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Indigenous voice supporters call for week of silence

Following the heavy defeat of a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander campaigners have endorsed a week of silence.

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Unesco removes ‘hurtful’ document claiming Tasmanian Aboriginal people ‘extinct’

Inaccurate statement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature made as part of the 1982 process for world heritage status for Tasmanian wilderness area

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'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

An Aboriginal teen who spent more than two years on remand in a Queensland youth detention centre was in solitary confinement for much of that time.

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Case of Queensland teenager who likely spent 500 days in solitary ‘most egregious’ on record

Treatment of disabled Indigenous youth who was regularly kept in room for more than 20 hours a day may amount to torture, advocates say

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Tasmania says it is committed to truth and treaty, but how is it progressing?

While other states take steps, and even strides, towards reconciliation with their Indigenous communities, what’s happened in Tasmania in the 18 months since a report urged the Tasmanian government legislate a framework towards a treaty?

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Fewer kids in detention but more support needed

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare youth justice report shows the number of kids in contact with the criminal justice system is falling.

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Linda Burney insists ‘there is no division’ with Indigenous voice working group yet to finalise advice

With group to meet again, timetable leaves only a few days for advice to be considered before cabinet meeting

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Should the Tassie tiger be brought back to life? Have your say

We want to hear from you — should the Tasmanian tiger be brought back to life? And what will that mean for First Nations people, the environment, and the ecosystem?

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Number of Aboriginal Tasmanians in prison more than doubles in a decade

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

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Tasmania's Ashley youth prison closure must be brought forward, children's commissioner, advocates say

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

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Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention

A proposed reform to Tasmanian law is welcomed as a move which could "change the lives of a lot of kids" by keeping them out of prison — but advocates say there is another key issue which must be addressed.

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Aboriginal elders voice concerns over proposed Tasmanian trek through areas of 'immense importance'

Tourism operator Experience Co is pushing for a seven-day catered walk through Tasmania's south-west, but elders say proposals in areas with Aboriginal heritage sites should be put on hold until the state's new Aboriginal Heritage Act is tabled later this year.

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Indigenous Tasmanians sign deal to run commercial abalone fishery

A ground-breaking deal signed to provide Aboriginal Tasmanians with access to a commercial abalone fishery is being hailed as a step towards resetting relationships and cultural practices.

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Call for Marion Bay to be renamed, 250 years after the first encounter between Europeans and Tasmanian Aboriginal people

A Tasmanian Indigenous leader is calling for the renaming of a popular bay, to honour the sacrifice of a man who died defending his land.

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