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Endangered fish returns to Murray in record numbers since the Millennium drought

Land and water stakeholders are overjoyed to find the threatened southern pygmy perch returning to the Murray River in record numbers.

two men in the wetland waters doing fish monitoring

Published: Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Fish

Mother charged with murder of three children who were found dead after Port Hedland fire

The mother of the three children who were found dead after a house fire in Port Hedland in WA's Pilbara region is due to face a Perth court accused of murder and criminal damage by fire.

A group of people near police tape and a light pole.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: House Fire

Pope Francis apologises to Canada's Indigenous people for 'evil committed by so many Christians'

Pope Francis issues an in-person apology for the Catholic Church's cooperation with a "catastrophic" policy that forced Canada's Indigenous people to assimilate into Christian society. 

Pope Francis wears a traditional head dress and stands facing another person in traditional dress.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Religious Leaders

Driver tells inquest he ran from police night Aboriginal man drowned

A friend of Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland said he fled from officers because there was "more of a chance of them bashing you or doing something to you" in a remote location.

Man wearing a greay jumper and black cap, holding a young smiling child on his shoulders

Published: Source: ABC New EnglandTopic: Courts and Trials

Pope Francis set to apologise for abuse of Canadian Indigenous people in Christian schools

In what he has described as a "penitential voyage", Pope Francis has travelled to Canada where he is expected to apologise to Indigenous people for abuse by missionaries at state-funded Christian schools. 

Dressed in robes and in a wheelchair Pope Francis shakes hands with a man in red traditional dress.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Other Peoples)

Community opinion divided over proposal to change 'offensive' creek name in far north Queensland

For some, the cool waters of Blackfellow Creek simply offers relief from the sweltering summer heat of Cairns and fond childhood memories. To others its name is a reminder of the pain colonisation brought to Indigenous Australians.

Clear blue creek water flanked by tangled roots of trees lining the bank.

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous Culture

The intervention left an ugly scar on Helen's community, but she hopes one measure remains

After 15 years, alcohol bans imposed on some Indigenous communities during the intervention have come to an end. We speak to community leaders about what's ahead. 

Indigenous woman Helen Fejo-Frith leans against a fence in the front yard of her home.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Alcohol

Government announces funding for customers of collapsed funeral fund

Four months after a funeral insurer collapsed, leaving thousands of First Nations customers out of pocket, the government offers funding to cover funerals. 

Bettina Cooper stnads in her office.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)

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