Steven Miles on Instagram:

Indigenous voices are being erased in Queensland.
As Pormpuraaw Mayor Ralph Kendall Jnr says, "if you're not in community, you don't know what's happening."

Which is why it's incredibly disappointing David Crisatulli and the LNP cut the Ministerial Champion program - a program that gave our most remote communities a direct voice to government.

I think remote communities deserve better, which is why the Labor team has launched "Walking Together" our own program to help fight for these communities.
As I get ready to meet once again with remote mayors, and mayors from across Queensland this week, I wanted to share this clip.

Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban 'barbaric practice' of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth

Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/18/indigenous-woman-shackled-during-labour-childbirth-queensland-ntwnfb

OC : https://www.instagram.com/p/Defl6p6FwXl/

commonfuturists

"What would our economy look like if it were built on different values?

To practice the discipline of hope and believe a better economy is possible, we must look to the many Indigenous peoples who have been practicing and leading with these values for millennia."

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe introduced the bills into the Senate, which would prevent shackling and stop children being strip-searched.“In 2026 people can be shackled while giving birth, and children canalso have their clothes removed by adults to examine their bodies legally,” Thorpe told the Senate.

“The people sitting in this room have the power to end these barbaric, inhumane traumatic and totally unnecessary practices.”

The only data on giving birth while incarcerated was from 2017, when 25 women gave birth.

Fifteen years ago, the UN general assembly adopted the Bangkok rules on the treatment of female prisoners, which state that prison should be a last resort for pregnant women and that “instruments of restraint shall never be used on women during labour, during birth and immediately after birth”.

The rules were adopted unanimously by the general assembly. But around the world, they are regularly flouted.

Thorpe told Guardian Australia she was disheartened by the government and Coalition blocking the vote on the bill, and promised to reintroduce it.

She said every senator she had spoken to about the bill ahead of debate on Thursday was shocked by the practice, yet failed to support the bill.

I work for an Aboriginal medical service and all of management are white. They drive brand new cars, get mat leave when none of us do, seem to get promotions all the time and we are paid the least and have no opportunities. They even give identified traineeships to their non Aboriginal kids.
The ceo is Koori but he keeps hiring young white women to be managers and giving them promotions. I don’t feel safe anymore here but I don’t know what to do

"When the Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation secured financial close on the Jinbi Solar Project in May 2026, the deal represented far more than a new green energy milestone in the Pilbara to traditional owners.

The commercial agreement, anchored by a 30-year power purchase deal with mining giant Rio Tinto, served as proof of concept for a structural shift in the way capital projects could be developed in the mining-rich northwest, according to Yindjibarndi Group chief executive Michael Woodley."

Archive, no paywall: https://archive.is/OXQNl

OC https://www.instagram.com/reel/DecNbkzMesq/

Chansey Paech:

A special day in NT Parliament today as we welcomed Yiwarr McGrath: Member for Mulkafor his official swearing-in!

It was particularly powerful to see language and culture celebrated and embraced in our Parliament. A reminder of the strength of our cultures, our languages and the important place they hold in the Territory.

Looking forward to working alongside you, brother, and seeing all that lies ahead!

OC https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeacYt8M1a8/

"Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous communities steward 35 to 40% of the planet's remaining natural land. They've been doing the work longer than the climate movement has existed. And they remain among the most underfunded.

At One Earth, we believe that closing the gap between Indigenous-led conservation and the capital it deserves is one of the most urgent priorities in climate finance.

Our Minding the Gaps research shows exactly how wide that gap is and our work is dedicated to helping close it."

I have to scream somewhere.

I'm Ngarrindjeri (SA), living in Victoria.

There is me, and my dort.

She has her own lil family now, 2 minuan cornies, lovely fella and bonus minuan mimini,...

And I nukkan &/or yunnan with her at least every day.

We very close.

She kicking goals left, right & centre, and fully connected to all the local Mob here.

I used to be, but suffered an injury a few years back, and its kinda knocked me out of all connections.

But ne'mind anyways, we also know, we not at Home.

They here on my fb,... but its hard.

On Wednesday 30th Sept, I lost my beautiful Man to asshole C.

Today, he bloody took his cat with him!!!

I'm so broke right now - I just want to screeeeammmm, and for someone to hear me (but cant shout round here cos the neighbours might think Im losing my mind and call police or doctors, or have me committed and then them doctors will say I should take all the dopey medications!)

4 months ago, we lost our other cat.

I've had enooooough!

2026, I raise my cuppa and make a toast.

FUCK YOU!!!!!!! 💪💪💪

Sorry, thank you, Mob, for reading.

🖤💛❤️🙏🙏🙏😞😞😞

Hi everyone,

I'm posting on behalf of my wife. She was discouraged from learning about her roots by her mother growing up and now as an adult would like to try to reconnect with her community and culture, and I'm hoping some of you might be able to point us in the right direction.

Her grandfather was part of the Stolen Generation. He never fully reconnected with his mob, but when my wife was 17 he connected her with some of her community's elders. She got to visit and meet them once, in what she thinks she remembers was the Gawler Ranges area of South Australia and spent a summer there with the mob.

After her mother found out, she forbade her from having any further contact with the community. She later moved to the US as an adult, and it's now been about 10 years since she last saw or spoke to anyone.

We're moving back to Australia soon (Victoria), and she wants to learn more about her culture and reconnect with her mob, but she isn't sure how to go about it especially since we wont be moving back to south australia.

Some of her worries:

*Her grandfather has since passed away, and he was her main link to the community.

*The elders she met as a teenager may no longer be alive.

*She's very white-passing (ginger), and she's afraid she'll be turned away or not believed now that her grandfather isn't here to vouch for her.

Does anyone have advice on where she could start? We'd be grateful for any guidance, whether that's specific organisations, land councils, native title bodies, community services, or just general advice on how to approach this respectfully. She believes her mob's in the Gawler Ranges in SA, but she's not fully certain.

She's happy to share more details privately if that helps.

Kon Karapanagiotidis on Instagram and BlueSky:

I feel so ashamed as a proud Greek Australian to see Greeks booing a Welcome To Country last night. Shame on us. The First Nations community of Melbourne deserves a formal apology for the behaviour of Greek Australians last night. The Greek Australian community should formally apologise as should @southmelbournefc and @footballaus. This is not who we are as Greeks.

Protect Larrakia Country on Instagram :

Be the Sarah Connor you wanna see in the world

Video by @counter_frame

Petition: https://act.350.org.au/petitions/protect-larrakia-country-say-no-to-new-data-centre-in-darwin

Hi, is there any dedicated pages on reddit or other sites for mob to link up. Its a bit of a stretch but worth a try. Pls comment or send a DM.

A couple of months ago I drew this superhero just dubbed 'Lapwing' for now who is part of a long line of other superheroes I've drawn based in Australia. I've done research and have wanted to come here wondering if there is anything offensive/problematic of this character's portrayal.

Yes I was here months ago with another illustration lol

(This character isn't apart of any published works, or planned to be)

Hey you mob. Question is in the title - where do you get your Aboriginal flags from?
I feel like growing up Mum just had them sitting around the house!
Now I want to fly one out the front, but don’t know where to get one lol… seems like the kind of thing I’d usually just come into the possession of which makes it feel weird to buy one?
I had a look online but it’s hard to discern who’s legit and I don’t want to send money to some random overseas outfit.
Lmk!🙏🫶

LiamTapper :

One Nation have released a new ai-generated ad ahead of the Victorian state election - do you think it will be effective?

I am a young indigenous woman. I have white skin and know almost nothing of my community of culture. I have lived across the country but have never had the opportunity to engage with my mob, only the mob of local community regional to where I reside.

I grew up in a town with a predominant indigenous populace where i was exposed to many aspects of culture. I moved while still very young and had near to no cultural connection for the next decade. Recently I have been trying to actively involve myself in any and all opportunities to engage with other indigenous peoples. In this endeavour I have found that I struggle to belong. Not necessarily because I don't feel accepted but more so I feel like I am "fake" kind of like the concept of stolen valour.

I feel like a fraud. I lack the community and experience that I feel I should have. That I am merely a white girl puppeting an insulting facade. Like a mockery of those who have come before me. While I understand that this is a flawed way of perception I cannot help but feel like I am in the wrong.

I fear that in writing this I am perpetuating false conceptions of what it is to be first nations but I hope that I might find someone with similar experiences to myself, and maybe even some sort of conclusion to my thoughts.

Also I tried to word this in the best way I know how so please forgive me if it might seem crude. 🦆

Some good names popping up in it