Download IPFS A coalition of legal and creative experts has called on the Australian federal government to safeguard Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural works from being exploited by artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as the Productivity Commission considers allowing tech companies to use copyrighted material without consent or compensation. The[Read More…]

Download IPFS On August 7, 2025, a First Nations Roundtable was held in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia (WA), as part of a series of consultations to inform the Australian federal government’s Economic Reform Roundtable, scheduled for August 19-21 in Canberra. The event, hosted by the Department of the Treasury, gathered[Read More…]

Download IPFS A coalition of legal and community organizations, including the NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS), Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW, AbSec – NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation, First Peoples Disability Network, NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, and Redfern Legal Centre, has condemned the[Read More…]

Download IPFS The family of Lathan Brown, an Aboriginal man who died in custody at Macquarie Correctional Centre in Wellington, New South Wales (NSW), along with the NSW Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS), have endorsed coronial recommendations aimed at improving communication between Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) and families during an inmate’s[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Wellington Aboriginal community, through the Wambal Bila Aboriginal Corporation, has secured a landmark equity stake in AMPYR Australia’s Wellington Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), marking what is widely regarded as the first commercial clean energy partnership of its kind between a First Nations group and a renewable[Read More…]