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Australian incarceration rate rising despite drop in crime

In 2018, 221 in 100,000 Australians were incarcerated, an increase of 130 percent over the 1985 rate. The incarceration rate for Aboriginal people is ... View article...

WA to address high rate of Aboriginal children in out of home care

The crisis of Aboriginal children in out of home care in Australia is often referred to as another Stolen Generation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Colonisation, racism and the potency of Indigenous artwork

'Australia has a dark history in terms of how they've treated Aboriginal people and how they continue to treat them,' said Yhonnie Scarce, the ... View article...

The health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care

Aim Children in statutory out‐of‐home care (OOHC) are known to have poorer physical, developmental and mental health outcomes compared with ... View article...

Aboriginal Australians learn how to read and write using Cuban method

To date, more than 200 Australian Aborigines have learned to read and write using the prestigious Cuban literacy ... View article...

Sharing archaeological insights with Barrow Island's workforce

... massive labyrinth caves, representing some of the earliest evidence of Aboriginal occupation of Australia, dating to approximately 50,000 years ago. View article...

First look at world-class Bob Hawke College

“Bob Hawke was one of the greatest Australians in history – establishing a scholarship in his name, for aspiring Aboriginal teachers is a fitting tribute. View article...

Indigenous woman dies after being shot by police in Western Australia

An Aboriginal woman has died after being shot by police in Geraldton, about 400km north of Perth in Western Australia. The 29-year-old was shot at a ... View article...