Dan Butler

2 months ago | sbs.com.au | Dan Butler |Rudi Maxwell

The chair of one of the Northern Territory's Aboriginal land councils has defended his position, following calls from the federal opposition for his removal from his elected position. The Central Land Council (CLC), which represents some 24,000 remote Indigenous Territorians, voted former deputy Warren Williams into the top position in September last year, replacing Matthew Palmer. Mr Palmer was ousted from the position after the land council lost confidence in him.

2 months ago | sbs.com.au | Dan Butler |Rudi Maxwell

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition ignored history with a "racist" and "inflammatory" January 26 address she made in Sydney, academics have said. Speaking at the St Matthew's Australia Day mass in Albury on Sunday, Member for Farrer Sussan Ley made an analogy between the arrival of the First Fleet and a mission to colonise Mars, such as has been proposed by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Nov 28, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Dan Butler |John Paul Janke

Joanne Taylor looks back on Christmas 2021 with fond memories. Tradition dictated a family trip to Coral Bay, an exquisite slice of blinding beach and crystal waters on Baiyungu Country, 1200 kilometres north of Perth. Joanne's son, Wesley Lockyer, was there with her. "That's what we do as a family," the Nyamal woman told NITV. "We were together all the time."It's the last Christmas she spent with her son.

Nov 25, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Dan Butler

Queensland's state coroner has ruled that police officers acted appropriately in the arrest of a Kamilaroi man who subsequently died of a cardiac arrest. Ashley Charles Washington was 31 years old and suffering from poor mental health in December 2020 when police were called to attend a reported break in at a home in Toowoomba. Mr Washington was found in a nearby street by Senior Constable Jamie Williams, and tasered six times by the officer during the course of a violent arrest.

Nov 16, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Bronte Charles |Dan Butler

The winners of the National Indigenous Sports Awards have been announced at a grand gala held in Naarm Melbourne overnight. First held in 1986, the prestigious awards, this year presented by the Indigenous Sports Network, celebrate the wealth of First Nations athletic talent from across the continent. Previous winners include Cathy Freeman, Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Lionel Rose. This year's nominee list is equally star-studded.