AustLit

'Indigenous duo A.B. Original have reclaimed the ARIAs.'

'No doubt about it, more than 25 years on and Yothu Yindi's protest anthem Treaty is every bit as current as the day it was written, and as popular with audiences as when it burst onto the charts in 1991.'

'Award-winning writer Alexis Wright launched her latest book in Melbourne recently at an event where it was also announced that she would be the new Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature.'

'Uncle Lester Bostock passed away peacefully on November 23.)

'On behalf of myself and all of us at the First Peoples Disability Network we offer our deepest condolences to Aunty Phemie, to George, to Cheryl and Tracey, to Marley and Health, to Craig and Scott, Blake and to the whole Bostock clan.'

'The Sydney Opera House has launched a new series of its podcast Deadly Voices from the House. The second series, Perspectives, is hosted by opera house head of First Nations programming Rhoda Roberts and features interviews with First Nations personalities from the arts, sport, social services and the entertainment industry who identify as LGBTQI+. Each episode explores gender, sexuality and marriage equality from an Indigenous and personal perspective.'

'The Yothu Yindi Treaty project marks the 25th anniversary of the ARIA winning Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix.) There's also seven fresh remixes, including a hip hop version featuring rising Yolngu star Baker Boy and Dhapanbal Yunupingu, the daughter of the late Dr M Yunupingu, and a techno house version, to be released in the new year.'

'New book Big Fella Rain, by Aboriginal woman Beryl Webber and illustrated by Fern Martins, is designed to educate youth in remote communities.'