Kirstie Wellauer

Thousands of Australians who collectively lost millions of dollars to failed funeral insurer Youpla could now get some of their money back, under a newly announced government scheme.

What does January 26 mean to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?  For many, there isn’t one emotion that fully captures it.

Legal and climate experts liken rising sea levels and climate harms to “colonisation” as proceedings for the Australian Climate Case resume. 

Many Yes campaigners have gone into "mourning", joining a collective week of silence, but others are speaking publicly for the first time on the failures of the multi-million-dollar campaign.

Five former directors and officers of the failed funeral insurer Youpla are facing fines, after the corporate watchdog ASIC commenced civil proceedings over an arrangement to send the funds to a company in Vanuatu.

There's a common cycle for many children in this town: Crime, watch house, detention. Background Briefing investigates why.

Torres Strait Islander elders continue the fight to protect their islands from disappearing in rising sea levels in week one of the Federal Court's on-country hearing.

Aunty McRose Elu has been watching her ancestral lands slowly disappear beneath her feet for decades. The Saibai elder fears rising sea levels and increasingly severe weather events could mean her homeland is uninhabitable within 30 years.

For decades, funeral insurer ACBF Youpla sold policies to First Nations Australians despite attention from regulators. Now, two years after it collapsed, the government is still wrestling with how to compensate the company's customers.

Communities have been calling for governments to support Aboriginal-led solutions to tackle youth issues in Alice Springs. With alcohol restrictions back in place, will the heart of this complex issue get solved?

The first January 26 protest was held in 1938, when a thousand-strong group of Aboriginal men and women marched through Sydney protesting more than a century of brutal treatment. 

Meena walks in two worlds connected through a shared experience of British colonisation. And like a growing number of Australians, Australia Day brings up mixed emotions for her.  

Advocates are in Canberra asking the government to compensate the thousands of people who put their money into funeral insurer Youpla. But finding out exactly who they are won't be easy.

It's being spruiked as a future tourist magnet that will celebrate 65,000 years of culture, that will stimulate central Australia's economy. But it is dividing the Alice Springs community

Indigenous Australians are not just mourning a "loved and treasured" boy, they’re grieving the loss of hope.  WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains the names and images of deceased Aboriginal people.

More than 60 of the country's prominent Indigenous voices gathered for crucial talks with the prime minister on Thursday to discuss the timing, question and education campaign around the Voice to Parliament.

One of Australia's key industrial areas is set to go under the spotlight, after the government appointed a reporter to look into traditional owners' claims significant Aboriginal sites are being threatened by continued development.

The passing of the Queen leaves a complex legacy for First Nations people here in Australia and across the world. 

Documents submitted two months prior to a federal government decision reveal that Aboriginal custodians in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula warned they were "extremely concerned" a state-heritage approval for a fertiliser plant would put sacred sites at risk.

Indigenous leaders say they want the Prime Minister to spell out a path towards Australia's first referendum in 20 years, as he travels to make a significant address to Aboriginal communities.

New data shows that when funeral insurance company Youpla went into liquidation in March, some of Australia's most disadvantaged towns paid the heaviest price.

As Australia faces a gas crisis, Indigenous communities fear their millennia-old sacred sites will be collateral damage in the rush for fresh supplies. 

In 2013, the government was warned that allowing funeral insurers to access Centrelink payments could end badly for customers. Almost a decade later, it did.

Youpla director Greg Wheeldon says he did his all to save the funeral insurance company from liquidation. But advocates for the thousands of people who lost their cover still want answers.

Three decades on from the landmark decision that paved the way for Indigenous people to reclaim their land, many First Nations say the next step is simple: to claim full rights to their waterways and seas.