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Meningococcal disease reported in Western Australia

... Aboriginal children aged from six weeks to 12 months old. The MenB vaccine is free for all Aboriginal children aged up to two years old. Both ... View article...

'Sit down, talk with Indigenous Australians': Wyatt's message to Hanson after 'primitive' comments

The former Indigenous affairs minister said Pauline Hanson should educate herself about the role of Aboriginal labour in rural Australia before ... View article...

Engineering group Sandvik renews commitments to Aboriginal collaboration in Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment, supplier participation, cultural capability and organisational accountability. The two-year plan ... View article...

Funding boost for Aboriginal-led cultural heritage services

Eleven Aboriginal organisations across Western Australia's Mid West and Gascoyne regions have received grants to boost their cultural heritage ... View article...

More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research

More than two million Indigenous people probably lived in Australia at the time of the British invasion in 1788, according to new research based on genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence. View article...

Rio Tinto secures aboriginal consent for Winu copper project in Australia

Rio Tinto said it signed a project agreement with the Nyangumarta Warrarn aboriginal group to secure a long-term partnership for the development ... View article...

WA Aboriginal creative sector set for storytelling boost

Seven Aboriginal arts and culture groups from across Western Australia will receive funding to develop new art works and strengthen business ... View article...

Yarning Strong helps teachers bring First Nations perspectives into the classroom with confidence

Newly updated Yarning Strong resources are on their way to classrooms around Australia this month, helping primary teachers bring Aboriginal and ... View article...

Strong and healthy: How Mob-driven leadership is transforming Indigenous health research

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led health research. The history of Indigenous health research in Australia is deeply entwined with ... View article...

Rainbow Serpent rock art grew larger as Europeans colonized Aboriginal Australia

In some cases, Aboriginal artists even painted Rainbow Serpents and other mythically charged animals over or next to depictions of European firearms ... View article...

Case of severe respiratory diphtheria reported in Perth Metro area

All Aboriginal people across Western Australia are eligible for the diphtheria vaccine booster , in addition to non- Aboriginal people residing in ... View article...

Indigenous women and girls bearing the brunt of racism

The Senate Inquiry into racism against Aboriginal people hearing widespread serious reports of racism, Australia wide, is now wrapping up having ... View article...

Aboriginal Pathways program brings students to Adelaide for up-close career guidance

Almost 200 Indigenous students in Year 10 have gathered in Adelaide from across South Australia to explore career opportunities during Aboriginal  ... View article...

How Diphtheria Hit Australia's Indigenous Communities

... Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory and the state of Western Australia. Drivers of an Outbreak. Diphtheria numbers have slowed since ... View article...

The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia's justice system

"From coast to coast across our lands, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being criminalised and imprisoned at alarming rates ... View article...

Yarning Circles Flag Risks to Aboriginal Children

According to ABC News, carers in South Australia have raised concerns that Aboriginal children in state care risk losing connection to family, ... View article...

'A feeling you will never forget': Australia's top First Nations artists celebrated at NATSIAA

Dr Shannon Brett, guest curator of the 2026 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, delivered that message to artists on Larrakia ... View article...

South Australia launches first Aboriginal Early Childhood Strategy with $35 million investment

Emotional community leaders welcomed the announcement, saying it is a milestone beginning for Aboriginal families and children in South Australia. View article...

Six Aboriginal organisations receive funding to protect Pilbara heritage sites

Six Aboriginal organisations have secured more than $416000 to safeguard culturally significant sites scattered across Western Australia's Pilbara  ... View article...

SA's largest electorate to be renamed in honour of Aboriginal leader

South Australia 's largest federal electorate will be renamed in honour of an Aboriginal leader. Experts say it is also the state's most likely to ... View article...

Tailoring communication with Aboriginal people to improve diabetes self-management

In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are four times as likely to die from T2D or experience serious T2D-related disease as non- ... View article...

We have survived! Forty years of Aboriginal protest posters – in pictures

Wiradjuri elder Ray Jackson was a prominent activist in Australia. He was the founding secretary of the New South Wales Aboriginal Deaths in ... 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...

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...

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...