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Date Time Yvonne Agius honoured for a lifetime of service The City of Adelaide has awarded Yvonne Agius the Lord Mayor’s NAIDOC Award for 2021 at today’s annual luncheon. A Kaurna-Narrunga descendant and respected Elder, Aunty Yvonne is a City of Adelaide Reconciliation Committee member and has served as dual chairperson since 2010. This award recognises the outstanding achievement and service of an extraordinary Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community member who has made a signi...

A Program of Works application for aircore drilling over the Tyrells prospect has been approved.

Australian LNG player Woodside has appointed Ben Wyatt as a non-executive director effective immediately.

WA government revenue goes ‘through the roof’ as other states struggle to balance the books.

National Reconciliation Week, which kicks off on the anniversary of a day that aimed to give Indigenous Australians greater equality, strives to grow the relationship between them and other Australians. The theme for 2021 is 'In This Together'.

Date Time Take action through education Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June and this year’s theme, ‘More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’, calls for everyone to take more impactful steps towards achieving reconciliation. “Words don’t mean much unless they are followed up by serious commitment and actions by government and non-government sectors to address reconciliation,” says Associate Professor Clive Walley (pictured), National Director of Indigenous Education ...

  Landlords and real estates I have been homeless for a year. I wasnt black-listed from my last rental but I wouldnt move out just when the first lot of COVID hit Mackay as we didnt have another place. My mother is 80 years old and has been living in her rental for five years with my 83 year old father who had dementia and asbestosis. Recently the owner came on an inspection with the real estate then the next day the real estate rang to say mum had to vacate by her leases end. Mum has alw...

Control of Moreton Island will return to traditional owners under a $30m deal despite concerns of residents and businesses.

Anti-coal protesters will take part in a Tour De Carmichael 105km bicycle ride to a mine site in Central Queensland in a show of opposition to the project. More than 100 cyclists left the Gregory Highway on Tuesday morning to begin their ride to the Carmichael mine site. In a statement, event organisers said the next five days of their journey would include a guided tour of Wangan and Jagalingou country with Coedie McAvoy, as well as passing Bravus Mining and Resources’ Carmichael mine site...

Myth v history: The uncomfortable truth about the Treaty of Waitangi 30 Apr, 2021 01:20 AM 10 minutes to read An unknown artists depiction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Image / Alexander Turnbull Library An unknown artists depiction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Image / Alexander Turnbull Library By: Bernard Lagan The notion that the Treaty of Waitangi was a righteous act that elevates New Zealand over Australia in its treatment of native peoples is con...