When the catastrophic floods hit north-east New South Wales (NSW) one year ago, much of Bundjalung Country went under water. And when flooding affected western NSW later last year, several Aboriginal communities, including in Walgett, were forced to evacuate. Now, the NSW Environment Protection Authority is offering up to $10 million (US$6.77 million) to help…

Australian centre-right Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has warned that the government’s plan to scrap the Cashless Debit Card system could lead to a resurgence in alcohol-related crime and violence in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Meanwhile, towns where the system has been implemented, say it has been successful in reducing alcoholism and related crime and…

An Australian Indigenous health worker currently in a COVID-19 quarantine facility in the Northern Territory (NT) has called online posts critical of the territory government’s outbreak response “disgusting.” Social media posts have attacked the NT government over the evacuation of residents from Indigenous communities, likening it to the policies used under the Stolen Generation period,…