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Warning on Surge of Older Women Becoming Homeless

Warning on Surge of Older Women Becoming Homeless - Mission Australia has urged the federal government to take action to reduce the ... For older women who do not own homes outright, the pension is ...

Plan to tackle crisis for Aboriginal kids

Plan to tackle crisis for Aboriginal kids - Child Protection Minister Andrea Mitchell said the over-representation of Aboriginal children in care in Western Australia was unacceptable. Of 4658 ...

Children removed from families are at highest risk to suicide

Children removed from families are at highest risk to suicide - One in nine of Western Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have been removed from their families and it is a similar debacle in ...

James Cook University scientists say Australia colonised over 50000 years ago

James Cook University scientists say Australia colonised over 50000 years ago - Mr Ulm, who is an archaeologist, said the team determined during the year-long study that Aboriginal people may have even arrived in Australia as ...

Support for Indigenous constitutional recognition drops below 60%

Support for Indigenous constitutional recognition drops below 60%  - Although Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution enjoys majority support, the referendum council has not approved a particular proposal ...

The condition of Australia's Indigenous people is 'massively fascinating'

 The condition of Australia's Indigenous people is 'massively fascinating'  - After just a week in Australia , documentary film-maker Louis Theroux is surprised at how invisible the Indigenous community is. “I've been struck by ...

Oxfam report highlights native title woes in Western Australia

Oxfam report highlights native title woes in Western Australia - Native title rights are being undermined in the Kimberley region and the demand for land development is forcing Indigenous communities from their ...

Rudd's lost plan for a national museum of Indigenous Australians

Rudd's lost plan for a national museum of Indigenous Australians - Kevin Rudd had begun secret discussions to create a new national cultural institution before he was dumped as prime minister – a vision that would ...