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In the face of heartbreaking defeat, Aboriginal leaders in Australia look to Canada

The overwhelming rejection in a referendum on giving Indigenous groups a constitutional voice has many looking for ways to keep up the fight for ... View article...

46-year-old Aboriginal man dies in WA prison on Christmas Day

A 46-year-old Aboriginal man has died in Casuarina Prison, a maximum security prison in Western Australia.The Department of Justice revealed on ... View article...

Research Amplifies Voice of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Families

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have survived the harsh but beautiful lands of Australia for over 65000 years. View article...

Mullewa healing forum helps put the spotlight on self-care for Indigenous people

Aboriginal staff from the WA Centre for Rural Health of the University of Western Australia worked with Mullewa community leaders to co-design the ... View article...

Indigenous mental health peak wants support for young mob reeling from Voice defeat

Australia's national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and suicide prevention i. View article...

In Australia's 'Stolen Land', Aboriginals Still Fight For Recognition

Aboriginal Australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of Africa, but they are still fighting for recognition. View article...

Preparing for a safer summer in central Australia

... Aboriginal young people in Alice Springs over the coming months.These initiatives are part of the continued rollout of the landmark $250 million ... View article...

West Australia issues landmark apology to thousands of Indigenous workers who were ...

Premier Roger Cook said legislation that was supposed to protect Aboriginal people actually resulted in discrimination, hardship and exploitation. View article...

From Australia to the White House, efforts stepped up to fight gender bias in healthcare system

Aborigines have a much lower life expectancy, a greater child mortality rate and poor access to clean water and hygiene. In the town of Walgett in far ... View article...

Aboriginal Heritage Act in Western Australia

Aboriginal culture is the oldest living culture in the world, requiring recognition, protection, preservation, and management. View article...

What is the future of Indigenous Australians' struggle for equality?

Only a few months ago, spirits in Australia's indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities had been high. View article...

Spit Hood Used On Aboriginal Teenager In Act Of 'Psychological Torture

An Aboriginal teenager in custody was subject to the "psychological torture" of a spit hood, it was revealed in the Guardian Australia  View article...

A 41-Year-Old Aboriginal Man In WA Is The 80th Person To Die In Custody This Year

Amnesty International Australia has slammed the government's justice system after the death of another Aboriginal man in custody. View article...

Excellent three-part documentary tells how Australia whitewashed over ...

Last month, First Nations activists and their supporters watched in dismay as a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in the constitution and ... View article...

Western Australia Reaches $180 Million Settlement with Aboriginal Workers For Stolen Wages

In Australia, “stolen wages” is a phrase used to identify the practice of governments having withheld wages from Aboriginal people under racial ... View article...

Now is the time to act. The referendum must not lead to despair, but to a search for new ...

This opinion piece by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, appeared in The Guardian Australia on ... View article...

Australia returns historical artefacts to China

It was also announced in March that four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer Captain James Cook and his landing party when they first ... View article...

Inside Australia's child protection system, where experts say Indigenous mothers are being 'punished'

Aboriginal children make up just five per cent of all children in Australia, but almost half of children in the child protection system. A UN ... View article...

Youth injustice: WA Labor's darkest chapter

In Western Australia, no entity has betrayed young Aboriginal people more profoundly than the current state government. View article...

Ancient burial suggests dingoes had 'almost-human status'

Dingoes arrived in Australia somewhere in the region of 4,000-8,000 years ago, long after Aboriginal groups were known to exist on Australia's shores. View article...

Aboriginal activist suggests Australians who voted No in the Voice referendum denied the ...

Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, the chief executive of activist group GetUp!, has suggested Australia has erased the existence of Aboriginal people by ... View article...

The untapped potential of New Zealand's gaming industry

New Zealand's better foundation than Australia for respecting indigenous rights empowers Māori to fight for mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga. If ... View article...

WA heritage laws a step closer to being axed

Western Australia's botched Aboriginal cultural heritage laws are a step closer to being officially repealed. Premier Roger Cook was forced to axe ... View article...

Australia Votes To End National Guilt Trip

On Saturday, 60% of Australian voters turned up their noses at the PM's offer by voting against an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to ... View article...

Australia's 'no' vote a slap in the face for its indigenous people

In neighbouring New Zealand, for example, seats are reserved in parliament for indigenous Māori ... Māori . But in Australia, there was no treaty with ... View article...