First Nations

The festival, held in Naarm over four days September 3-6, will create a space for all Australians to engage with the richness, complexity and power of First Nations storytelling.

The changes removed protections from almost three million acres of public land and went further than reductions made during President Trump's first term.

The Bears Ears decision also ordered the termination of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Commission, which gave representatives of five Tribal Nations a formal role in managing the monument.

The Māori word "kaitiakitanga" has been named the world's most beautiful word by language-learning platform Babbel.

It was selected from a longlist of more than 223 words across 75 languages following an international review of sound, meaning and cultural significance.

Kaitiakitanga refers to the responsibility to protect and care for the natural world for present and future generations within a Māori world view.

Aboriginal language custodians release a road map for the survival and revival of Northern Territory Indigenous languages.