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AI-Powered Trial Aims to Transform Ear Disease Diagnosis for Aboriginal Children in Rural ...

A new clinical trial could help overcome one of the biggest barriers to treating ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in ... View article...

An aboriginal Australian community in northern Queensland speaks a language with no ...

Instead, speakers of Guugu Yimithirr, an Aboriginal Australian language spoken in northern Queensland, would say "move your east foot" or "step a ... View article...

Smallpox Scabs That British Doctors Used to Inoculate Patients May Have Introduced the ...

Smallpox devastated Australia's Aboriginal communities in the late 18th century, not long after British colonists stepped foot on the continent. View article...

'What deadly looks like' - Circular Head community celebrates NAIDOC Week at Trawmanna

Fifty Years of Deadly was celebrated by the Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation at the organisation's annual NAIDOC Community Day in Tasmania's ... View article...

First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Role Welcomed

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) says the Australian Government's move to establish the first permanent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged ... View article...

An Aboriginal Australian people of northern Queensland speak a language with no words ...

Guugu Yimithirr, spoken by Aboriginal people around Hopevale and Cooktown in far northern Queensland, does not carry the everyday spatial vocabulary ... View article...

Sights set on deadlier vision across the Territory

More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with diabetes across the Northern Territory will be supported to protect their sight ... View article...

Research improving care for Aboriginal people with diabetes-related foot disease

A new Kimberley-based study is helping Aboriginal people living with diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) by identifying ways to improve culturally ... View article...

First Nations creators tell Indigenous stories through video games

Aboriginal Australian creatives are using video games to bring First Nations culture to a global audience. One such creator is Wangkangurru man ... View article...

Celebrating 50 Years of Deadly Through Swimming

... celebrates the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who contribute so much to our sport and communities across Western Australia. View article...

Celebrating language, culture and people

NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate the achievements, contributions and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. View article...

Public invited to have say on harvesting of WA's wild sandalwood

It also makes a range of other recommendations, including better access to the sandalwood industry for Aboriginal people, and increased monitoring and ... View article...

Removing barriers key to improving First Nations vaccination gap

Improving access to vaccination services may be key to improving immunisation rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, ... View article...

Towards vaccine equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–5 years

This rapid review used a strengths-based approach to identify enablers and barriers to vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

7000-Year-Old Quarry Examined in South Australia

Researchers from Flinders University and the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation said that chert and silcrete were extracted from the ... View article...

Royal National Park expansion provides missing link in the Great Southern Walk

The walking trail takes in ocean cliffs, secluded beaches, rainforest gullies, ancient geological formations and places of Aboriginal cultural, ... View article...

Evidence of ancient Aboriginal mining discovered in South Australia's Riverland

The first detailed investigation into an Aboriginal chert and silcrete quarry in the region estimates Indigenous mining activity dating back 7000 ... View article...

The newly independent Commissioner for First Nations kids

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are more than 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children, and one in ... View article...

New pneumococcal vaccine added to NIP

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the NIP-funded vaccine is now available for patients aged from 25 years, down from 50 years. For ... View article...

Aboriginal groups given more time to review legislation which advocates argue could ...

Proposed amendments to Crown Lands legislation were delivered to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) by Lands Minister Stephen Kamper on 19 June, ... View article...