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Aboriginal women are scared to seek help for fear their children will be taken, report finds

Human Rights Watch spoke to 33 Aboriginal parents who between them have had 114 children removed and placed in out-of-home care. View article...

Australia: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children

Western Australia's child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and ... View article...

Traditional owners accuse NT government of 'treating them like children' in meeting on ...

The Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act protects about 15,000 recognised Indigenous heritage in the territory. It is the strongest legislation to protect ... View article...

Aboriginal education officer accused of kidnapping schoolgirls, giving them drugs

Jayden Thorpe on trial in Newcastle court for allegedly kidnapping and giving drugs to two girls while working as Aboriginal education officer in ... View article...

NT justice system faces 'looming crisis' over Indigenous incarceration

Concerningly, the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) says this data doesn't even reflect the "significant rise in the prison ... View article...

Family fights for change ahead of prison death inquest

The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody in 2022 hopes his inquest will bring about change in the justice system. View article...

'I believe that my brother deserved better from the justice system and it failed him

Almost 600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in police or prison custody since the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in ... View article...

Uncovering the truth about Australia's violent past

... Aboriginal people were shot dead by white settlers in retaliation for the killing of a pastoralist's nephew. For Elizabeth Balderstone, the tragic ... View article...

The mental health challenges facing queer mob

"I am a gay Aboriginal man, and that's something that I have to live with and deal with every single day, 365 days a year. I can't wake up and put my ... View article...

OpenText backs First Nations-led innovation in tech

OpenText has announced a partnership with Yirigaa, an Aboriginal -owned digital technology company, to enhance opportunities for First Nations ... View article...

'Once Known': A landmark exhibition sharing the truth of the Stolen Generations

... Aboriginal people and its continued impact today. The Centre gives me hope that my children, my grandchildren, will live in an Australia where ... View article...

National Close the Gap Day: Addressing healthcare inequalities for Indigenous Australians

On average Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live 10 to 11 years less than non-Indigenous Australians. View article...

Remains of murdered Australian Aboriginal man repatriated by British university

The skull of an Aboriginal man who is thought to have been killed by colonizers in the early 19th century has been returned for burial in Tasmania ... View article...

Tasmanian ancestral remains to return home

The university contacted the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in 2019, which led to a proposal to return the remains of a young man. View article...

Aboriginal Sea Company considering legal action over NT government's gillnet ban

The Aboriginal Sea Company has invested millions of dollars into the NT's seafood sector. But a plan to phase-out gillnets is causing a range of ... View article...

'The King is King of Australia': Backlash over $5 note

He referenced the 1999 republic referendum and the 2023 Voice referendum when Australia voted no to recognising Aboriginal Australians in the ... View article...

New NSW role should set precedent for First Nations-led land management, experts say

The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the NSW government's move to establish an Aboriginal Healthy Country Assistant Commissioner within the ... View article...

New National Indigenous Employment and Training launches 'Index 2025'

The National Indigenous Employment and Training Alliance has launched as a peak body led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ... View article...

Amnesty International urges investigation of 'outright discrimination' against Aboriginal ...

Amnesty International has urged the NSW government to investigate reports all Aboriginal children were removed from the Inverell Aquatic Centre by ... View article...

Aboriginal Leadership Key in Closing Gap

This year's themes of agency, leadership, and reform underscore the pivotal role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and communities. View article...