B.C. has announced funding to help boost connectivity in rural and Indigenous communities. The funding is part of StrongerBC: BC’s Economic Recovery Plan. The funding will support the Connecting British Columbia Program with $50 million allocated towards phase three. In September 2020, the Province made its largest contribution ever to the program, with $90 million of new funding under StrongerBC, Families and workplaces. As many as 200 rural and Indigenous communities can e...

The NSW Government has released the NSW Wildlife and Conservation Bushfire recovery - Medium Term Response Plan to help biodiversity recover over the...

The City of Prince Rupert has received $1 million towards a new Waterfront Airport Ferry Landing. The announcement was made in a Facebook post by Mayor Lee Brain. The funding will be coming from the BC Government’s Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program. This investment is in addition to the existing funds that have been allocated between the City and Gitxaala Nation partnership to rebuild the main waterfront area. This will include a new ferry for Gitxaala members and a public ac...

CFNR Network Feb 22, 2021 1:43 PM APTN recently launched a brand new docu-series based out of Listuguj, Quebec and produced by Rezolution Pictures, called Gespeg’gewa’gi – The Last Land. On this show, we’re going to get to hear from one of the series Junior Directors, Heather Condo, who will tell us about how she serendipitously became involved with the project, and how she stumbled into this amazing career behind the scenes in entertainment in the first place.