Indigenous
Netball’s missing ‘Riolis’: Why the sport is searching for its hidden Indigenous talent
Netball is searching for its own equivalent of the AFL’s Riolis, Longs and Wanganeens. But so far, opportunities for Indigenous players to break into the sport have been limited.
- by Marnie Vinall
Latest
New approach up north could combat WA’s youth crisis: former inspector
Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed in custody in Perth. Now the state’s former prisons inspector has told an inquiry something must change.
- by Aaron Bunch
Flea market find: WWI postcards revive Indigenous soldier’s heroism
Charlie Runga was awarded a prestigious Military Medal for two heroic actions in one day in 1918.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Building Bad
‘I just need it to end’: CFMEU power play turned Ben’s construction dream into a fatal nightmare
The day before his 19th birthday, the young man went to his first day in a new job. He was bullied, humiliated and locked in a shed.
- by Nick McKenzie, Reid Butler and David Marin-Guzman
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History
The surprise encounter revealed in Governor Phillip’s newly unearthed journal
When 20 pages of Australia’s first governor’s journal turned up, it was something of a must-have for the State Library of NSW.
- by Tim Barlass
‘Turn every no into a yes’: Voice advocate vows to continue campaign
Eight months after the vote, one of the architects of the Voice to Parliament says her people have endured far worse and are not giving up.
- by Keira Jenkins
Analysis
Crime
What’s happening in Alice Springs?
The Northern Territory government has announced a three-night curfew in the town after recent “civil disturbances”.
- by Ben Cubby
‘You hid your identity’: Why Tasma Walton’s Indigenous past was a mystery for years
In her latest role, the 50-year-old star of The Twelve goes on a journey of identity not unlike the one she’s taken in real life.
- by Steve Dow
Cops slammed for letting kids pretend to be criminals at Brisbane event
A paddy wagon has been removed from a NAIDOC event after complaints of “shameful” behaviour by police liaison officers.
- by Fraser Barton
An Indigenous man died slowly in his cell. A coroner says the prison could have prevented it
Aunty Donnis Kerr says the death of her 32-year-old son, Joshua, is another example of authorities failing to act to prevent the deaths of Indigenous people in custody.
- by Erin Pearson
Labor MP considers legal action over Lidia Thorpe social media post
Marion Scrymgour accused Thorpe of using parliamentary privilege to attack other Aboriginal women she perceived as her political foes.
- by Angus Thompson