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‘High stakes’CommentsPremium
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Indigenous COVID vaccination rates well behind

With only one in five Indigenous Australians receiving a first COVID jab, experts have blamed fear and ‘misinformation’ for the reluctance.

Lanai Scarr

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The West Australian exclusive
Bold choiceCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
First known Aboriginal VAD patient passes away

Mary-Ellen Passmore was the second West Australian to use the State’s voluntary assisted dying legislation, which came into effect at the start of the month.

Rangi Hirini

Shot downCommentsPremiumCott council refuses to debate Indigenous name change

Cottesloe councillors have declined to debate a proposal to investigate using the Indignenous name Mudurup for parts of the popular beach precinct.

Jon Bassett

Court date setPremiumCop charged with WA woman’s murder ready to face trial

The WA policeman who was the first serving officer to be charged with murder in almost 100 years after he fatally shot an Aboriginal woman outside her home is ready to stand trial later this year.

Shannon Hampton

Indigenous AustraliansAdvocates seize on Indigenous gap report

A Productivity Commission analysis shows Australia is set to fall short of key targets to reduce Indigenous disadvantage.

Georgie Moore

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opinion
Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
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What words should we use for First Nations people?

Blak? Indigenous? Aborigine? Here’s your definitive guide to the most appropriate words you should use to describe Australia’s First Nations people.

Rangi Hirini

Curating historyAlbany’s Shona Coyne on her career curating stories

Menang woman Shona Coyne is working to give Indigenous Australians stories a platform in her role as a senior curator at the National Museum of Australia.

Kellie Balaam

Indigenous AustraliansIndigenous group targets domestic violence

Indigenous women have told Queensland's attorney-general that "cultural healing" must part of a plan to stamp out domestic violence.

Fraser Barton

NAIDOC 2021CommentsPremiumTiarna Wynne crowned Miss NAIDOC Perth

A 22-year-old Carnarvon local and new mum has won the crown of Miss NAIDOC Perth, after knowing nothing about the competition last year.

Rangi Hirini

Tokyo 2021CommentsPremiumMeet the 16 Indigenous athletes set for the Tokyo Games

The Australian squad has a record-breaking 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander athletes set to compete at the 2021 Olympic Games.

Rangi Hirini

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opinion
Making a differenceComments
opinion
Time for WA to change its approach Indigenous reform

While the WA Government purports to respect Aboriginal human rights, they are not showing any real understanding of human rights commitments.

Hannah McGlade

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opinion
the toughest timeCommentsPremium
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Why Aboriginal families need to discuss dying wishes

WA is approaching the second week of voluntary assisted dying being an option for some of those in our community and it’s time for West Aussies to have this difficult and confronting conversation.

Rangi Hirini

Pride of the nationCommentsPremiumHow Australia celebrated its new sporting hero Barty

Tennis legend and Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong Cawley has paid a heartfelt tribute to “little sister” Ash Barty, saying she just sensed it was “her time” to win Wimbledon during NAIDOC week.

Darren Walton

Ash BartyVideo‘I hope I made Evonne proud’

New Wimbledon champ Ash Barty has honoured Evonne Goolagong Cawley in just the way she had dreamed - and she hopes her mentor will be proud of her.

Ian Chadband

Indigenous firmPremiumBrida splashes out on HR in COVID fight

Roebourne-based Aboriginal services company Brida has ramped up its spending on human resources as it finds new ways to support its staff during the pandemic.

Kate Purnell

‘Disrespect’CommentsPremiumAboriginal singer slams treatment at Perth hospital

A leading Indigenous singer says he was escorted out of a major Perth hospital by six security guards after he complained about being denied a coffee and a sandwich following an eye operation.

Rangi Hirini

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Tourists ignoring remote travel bans to get COVID jab

The leading body behind the Kimberley’s remote vaccine roll-out has issued a stern warning to travellers visiting WA’s north west.

Stephanie Sinclair

NAIDOC WEEKHeal country to protect the planet say Wadandi elders

First Nations culture can help NAIDOC week, local traditional owners have urged.

Charlotte Elton

Indigenous AustraliansPost packages note Indigenous place names

A space for Indigenous place names has been included on new Australia Post packages to celebrate NAIDOC week.

Callum Godde

‘they should shut their mouths’PremiumFears over COVID conspiracy targeting Aboriginal people

WA Health Minister Roger Cook has labelled a vaccine conspiracy circulating in the Goldfields — which includes claims that vaccinated people will have the ‘mark of the beast’ — as ‘crazy and evil’.

Tom Robinson

Blak excellenceCommentsPremiumThe West to look different this NAIDOC week

In an Australian-first for a major media organisation, we are giving front-page treatment to a selection of accomplished young Indigenous people on the cover of the Today liftout each day.

Indigenous AustraliansRediscovering the places we think we know

A new campaign launched in time for NAIDOC Week asks non-Indigenous Australians to find out more about the traditional owners of the land on which they live.

Andi Yu

On a missionPremiumMaking her name and a difference

‘I can’t help but feel that Rangi — with the R rolled — is the perfect name for the woman before me. A name that challenges societal norms.’

Lily Hoffmann

Noongar storiesPremiumA voice with Hart

Actor and TV and film maker Karla Hart has a mission — to preserve and promote Noongar culture.

Rangi Hirini