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A deep divide has arisen over the High Court and role it could play over a Voice to Parliament. For some, it's raising echoes of past Indigenous rights battles, writes Elizabeth Byrne. 

This background paper provides information on First Nations cultural heritage reform including recurring themes for reform, the current legislative framework and co-design options to reform First Nations cultural heritage protections.

First Nations people, farmers and communities across the Northern Territory have condemned NT Labor’s decision to approve exploration permits for shale gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Pip Hinman reports.

The Northern Territory's Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says "Aboriginal territorians have the power to veto" a gas project. But is the matter really that straight forward?

The Coalition’s position on the Voice is entirely consistent with their partisanship in this area of Aboriginal policy since the 1980s.

Yunupingu died today, aged 74, in his Northern Territory homeland. He was one of Australia's most revered Indigenous leaders.

As the debate on the Voice intensifies, Indigenous Australians should be afforded the right to offer their Voice and be heard on issues as fundamental as native title. By Kevin Keeffe

Distinguished human rights figure Justice Debra Mortimer will become the first woman to head the Federal Court. Attorney-General ...

Distinguished human rights figure Justice Debra Mortimer will become the first woman to head the Federal Court. Attorney-General...

Distinguished human rights figure Justice Debra Mortimer will become the first woman to head the Federal Court. Attorney-General...