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1 week 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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3 weeks 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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2 months ago | 
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 1, 2025 | 
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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Jan 31, 2025 | 
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.
