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To mark the 30th anniversary of "CityNews", social historian and journalist NICHOLE OVERALL has written an eclectic history of Canberra and beyond over the past three decades. Here is the first instalment – 1993.

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Traditional owners in the Beetaloo basin say they are not being effectively represented in the battle against a major gas industry expansion. The Northern Land Council denies the claim

COMMUNITY members came together at Mount Gambier City Hall last week to celebrate Eddie Mabo day. Eddie Mabo was an […]

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Eddie Koiki Mabo, birth name Edward Koiki Sambo, (born June 29, 1936, Las, Mer (Murray Island), Queensland, Australia—died January 21, 1992, Brisbane), Meriam activist who fought for and established land rights for Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 1980s and ’90s. He brought before the High Court of Australia what became known as the Mabo case, which challenged existing law that prevented Torres Strait Islander peoples and Aboriginal peoples from legally owning land where they lived...

The Liberal Party’s key opposition to the Voice is it divides Australia by giving Aboriginal people rights that others do not enjoy. These rights already exist.

The Liberal Party’s key opposition to the Voice is it divides Australia by giving Aboriginal people rights that others do not enjoy. These rights already exist.

If one of Western Australia’s first judges saw the need to conciliate with our First Nations peoples why can’t we? asks former Federal Court judge Michael Barker.

A magistrate finds an Aboriginal man caught fishing abalone is not protected by native title because he harvested them for a party to which non-Aboriginal people were invited.

The Federal Member for Lingiari claims a key recommendation around water use has not been implemented despite plans to allow fracking in the region, and it has left traditional owners, environmentalists and pastoralists with serious concerns.