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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Carly Williams |Brooke Fryer
Walking across an unassuming pedestrian bridge covered in graffiti in Sydney's south, you'd never know the riverbanks beneath were the centre of the Aboriginal civil rights movement 100 years ago.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Tahnee Jash |Brooke Fryer
It was only four years ago that Juanita Page launched her menswear label Joseph and James. As she watched her models rehearse backstage on Tuesday, the proud Gooreng Gooreng and South-Sea Islander woman felt the pressure mounting as the countdown began for one of her biggest achievements yet. She was moments away from debuting a solo runway show at Australian Fashion Week. "I'm feeling a little nervous, but it's excited nerves," the 33-year-old said.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Carly Williams |James Vyver |Stephanie Boltje |Brooke Fryer
Former minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has blamed Peter Dutton's "doubling down on culture wars", specifically in Indigenous affairs, as a significant contributor to what LNP insiders have called a "catastrophic" election loss. "To be divisive on a cultural and socio-economic group that lives with disadvantage is not the way in which you lead a country," the former Liberal National Party MP told the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Team.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brooke Fryer
Running for the Senate at just 20 years old is exactly where Laylah Al-Saimary once pictured herself. "I was really quiet as a child, and I didn't speak my mind," she said.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Brooke Fryer
Federal Parliament conducted an investigation into missing and murdered First Nations women and children last year but analysis by the ABC's Indigenous affairs team reveals first nations men are also over-represented among the long-term missing. The Australian Federal Police says it has the technology to identify many of the 700 unknown human remains being held across the country, but not the funding to do it.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Brooke Fryer |Stephanie Boltje |Ali Russell
WARNING: This story contains distressing content. Jimmie Mongoo wears his son's favourite footy shirt while relaxing at home, after long shifts operating a crane at a mine. It's one way he can feel close to Brenton, his 37-year-old son who has been missing for almost a year. "His hobbies were watching the football, especially the Hawks … so I wear it every time I'm home," explained Jimmie, a Wadjarri Nanda man.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje |Brooke Fryer |Kirstie Wellauer
The Productivity Commission says governments are shirking "meaningful action" to close the gap, as new data reveals soaring rates of Indigenous imprisonment and ongoing failures to reduce rates of suicides and children in out-of-home care. Productivity Commissioner and Gungarri man Selwyn Button called the continuation of business-as-usual by governments "the definition of insanity".
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Carly Williams |Brooke Fryer
WARNING: This story contains images of First Nations people who are no longer with us. Turning up to primary school drunk was the norm for Clarence White. "I was an alcoholic by the time I turned 11," the Gamilaraay man, who is one of 15 siblings, told the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Team.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Brooke Fryer |Carly Williams |Ciara Jones
The federal government has warned the new Queensland premier to "hold your horses" and not scrap the state's Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry. "I'd certainly say to the new premier of Queensland, just hold your horses here," the Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy told the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Team while urging the Queensland government to sit down and talk with inquiry members.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Brooke Fryer
The former CEO of US fashion label Abercrombie and Fitch has been arrested for allegedly running a sex trafficking ring. Michael Jeffries and his partner have been charged with sex trafficking and prostitution involving dozens of men between the years 2008 and 2015.
