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Resilient Australia Awards 2025: Celebrating leaders in community resilience

The celebrated projects included initiatives that protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, support young people's wellbeing after floods , build local and ... View article...

Record intake at Sydney Trains is part of NSW apprenticeship boom

More than 92% of Sydney Trains apprentices have successfully completed their trade training over the past five years ... View article...

New School Year Brings Financial Pressure for Parents Amid Rising Costs

For Māori whānau and families already facing socioeconomic inequities , these pressures are especially acute. Community advocates say that the rising ... View article...

What Australia can learn from its first bilingual Aboriginal school

As the first Aboriginal bilingual school in New South Wales , GGFS has become a beacon of what culturally grounded education can achieve through the ... View article...

New lung cancer screening program praised for its co-design with Indigenous communities

A groundbreaking cancer screening program co-designed with Aboriginal communities has achieved remarkable early uptake, with 250 Territorians  ... View article...

The one word white Australians are told NOT to use when talking about First Nations people

The Macquarie Dictionary defines an Aborigine as 'a member of a tribal people, the earliest known inhabitants of Australia ' or 'a descendant of this ... View article...

Oxfam Renews Calls for Truth, Treaty, Justice

Oxfam Australia stands in solidarity with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and calls on federal, state and territory leaders to ... View article...

First Nations leaders urge Australians to act on Invasion Day injustice

Aboriginal leaders in the Northern Territory have spoken out about the pain they feel on Australia Day as much of the nation celebrates, ... View article...

Strong culture, global connections

“When Aboriginal people are involved in shaping learning, schools become stronger, more inclusive and culturally responsive.” The opportunity to ... View article...

Living well with diabetes: A men's health guide

Diabetes resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people . View article...

Advancing cervical cancer screening through trust and collaboration

Since 2021, LHSC has worked closely with Indigenous health partners , ... View article...

'Undermines trust and respect': Aboriginal peak body calls for Feds to revoke Administrator ...

The peak body representing Aboriginal organisations in the Territory has rejected David Connolly as the next NT Administrator and called for the ... View article...

Department boosts community connections for Broome prisoners

This was evident through the establishment of an Aboriginal services committee in partnership with the adult community corrections centre. The ... View article...

$500000 grant backs migrant and Aboriginal women food entrepreneurs across NSW

The funding has been awarded to The Social Outcomes Lab and the Unkya Local Aboriginal Land Council , with the aim of supporting 90 women across the ... View article...

Scholarship announced for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander law students, jointly backed by firms

The 2026 Bilya Boorn Scholarship applications have opened for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander law students at Western Australian ... View article...

Fracture prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: research uncovers ...

Despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing a higher rate of fragility fractures from low-impact injuries, such as a fall ... View article...

Community advisory committee provides input into the establishment of new board of inquiry

“Guidance from our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is essential in making sure that we get this important piece of work right,” ... View article...

West Australian Indigenous heritage stoush 'makes mockery of laws' intent'

Western Australia 's Aboriginal heritage laws make it a criminal offence to publish photographs of protected sites – including wedding pictures and ... View article...

Surfing youngsters bond at First Nations celebration site

 “The atmosphere was awesome, the surf was really good for them as well, everything just clicked together and everyone enjoyed ... View article...

If governments are serious about addressing racist hate, they must start listening to Aboriginal people

Numerous acts of racist violence and hate against Aboriginal people were also documented by the Australian Human Rights Commission in their National ... View article...