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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 ...

How diversity can help business go from good to great

How diversity can help business go from good to great - Around 3% of the Australian population identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. Plus, one in five Australians are now living with a disability, ...

'Life-changing impacts': Nation's lawmakers urged to change age of criminal responsibility from 10 ...

More than 60 per cent were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children. The council, made up of attorneys-general from the Australian government and ... View article...

Indigenous issues largely ignored in NSW election campaign, say community

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Indigenous issues largely ignored in NSW election campaign, say community  - Research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released in December ... Nearly a quarter of adult prisoners in NSW are Aboriginal or Torres Strait ...

Protecting Aboriginal languages from extinction

Protecting Aboriginal languages from extinction - Yidiny is one of 100 extinct (or close to extinct) Australian Aboriginal languages . It wasn't something Schrieber thought about much until he was at ...

Much further to go" on Aboriginal rights - Hugh Jackman

Much further to go" on Aboriginal rights - Hugh Jackman -  Australian actor Hugh Jackman has given his views on whether or not enough work is being done to celebrate and nurture Aboriginal people and ...

Report reveals high level of Indigenous youth in detention nationwide

Report reveals high level of Indigenous youth in detention nationwide  - About half of all young people in detention are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health ...

Australia -| Post-stroke care worse for Aboriginal people, study shows

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Post-stroke care worse for Aboriginal people, study shows : A study of national hospital audit figures found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who suffer a stroke had threefold odds of dying or becoming dependent as a result of lower post-stroke care. The study said: “ Australian Indigenous patients ... Green Left Weekly

Rio Tinto report finds 'disturbing' culture of sexual harassment, racism and bullying

... men who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Australia ... In a 2020 report, an Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into ... View article...

What if Aboriginal people helped all Australians to connect to country?

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What if Aboriginal people helped all Australians to connect to country?  - 'How much better would it be if when an Australian is born on Aboriginal country, his or her connection to the land is a given.' Photograph: ...

Melbourne neo-Nazi group seen as 'ticking time bombs'

They include threats to leave calling cards with the words “Australian white man” to any house displaying an Aboriginal or gay pride rainbow flag. View article...

State Government unveils new Aborignal education strategy

State Government unveils new Aborignal education strategy - Weaving Aboriginal culture into science classes, individual learning plans and a ... Goals include for Aboriginal students to meet or exceed the literacy and ... as expanding the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy.

We're proud of our talented teams

We're proud of our talented teams - We are proud that more than 20% of our Australian Programs team are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Find out more about working with us.

Fake Aboriginal art diminishes authenticity of the whole industry, ACCC says

Fake Aboriginal art diminishes authenticity of the whole industry, ACCC says - Art had made false or misleading representations that its products were made in Australia and were hand-painted by Australian Aboriginal artisans.

Australia -| Aboriginal flag appears at Olympic Village despite recent controversy ...

Aboriginal flag appears at Olympic Village despite recent controversy ... During the first week of Olympic competition, Australian boxer Damien Hooper was forced to apologise for wearing a t-shirt bearing the Aboriginal flag. According to International Olympic Committee regulations, no form of commercial, political or ...

Report reveals high level of Indigenous youth in detention nationwide

Report reveals high level of Indigenous youth in detention nationwide  - About half of all young people in detention are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health ...

Australia -| POEA eyes Australian jobs markets in 2012

POEA eyes Australian jobs markets in 2012 : Every two minutes and 38 seconds, Australia welcomes a migrant from overseas. It is a multi-cultural society with seven percent Asians and 2.3 percent aboriginal . Also, 40 percent of the Australian population are foreign-born or with parents overseas. ...

Australian governments accused of hiding evidence supporting lift in age of criminal responsibility

On an average night in 2020, there were 798 young people in detention in Australia, almost half of them (48%) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. View article...

Australia -| Aboriginal trust audit uncovers 'litany of rorts'

Aboriginal trust audit uncovers 'litany of rorts' A FORENSIC audit of former indigenous leader Geoff Clark's administration of the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust recommended "potential fraudulent payments or misuse of funds" be reported to authorities. The audit, seen by The Australian , ...

Rosie Batty feels the pain of Aboriginal women

Rosie Batty feels the pain of Aboriginal women - Domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty says she often feels a “deep emotional connection” to women in remote Aboriginal communities. Indigenous women are 35 times more likely to end up in hospital after attacks by a violent partner or family member. Batty, a former Australian of the Year whose ...