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Taungurung Aboriginal corporation's Victorian land agreement in doubt after court ruling FriFriday 19 updated FriFriday 19 The 2018 Taungurung agreement covers land spanning central and Alpine districts of Victoria. ( Share Print text only Cancel A Victorian Aboriginal corporation is fighting to salvage its $34 million settlement with the government, after the Federal Court found significant legal errors occurred during the registration of the land deal which underpins it. Key points: Objectors claim the agreement interferes with their sovereign rights as separate Aboriginal nations The Taung...

Traditional Owners of Gariwerd-Grampians range in regional Victoria have been left in the lurch since a group of white supremacists returned to their communities without repercussions, according to one prominant community spokesperson.  Gariwerd, located about 230km north-west of Melbourne, is described as central to the Dreaming story for surrounding clans, particularly to Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali people. It made headlines last week as images emerged of 38 neo-Nazi's gathered at the National Park, posing in front of a burning cross and displaying Nazi salutes. Werkgaia Elder, Gary Mu...

REPORT IT: Modern Slavery Crimestoppers has launched a new campaign to highlight modern slavery in Cumbria. There are fears that with lockdown restrictions continuing, many crimes will go unreported, victims may be less visible, and may be living in impoverished and unhygienic conditions with little food. The campaign is in partnership with Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, and Cumbria Police as part of its ongoing drive to make Cumbria safer for everyone. Anonymous information given to the charity from concerned members of the public allows the police to make qui...

Former Collingwood FC player, Heritier Lumumba, has described watching a press conference of club leaders responding to an unofficially released report into culture inside the organisation as, 'painful'. Mr Lumumba called out comments made on Monday by the club's president, Eddie McGuire, in response to the 'Do Better' report, an independent review commissioned by Collingwood FC into its responses to incidents of racism and cultural safety in the workplace. Going on the offensive in response to the contents of the report being made public, Mr McGuire described the revelations as "a proud day"...

Campaign launches to stop modern slavery in Cumbria Charity Crimestoppers has launched a campaign to highlight modern slavery in Cumbria. There are fears that with lockdown restrictions continuing, many crimes will go unreported, victims may be less visible, and may be living in impoverished and unhygienic conditions with little food. The campaign is in partnership with Cumbria’s crime commissioner, Peter McCall, and Cumbria police, as part of its ongoing drive to make Cumbria safer for everyone. Anonymous information given to the charity from concerned members of the public allows the p...