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Yagan Square connects Perth's once-divided urban heart; can it do the same for the city's people?

Yagan Square connects Perth's once-divided urban heart; can it do the same for the city's people? - Yagan (1795-1833) was a pivotal figure in the Noongar resistance to a European annexation of Perth who two teenage settlers (and apparent friends) ...

ACT Greens want Tent Embassy to be a recognised national institution

ACT Greens want Tent Embassy to be a recognised national institution - Until the Australian constitution contains a clause that gives Aboriginal people of our first nations respect and recognition towards a formal treaty, ...

About Save the Children

About Save the Children - Improving the health and education of children in Australia became a priority in 1951. Welfare centres and preschools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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.

Govt, scientists round on deadly outback virus

Govt, scientists round on deadly outback virus - The Turnbull Government is committed to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and is taking the issue of the ...

National Reconciliation Week in Kwinana to build bridges between cultures

National Reconciliation Week in Kwinana to build bridges between cultures - The aim of the event is to bring together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non- Indigenous Australians to focus on building relationships ...

Indigenous rangers: good for culture, conservation and wellbeing

Indigenous rangers: good for culture, conservation and wellbeing - Their work around Australia in caring for our country is a little known but inspiring story. Pat Anderson, chairman of the Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal  ...

Family law system 'should recognise Aboriginal kinship'

Family law system 'should recognise Aboriginal kinship' - Members of an Aboriginal child's extended kinship group should have an automatic right to apply to family law courts for their custody, the Australian  ...

Never resist any aspect of who you are': Oscar

Never resist any aspect of who you are': Oscar - a 77 percent increase in female incarceration, saying poverty , the removal of children, poor health and violence are the drivers in modern Australia .

Fake Left censors furiously as population ponzi drives up poverty rates

Fake Left censors furiously as population ponzi drives up poverty rates - From The Guardian comes news that poverty rates in Australia are surging ... Why won't the Fake Left admit that Australia's population Ponzi is a key ...

More parents will sacrifice their own kids in suicide bombings, analysts warn

More parents will sacrifice their own kids in suicide bombings, analysts warn - One thing that stands out about the attacks in Indonesia is that they were carried out by two families — and analysts say parents using their own ...

Religious leaders and health practitioners could face prosecution for gay conversion

Religious leaders and health practitioners could face prosecution for gay conversion - The inquiry comes after Fairfax Media revealed in March that so-called gay "conversion" remains prevalent in Australia , hidden in clinical settings, ...

Find another idol': Michael Cheika on Folau's anti-gay comments

Find another idol': Michael Cheika on Folau's anti- gay comments - Rugby Australia chief Raelene Castle, who has thus far chosen not to reprimand Folau but asked him to keep his comments respectful, also said the ...

Disney releases first full line of LGBTQ Pride merchandise

Disney releases first full line of LGBTQ Pride merchandise - Despite having less than a handful of queer characters, Disney has had a fanatically devoted gay fanbase. Just take a look at Tumblr (briefly, before ...

After 47-years together Australian Jewish couple have same-sex wedding

After 47-years together Australian Jewish couple have same-sex wedding - Two men who have been in a relationship for 47 years became the first Jewish same sex couple to be married in an Australian synagogue. Australia  ...

LGBT+ people describe the homophobic abuse they've faced in the UK over the last year

LGBT+ people describe the homophobic abuse they've faced in the UK over the last year - From the introduction of same-sex marriage in the UK, Australia , Germany and Ireland, to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in countries including ...

Challenge to keep up with competition - Māori TV

Challenge to keep up with competition - Māori TV - A lot of broadcast platforms in New Zealand are now seeing the Māori story as an opportunity in a way that we have not seen previously. "You've got ...

Sallies say budget must include extensive state home build

Sallies say budget must include extensive state home build - Housing New Zealand is currently building 1668 state homes around the country. “We haven't been building enough houses to cater for the ...

Papua New Guinea's Kutubu Light crude oil exports to resume in spot trade – sources

Papua New Guinea's Kutubu Light crude oil exports to resume in spot trade – sources -  Papua New Guinea's Kutubu Light crude oil exports to resume in spot trade – sources ... oil have been trying to meet previously committed cargoes to buyers which had been delayed due to the earthquake, one of the people said.

Inflation hits poorest hardest

Inflation hits poorest hardest - A useful piece to read for context around Māori facing a high rate of inflation – this from the NBR outlines exactly what the measurements are that lead ...