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Indigenous women are the most impacted by violence, but are still fighting to be heard

For decades, Aboriginal women have fought for systemic reform and for governments to address racism and bias in the institutional responses to ... View article...

Indigenous heritage laws, education big winners from Victorian budget

The cost-cutting Victorian budget has delivered a win for Aboriginal heritage laws and Indigenous-led decision making in education, whilst seeing ... View article...

Adrian and Gillian grew up disconnected from their family. This is the story of how they found ...

Kindred, is a deeply personal, feature-length documentary that follows close friends, both Aboriginal , who were adopted by white families and ... View article...

Seabourn to honor Aboriginal people in Australia for ship naming

Representatives from the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation will welcome the Seabourn Pursuit at Ngula Jar Island on the Uunguu Coast and ... View article...

Māori health advocate leaves central agency for general practice

“I came to work here because it was an independent Māori Health Authority. So, if that no longer exists my job is over” Te Aka Whai Ora chief med ... View article...

Young Māori farmers lead the next generation

Ahuwhenua Trophy young Māori farmer finalists Hannah Speakman, Ben Purua and Shayden Gardiner meet at the field day in Mangakino. View article...

Grim numbers behind Māori birthing story

Singer-songwriter Ria Hall says she was shocked by what she learned being part of a new documentary on kahu pōkai or Māori midwives. View article...

Māori lecturers say mispronunciation of te reo remains a significant issue in New Zealand

While this shouldn't discourage people learning, it's important to realise that the constant mispronunciation of Māori words and place names strips ... View article...

Here's the bones of your ancestors': Aboriginal

Aboriginal remains identified through separate coronial inquests have been delivered, without notice, in brown paper bags to the Tasmanian ... View article...

Aboriginal children 'must be heard' on adoptions: paper

Vulnerable Indigenous children fighting to be heard in adoption proceedings should be appointed their own legal representation to ensure their ... View article...

How one of the oldest Aboriginal community centres is “crumbling”

A vital centre for Aboriginal health, housing and education is falling apart in Melbourne's south-east despite pleas for state and federal funds. View article...

Aboriginal elders question future of Tarrkarri as SA government holds back review findings

Aboriginal elders say they've been kept in the dark about stalled plans to build a First Nations cultural centre in Adelaide's CBD, describing the ... View article...

Members Bill Will Prevent Māori Land Confiscations

Green Party MP Hūhana Lyndon says her Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill is an opportunity to right ... View article...

The lack of ambition in new education policy

Will there be measures for children to excel? Who does the minister consider will inevitably fail? Who are the 1 in 5? Are they poor, Māori and ... View article...

Members Bill will prevent Māori land confiscations

“Not one more acre of whenua Māori should be taken by the Crown, and I am calling on all political parties to support my bill to protect Maori land ... View article...

Te Pāti Māori co-leaders back MP's claim Govt is intent on exterminating Māori

Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders are endorsing an allegation made by one of its MPs that the Government is on a “mission to exterminate Māori ”. View article...

UN alarmed at number of Indigenous kids in care system

Too many Aboriginal kids are coming into contact with the criminal justice system and being removed from their families in Western Australia, ... View article...

Community Art To Hang With Nation's Best

Aunty Yvonne Kent was a Kamilaroi Elder with many accomplishments including helping to establish the Tamworth Regional Council Aboriginal Liaison ... View article...

Prisoners need equal access to healthcare

Many of the recommendations made by the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody aimed to improve healthcare in prisons; most have ... View article...

Beloved Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-Operative 'falling apart'

... growing Indigenous populations in the country. But in Dandenong, in Melbourne's south-east, a vital centre for Aboriginal health is falling apart. View article...