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2025's Indigenous success stories, change makers and trailblazers

Gaypalani Waṉambi's win at the 2025 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards marked a major cultural moment. Her work ... View article...

Bizzi Lavelle uncovers the hidden history of Blak burlesque in Australia

In her search, Lavelle uncovered a history of Aboriginal women taking part in 'Leg Shows', a kind of travelling strip show that was often held in ... View article...

Scientists have discovered when and by what routes people first settled Australia and New Guinea

... Aboriginal Australians believe that they have always lived on their land. However, for Western scientists and archaeologists , the details of ... View article...

Proud Indigenous cousins teach university classes to keep the Noongar language alive

... , who wrote the first Aboriginal language course ever taught at an Australian university three decades ago. View article...

No nurse on duty as Indigenous woman dies in custody from 'medical episode' in Tennant Creek

... Aboriginal people, particularly women; and investment in Aboriginal -led, community-controlled responses to crisis, health, and safety". "How many ... View article...

The disappearing of children: How the state makes kids vanish

Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state .They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. View article...

Aboriginal-led breastfeeding program shows promise in NSW pilot

A community-led breastfeeding program designed by Aboriginal women has completed its pilot phase in regional New South Wales , with researchers ... View article...

TAC slams 'secret transfer' of Aboriginal youths to adult prison

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) has condemned what they call a “secret transfer” of three Aboriginal youths from the Ashley Detention Centre  ... View article...

25,000+ sqkm of land returned to Traditional Owners...

After returning more than 25000 square kilometres of land to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2025, the Indigenous Land and Sea  ... View article...

Aboriginal legal aid lawyers launch High Court challenge to NT bail laws

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency says hundreds of people are likely being held on remand in Northern Territory jails " unlawfully and ... View article...

How to Honour Indigenous Cultures in Your School's Christmas Celebrations

You're celebrating on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land, but the celebrations rarely reflect that reality. Why Indigenous Representation  ... View article...

Supporting First Nations tourism in South Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The funding will go towards five tourism projects at the Yitpi Yartapuultiku cultural precinct in ... View article...

Law and order dominates 2025 as NT faces record ...

Nearly 90 per cent of detainees are Aboriginal . Law and order policies. Despite the rising prison population , the CLP has shown little indication it ... View article...

South Australia's First Nations Communities To Benefit From Two Million Three Hundred ...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This funding is part of a broader initiative designed to foster sustainable tourism while also ... View article...

Indigenous community mourns Stolen Generation mission site destroyed by fire

Aboriginal elders say the site has a complicated history, with many descendants in mourning. What's next? A Stolen Generation survivor says he ... View article...

Cultural information to strengthen supports for Aboriginal offenders

The Department has partnered with the National Indigenous Australian Agency and collaborated with key Aboriginal native title agencies to compile a WA ... View article...

Health, skills and self-determination: Foundation's first year delivers gains for Aboriginal Territorians

In partnership with Danila Dilba Health Services , the Santos Foundation has supported six Aboriginal Health Practitioners to complete their ... View article...

'Not coming for anyone's private property': Musqueam First Nation seeks win-win relationships

Ultimately, Justice Young sided with the Cowichan Tribes , granting Aboriginal title over less than half of the land requested, along with fishing  ... View article...

New initiative to better protect the health of Aboriginal Western Australians

A major new Curtin University -led program will work to make a vital contribution to reverse declining vaccination rates among Aboriginal  ... View article...

Human-Machine Interaction demonstration presented at Walking Tall Together program

Institute recently took the opportunity to present to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students as part of the 'Walking Tall ... View article...