Former WAG Danielle Hardwick launches new initiative to support Indigenous artists

Former WAG Danielle Hardwick reveals her stunning new move… months after her AFL supercoach husband Damien left her to be with a younger club staffer By Zoe Zaczek For Daily Mail Australia and D. Lawrance Published: 02:48 EDT, 21 July 2021 | Updated: 02:48 EDT, 21 July 2021 Her Richmond Tigers coach husband Damien Hardwick … Read more

Buddy Franklin’s wife admits to using offensive language by calling someone ‘half’ Indigenous

‘You apologise and do better’: Buddy Franklin’s wife Jesinta admits to using offensive language by calling people ‘half’ or ‘quarter’ Indigenous By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:58 BST, 14 July 2021 | Updated: 00:13 BST, 15 July 2021 Jesinta Franklin (née Campbell) has admitted to inadvertently using offensive language when referring to Indigenous … Read more

First Nations singer Isaiah Firebrace heads a petition to establish Indigenous History classes

First Nations singer and X Factor winner Isaiah Firebrace heads a petition to establish Indigenous History classes in Australian schools By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:29 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 01:29 BST, 10 July 2021 Isaiah Firebrace plans to bring his popular petition to launch Aboriginal History classes in schools … Read more

Indigenous model Charlee Fraser on first Welcome To Country ceremony at Australian Fashion Week

EXCLUSIVE: Indigenous runway model Charlee Fraser reveals she ‘started crying’ during the first-ever Welcome To Country ceremony at Australian Fashion Week By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:52 BST, 31 May 2021 | Updated: 08:52 BST, 31 May 2021 Indigenous runway model Charlee Fraser has graced catwalks all over the world for designer … Read more

Byron Baes begins filming without consulting local Indigenous groups 

Netflix’s upcoming reality show Byron Baes has sparked more controversy, this time for not consulting local Indigenous groups or the Byron Council before filming.  According to independent newspaper Echo, the Byron Council ‘passed an urgency motion’ that would require producers to get permission before any further filming. Speaking to the paper, independent Councillor Cate Coorey said: … Read more

Neighbours soap opera’s set is ‘rife with racism’, Indigenous actress claims 

Australia’s longest-running TV drama Neighbours has been plunged into scandal after a guest actor claimed a racist culture was running ‘rife’ on set.  Shareena Clanton says her six-week stint on Ramsay Street in a guest role was marred by ‘multiple racist traumas’ which have required ongoing counselling. During filming in January and February this year, … Read more

Indigenous South American tribes found to have evidence of ancient Australian DNA

First humans who crossed the Bering Strait some 15,000 years ago had indigenous Australian DNA that is now found in the bloodline of South America tribes, study finds Previous work found ancient Australian DNA in modern-day Amazonians  However, a new study finds the ancestral DN runs deeper in South America A genetical analysis found tribes along the Pacific … Read more

Tracts of Amazon rainforest stolen from indigenous tribes are up for sale on Facebook

Tracts of Amazon rainforest stolen from indigenous tribes are up for sale on Facebook Plots as large as 1,000 football pitches have been illegally cleared and burned They were cleared to be used for cattle and listed on Facebook’s Marketplace The protected areas include protected land reserved for indigenous people  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more

Dramatic moment young indigenous woman risks her life trying to cross a raging river

Dramatic moment young indigenous woman risks her life trying to cross a raging river after collapse of only bridge linking her tribe to the rest of the world The dilapidated footbridge over the Qguita River in Colombia was washed away It has left 2,000 members of the Embera Chami tribe cut off from a nearby … Read more

Indigenous Today show reporter Brooke Boney reveals Australia Day is ‘difficult’ for her

Today show’s Indigenous reporter Brooke Boney says celebrating Australia Day is ‘weird’ and insists we should commemorate other events By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:22 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 04:22 GMT, 26 January 2021 Today’s show-business reporter Brooke Boney has spoken candidly about how  Australia Day affects her as an … Read more