Anisha Pillarisetty

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Samantha Dick

A 24-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by police in Alice Springs was from the remote community of Yuendumu. Northern Territory police said the man stopped breathing shortly after two officers restrained him at a Coles supermarket about 1:10pm on Tuesday following an altercation. Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said the man was placing items down the front of his clothing when he was confronted by security guards.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Lillian Rangiah |Victoria Ellis

Heavy rain across Central Australia has been welcomed by residents after a hot summer. Residents are enjoying rare scenes of water flowing down Uluru and the Todd River flowing through Alice Springs. The  Bureau of Metereology says flooding is expected to ease from Wednesday across most of the southern part of the Northern Territory. Heavy rain over the past fortnight has brought relief to many Central Australian residents after a scorching summer.

Dec 12, 2024 | abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty

Calls from a major Northern Territory land council for an independent review into systemic racism in the NT Police Force have been backed by the territory's anti-discrimination commissioner.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

Oct 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Michelle Rimmer |Hamish Harty |Anisha Pillarisetty |Basel Hindeleh |Riley Stuart

A German researcher arrived in Yuendumu in 1972, and was given rare access to Indigenous customs and culture. Now, an emotional reunion has seen the return of sacred objects. There's just one road that leads to Yuendumu. The community lies in the heart of Australia's Tanami Desert, an isolated and arid region of the Northern Territory, around 300 kilometres north of Alice Springs. The Warlpiri people are the traditional owners of the land and have lived here for thousands of years.

Oct 20, 2024 | abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty

An inquest into the death of a toddler, who died after falling into a septic tank in Central Australia, has heard about a string of departmental failures to address safety issues in the remote community. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the last name of an Indigenous person who has died, used in accordance with the wishes of his family.