July 15 (UPI) --An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental protections from the nation's government. Justice Michael ...
Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing the government of violating their human rights by failing ...
Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. That’s the stark message from the latest edition of the U.S. Department of State’s reports on human rights practices across the ...
Australia is facing devastating weather emergencies across the country, including bushfires, flooding, and tropical cyclones.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - While the steamy rainforests of Brazil are far from Alaska’s arctic, the challenges of climate change discussed at the U.N. climate conference brought the two closer ...
Paul Kabai (L) and Pabai Pabai, seen here after the Federal Court of Australia decision in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday. EPA/BRIAN CASSEY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT July 15 (UPI) --An Australian ...
Thursday Island and other islands in the Torres Strait, looking west from above Horn Island, between Australia and New Guinea, March 15, 1991. (PeterTHarris / Wikipedia via Courthouse News) SYDNEY, ...