NIT (National Indigenous Times)

The National Indigenous Times (www.nit.com.au) is a website dedicated to issues affecting Indigenous Australians. It started as a print newspaper on February 27, 2002, and has since transitioned to an online format. The publication is primarily owned by Wayne Bergmann, an Indigenous businessman and former CEO of the Kimberley Land Council (51%), alongside Australian journalist Tony Barrass (41%) and Richard Gregson, a former senior partner at PwC who now serves as a director at Hall Chadwick WA (9%). Owen Carriage, who also founded the Koori Mail, along with a group of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, originally created the publication.

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Thorpe: Implement all Deaths in Custody Royal Commission recommendations

2 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called for all recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody to be implemented, as pressure mounts for an independent investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White. Mr White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man, who was living in supported accommodation and under state guardianship at the time, died last week in Mparntwe/Alice Springs after being restrained by two plain-clothed NT Police officers.
Three Māori MPs suspended from NZ parliament for h...

2 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler |David Prestipino |Callan Morse

New Zealand's parliament has voted to enact record suspensions for three Māori MPs who performed a haka to protest a controversial bill. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, received a seven-day ban and her colleagues from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, are barred for 21 days.
First Nations gathering to shape future of new national Indigenous body

2 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

Indigenous organisations from across the country will come together in September to consider the creation of a new national body dedicated to advancing the interests of First Peoples. The National Gathering will take place in Port Douglas, Queensland, from September 15 to 17. It is open to Native Title and other First Nations representative organisations with a connection to Country and recognised cultural authority.
New child protection laws in SA welcomed, but advocates say more reform needed

3 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

South Australia's new child protection laws are a "good step forward," according to advocates — but deeper reform is needed to address the systemic issues harming Aboriginal children and families. The Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Bill passed the state's upper house on Tuesday night, following crossbench amendments. The bill cleared the lower house in November. The government says the legislation "empowers" First Nations families to lead decisions about their children.
Marion Scrymgour calls for federal police to lead investigation into Kumanjayi White’s death in custody

3 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

A Northern Territory Labor MP has called for the Australian Federal Police to take over the investigation into the recent death in custody of 24-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White. Mr White, who had strong connections to the Yuendumu community, was under state guardianship and living in supported accommodation. He died after being restrained by two plain-clothes NT Police Officers following an alleged altercation with a security guard at a Coles supermarket.
Finalists named for 2025 NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year

3 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

Three respected community leaders have been announced as finalists for the 2025 National NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year Award, which will be presented at Saturday's awards ceremony in Boorloo (Perth). The annual honour recognises an Elder who has made a significant contribution to their community and to advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NT policy failures made Kumanjayi White's death ‘inevitable’ - justice advocates

3 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

Systemic failures and a punitive approach to law and order by the Northern Territory government have created conditions in which the death in custody of a disabled Warlpiri man in Mparntwe/Alice Springs was a "devastating and predictable outcome", according to legal and community advocates. Kumanjayi White, 24, was living in supported accommodation and under state guardianship when he died last week after being restrained by two plain-clothed NT Police officers.
Naarm gathers to celebrate the Torres Strait and Eddie Mabo's legacy on Mabo Day

4 days ago | nit.com.au | Callan Morse |Dechlan Brennan |Giovanni Torre

On an ordinary day, arriving home from school, a 15-year-old Gail Mabo was told by her father "one day, everyone will know my name". Naarm gathered on Tuesday night to celebrate Torres Strait culture and the legacy of Eddie Mabo. Mr Mabo passed six months before the High Court of Australia's landmark determination overturning terra nullius in 1992, recognising the Meriam people's rights to their land after a 15-year fight, and setting the foundations for the Native Title Act.
Central Land Council urges federal funding freeze over lack of independent investigation of Kumanjayi White's death in custody

4 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

The Central Land Council is urging the federal government to withhold funding from the Northern Territory government until it establishes an independent police conduct commission to investigate the recent death in custody of Kumanjayi White. Mr White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with ties to the Yuendumu community, was under state guardianship and living in supported accommodation at the time of his death.
Indigenous policy ‘at one of its lowest points’, Uluru Dialogue co-chair warns

4 days ago | nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan

Indigenous policy is at one of its lowest points, according to Uluru Dialogue co-chair Pat Anderson AO, who has called for generational renewal and a shift in who leads national conversations on Aboriginal affairs.