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Recognise the importance of culture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – 52 weeks ...

Recognise the importance of culture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – 52 weeks ...  - Here in Australia , and as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples we should be focusing our efforts on understanding the strengths of ...

Why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should care about the Australian Republic

Why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should care about the Australian Republic  - An Australian Republic could open doors to sovereignty for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, writes Professor Jakelin Troy. In the absence ...

Not true – that for Aboriginal and/Torres Strait Islander kids the education divide is closing

Not true – that for Aboriginal and/Torres Strait Islander kids the education divide is closing  - In Western Australia the rate is 53 times. Western Australia and the Northern Territory jail Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples at among the ...

Australia's Indigenous Peoples Fight for Constitutional Recognition

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Australia's Indigenous Peoples Fight for Constitutional Recognition - Indigenous Australians, namely aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, are made up of diverse and distinct communities, nations, cultures and languages. Both peoples are citizens of Australia, but they often seek acknowledgement on the part of non-indigenous society that they are also citizens of their own distinct societies with their own systems of law. There has never been a treaty signed between the Australian government and the aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and calls for a treaty remain one of the principal planks of indigenous politics in

Disaggregate or discriminate – are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders really only 10 years ...

Disaggregate or discriminate – are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders really only 10 years ...  - It is estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' life expectancy is 10.6 years lower than ...

We Are At The Crossroads Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Survival'

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We Are At The Crossroads Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Survival'  - The deregistration of Aboriginal sites in Western Australia , taking place under flawed legislation, is another example of cultural genocide. The WA ...

New resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with osteoarthritis ...

The prevalence of arthritis conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples is 17%, compared to 13% among non- Aboriginal Australians. View article...

Have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples any Reason to Hope?

Have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples any Reason to Hope?  - There has been no formal reckoning of Australia's history from the political ... You can listen to her discuss constitutional recognition and Indigenous  ...

$5.6 million for research into healthy ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples currently have poorer health outcomes and higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous Australians of ... View article...

Addressing Health Inequities Faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia

Learn about the health disparities faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and the urgent need to address these ... View article...

NRL launches new Reconciliation Action Plan

NRL launches new Reconciliation Action Plan  - The NRL is supporting the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia's Constitution as part of Rugby League's ... The NRL is supporting the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia's Constitution as part of Rugby League's ...

Systematic review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' experiences and ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) populations of Australia experience higher rates of both cancer morbidity and mortality than the ... View article...

How to follow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocol while bushwalking on country

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and ... View article...

Listening, learning, loving key to engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Church leaders are calling for new engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples based on listening, learning and ... View article...

Risk of severe illness from COVID‐19 among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Within Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are more likely than non-Indigenous people to experience poor health, including increased ... View article...

Independent review calls for more investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

He also indicated that government funding arrangements need to generate improved justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ... View article...

Routine childhood immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have higher rates of some vaccine preventable diseases so, extra vaccines are available free through the ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. There were 798,400 Indigenous people in Australia in 2016. Three quarters of ... View article...

Voting Yes a practical way to close gap

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia: There is to be an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The ... View article...

Truth, not lies, on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander suicide rates

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Truth, not lies, on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander suicide rates  - For non- Aboriginal Australians who have suicided the average estimated loss of life is about 30 years per person however for the First Peoples of this ...