Singh tells AFN chiefs NDP will fight for Indigenous rights, justice for First Nations

Singh tells AFN chiefs NDP will fight for Indigenous rights, justice for First Nations

New Democrats would continue to combat injustice and pressure the federal government to respect Indigenous Peoples' human rights if elected to Parliament, Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday in an election pitch to First Nations.

Work underway for Tasmania's first Sea Country Indigenous Protected Area

For millennia, First Nations people in Tasmania have had a connection to the sea, including the cultural practices of shell-stringing, diving and hunting. Work is now underway to establish the state's first Sea Country Indigenous Protected Area. It will support conservation, protection and management of the area, which includes ecologically important seagrass beds. Kerrin Thomas reports from in Big Dog Island in Tayaritja, or the Bass Strait Isl…