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Bridging the gap between school and uni

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and students from regional and remote areas. In 2025 , more than 25,000 students enrolled in a free  ... View article...

Indigenous-led AI platform signals new direction for language, data and governance

A new Aboriginal -led digital platform combining language revitalisation and artificial intelligence was officially launched  ... View article...

A hidden side of Anzac history

"Why didn't my father get what everyone else got?" After World War One , returned soldiers were given land to settle on as farmers. But Aboriginal  ... View article...

Indigenous-led cultural learning in schools is vital - but no govt is listening

Schools far too often rely on symbolic gestures rather than meaningful action to support Aboriginal students, and there is an urgent need for ... View article...

'No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility': how Indigenous peoples think about AI

But we asked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people how they are encountering AI in their everyday lives, and a different picture started to ... View article...

Diphtheria outbreak grows in WA

Last month, the WA Department of Health issued a clinician alert warning of seven cases of toxigenic diphtheria among Aboriginal communities in the ... View article...

Homeless after eviction, First Nations mother dies two weeks after giving birth

Just two weeks later, the homeless Aboriginal woman died from sepsis . She is mourned by her mother, who blames WA's Department of Housing. "They made ... View article...

Strengthening health systems with a $10.5 million funding boost

The project involves Aboriginal leaders and health experts and will work with hospitals and Aboriginal health services to improve care, reduce ... View article...

The cervical cancer gap can be closed

“A lot of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women reported the reason they had their last screening test was because they were seeing a provider  ... View article...

Culture celebrated at Brewarrina festival

The festival of Aboriginal culture takes its name from the local language term for the national heritage listed Brewarrina Fish Traps. With its ... View article...

Helping young people in out-of-home care into TAFE and university

Aboriginal flag Torres Strait Islander flag Pride flag inclusion. We acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria  ... View article...

North's largest saltmarsh restoration breathes new hope for waterway

“To get all the fresh plants well established, our team has been working closely with Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation's land and sea ... View article...

I was the most trolled person in the world, Meghan says

Before they visited the mental health facility at Swinburne University , the couple walked an Aboriginal trail near Melbourne's city centre . View article...

Jail costs outweigh Aboriginal services funding

The ACT Government is spending more than twice as much incarcerating First Nations people as it does funding Aboriginal community-controlled ... View article...

'Color is Life: Women's Work Today' displays the colorful versatility of the Kluge-Ruhe's collection

The exhibit weaves together an often underrepresented story — that of female Aboriginal artists and their numerous contributions to the art world. View article...

Closing the Gap at risk without urgent focus on urban Indigenous health

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services in capital cities ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services in capital ... View article...

Record funding targets better protection for vulnerable Aboriginal children in WA

The Western Australian Government is allocating almost $45 million in the 2026-27 budget for greater Aboriginal leadership through two major… View article...

35th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images and voices of people who have died.  View article...

One of just two known posters of the first Aussie sports team to visit England found in house ...

A near-unique 1868 poster of Australia's pioneering Aboriginal cricket team, one of only two known to exist, has been found in a Midlands house ... View article...

Bundjalung elder's mission to find breastplate stolen from Lismore Museum

An Aboriginal breastplate given to Jack Kapeen in 1865 disappeared from a Lismore museum about 100 years later, only to be sold at auction in ... View article...