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2 months ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Tahnee Jash |Stephanie Boltje
By Tahnee Jash and Stephanie Boltje, ABC NewsThe family of an Aboriginal man whose TikTok has become a viral trend have labelled it "disgusting". The video, posted to Aurukun man Eric Yunkaporta's Tiktok account three years ago, is being downloaded and used as a "FaceTime prank". It involves TikTok creators filming themselves video-calling a friend or family member but instead of showing their face, they use Eric's TikTok to appear as though he is calling them instead.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Tahnee Jash |Stephanie Boltje
The family of an Aboriginal man whose TikTok has become a viral trend have labelled it "disgusting". The video, posted to Aurukun man Eric Yunkaporta's Tiktok account three years ago, is being downloaded and used as a "FaceTime prank". It involves TikTok creators filming themselves video-calling a friend or family member but instead of showing their face, they use Eric's TikTok to appear as though he is calling them instead.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje
Exploring potential health benefits by merging western medical science with ancient Indigenous healing knowledge and languages — this was the focus of an international doctor's conference in Adelaide on Kaurna Country. "The doctor listens to me and I listen to the doctor and we both are on the same page to help this one person," Pantjiti Lewis said in Pitjantjatjara language, translated into English.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje
South Australia's inaugural Voice to Parliament has addressed politicians for the first time. In the eight months since the members were elected, they have held 18 local meetings, three state meetings, met with cabinet ministers and with agency CEOs.The body says it's just getting started, but the opposition is threatening to repeal the legislation if it doesn't see results before the next state election.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje |Kirstie Wellauer
Kathleen Hopkins has tearfully explained how her identity and memories dissolved after a traumatic and life-changing event when she was a small child. "They came and grabbed us from my mother," she told those who travelled to support truth-telling about the history of Queensland. "That was the state people for you.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje
Amy was two and a half years old when she was taken into state care. She would have seven different placements, seven different homes, during her childhood. "I was never told that I was in care, I just remember knowing. "I can't remember any case workers who sat me down and told me why I was moved home to home."Looking at her classmates, Amy felt "like an alien" — no-one else seemingly had a caseworker pull them out of class to talk to them. She didn't go on holidays or have birthdays like they did.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje
WARNING: The following may disturb some readers and discusses First Nations people who have died. A Ngarrindjeri man's remains which were once traded for a prehistoric tiger skull will finally make their way home this weekend, as one of 14 First Nations ancestors returned to Australia from United States museums. Uncle Major "Moogy" Sumner AM, who travelled from South Australia to the US this week, was shocked to learn the way his ancestor's remains were treated in the 1950s.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Carly Williams |Stephanie Boltje
In the early 1930s, Aunty Peggy spent her pre-teens playing by the crystal-clear waters of her Quandamooka homeland, helping her grandfather haul his dugong catch and playing with her friends on the beach. She was being closely watched by non-Indigenous men and women. WARNING: This story contains images of First Nations people who have are no longer with us. Records have been provided by family for the purpose of truth-telling and healing. They request they should not be repurposed or photographed.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephanie Boltje |Brooke Fryer
King Charles III's first visit to Australia as the head of state has sparked mixed opinions from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people impacted by British colonisation. Basket weaver Abe Muriata is a Girramay traditional owner and elder who has previously met the king and says he isn't expecting an apology. "They ruined a lot of countries, ruined a lot of lives, same here in Australia.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Miriam Corowa |Stephanie Boltje
For proclaimed Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira, painting dingoes dressed in royal garb, wearing capes and crowns in the desert, is akin to doing a self-portrait. "It's like I'm looking at a reflection of myself, as well through my career, as an artist in Australia," he says. Namatjira has brought his new exhibition, King Dingo, from South Australia's remote APY Lands to Sydney's bustling Surry Hills district.
