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advocating for antibiotic resistance issues impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to policymakers and the National Antimicrobial ... View article...

Destroy monuments to my family': Settler descendant's pain over massacres

... Aboriginal people. Suzannah Henty, a sixth generation descendant of squatter James Henty, said her family had “enslaved” Indigenous people, and ... View article...

Jessica Mauboy on how Stan's Windcatcher highlights rarely-seen side of Aboriginal culture

“I think for First Nations mob and particularly for Aboriginal culture, we don't ever get to see that and we don't get to see it in this light ... View article...

Inspiring Indigenous scientist empowers First Nations youths

From an early age, Katrina, like many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, faced significant challenges that could easily have derailed her ... View article...

Māori TV celebrates 20 years on air amid media sector struggles

Now known as Whakaata Māori , those there in the broadcaster's early days are celebrating its groundbreaking shows while keeping an eye on the ... View article...

New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as ... View article...

Māori parrot-feather cloak will be star exhibit at Perth Museum

A unique 19th-century Māori feather cloak, created from thousands of green parrot feathers woven into a grass fabric, has been conserved for display ... View article...

Skipworth passes on baton for IronMāori

The death of her mother at the end of last year, as well as her departure from the Maori Party after she was replaced as candidate for Ikaroa ... View article...

Labor mayor and Indigenous groups to challenge NSW bail laws for children at party conference

... Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) and other groups “in opposition to the ... Aboriginal kids.” He said Labor members who “believe in overcoming ... View article...

Finishing touches for South Australia's first permanent spaceport ahead of inaugural launch

Located northwest of Ceduna, the range is a partnership between Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation. It is the ... View article...

Peak Indigenous health body slams Queensland ban on...

The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

ANU to host historic first nations gender justice institute

The Australian National University (ANU) will host a world-first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gender justice centre. View article...

New Zealand Government Continues To Stoke Racism

Peters linked the Labour Party's race-based identity politics to the racist statements by Labour's ally Te Pāti Māori that Māori have superior DNA. “I ... View article...

'Absolutely necessary': AUSA president defends designated space for Māori and Pasifika students

A sign outside a campus study area - now removed - read: “This is a designated area for Māori and Pasifika students”. ACT Party spokesperson ... View article...

Don't label Māori students as 'priority learners', it's harmful

For more than a decade Māori and Pacific students have been recognised as 'priority learners' in New Zealand, a label which Dr Melissa Derby says ... View article...

Music outstanding in fun, accessible Two Guitars

We ponder these questions as we watch Two Guitars - McCaskill's latest play. Only a whakapapa Māori playwright could write this work and take a light ... View article...

Fresh Indigenous designs from Kirrikin paraded on red-dirt airport runway

Aboriginal cultural festival The Karijini Experience took fashion to the stunning Kalamina Gorge in 2021 with a striking parade highlighting ... View article...

Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is 'inevitable'

He argued traditional Aboriginal culture was largely defined by structured agricultural and aquacultural practices, and not only by hunting and ... View article...

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

The first representatives elected to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice have been announced in South Australia as counting in the ... View article...

Police permission for protests would set undemocratic path for Victoria

Protest has been crucial to achieving many important social changes from voting rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to the eight- ... View article...