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Premier Jacinta Allan confirms Aboriginal Victorians could receive exemption from land tax ...

Aboriginal Victorians could receive an exemption from state taxes as a result of the government's treaty process, with Premier Jacinta Allan ... View article...

Kurrawang redevelopment to help strengthen community connections

Kurrawang Aboriginal Christian Community will soon have access to a dedicated space to host community events and on-country gatherings. View article...

Traditional Owners in Victoria encouraged to apply for open positions on Aboriginal Heritage Council

The council, which plays a role in protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage for the benefit of all Victorians, with registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) ... View article...

Parrtjima Aboriginal light festival to return to Alice Springs

Celebrated as the only Aboriginal light festival of its kind in the world, Parrtjima (pronounced Par-Chee-ma) will return to Alice Springs this ... View article...

Kate Hawkesby comments about Māori and Pacific patients labelled 'misleading and inflammatory'

A complaint was made over comments suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery because of their ethnicity. View article...

Huia Publishers wins big at Bologna

Aotearoa's leading indigenous publisher is taking Māori stories to the world. View article...

Te Pāti Māori Celebrates Historic Taranaki Redress

 Te Pāti Māori joined Taranaki iwi in celebration as the Taranaki Mounga Collective Redress Bill passed its first reading in Parliament ... View article...

Māori TV presenter responds gracefully to criticism, advocates for Māori representation

Oriini Kaipara, from the Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa and Tūhoe iwi's (tribe), recently responded to an online troll who took issue with the Māori presen ... View article...

Rio Tinto partners with Yinhawangka Traditional Owners

Rio Tinto and the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation have collaborated to design a new program with the aim of protecting and preserving ... View article...

Creating art in the booth to encourage girls to consider refinish

Third generation Lewis Richards has been holding workshop walkthroughs with young aboriginal women (years10-12) in the NASCA (National Aboriginal  ... View article...

Examining the untapped potential of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business sector is comprised of more than 12,500 businesses, according to First Australians Capital ... View article...

Murdoch University offers Aboriginal staff $9,000 more than their non-Indigenous colleagues ...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities'. Employees who are required to use an Indigenous language as part of their course are also ... View article...

New Zealand Delegation Receives Māori King's Support At FestPAC In Hawai'i

The New Zealand delegation's vision is about kotahitanga, uniting our Pacific people and our traditional treasures to Hawai'i. Having the Māori  ... View article...

Real estate's first te reo Māori signs: Agents blown away by the response, All things property ...

Homeowners selling with Tall Poppy now have the choice of For Sale signs in te reo Māori and English. Tall Poppy chief executive Michael Seymour said ... View article...

Māori sculpture overlooking Lyttelton Harbour stolen

A symbolic Māori sculpture on the John Jameson lookout on Summit Rd in the Christchurch Port Hills has been stolen. The Ōrongomai sculpture ... View article...

Aotearoa is Rising' arose against government's climate and treaty policies

New Zealand youth, animal rights and Māori activist groups have come together to protest the government's proposed climate and Waitangi treaty ... View article...

Coming to terms with the past? Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have tirelessly advocated for truth-telling as a crucial step on Australia's path to recognition and ... View article...

Get creative these holidays

The Victorian Connection articles feature the people, projects and programs driving economic growth and prosperity across Victoria. Aboriginal flag ... View article...

Dior Black Magic Photoshoot

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal  ... View article...

Aboriginal Child Commissioner latest to criticise Victorian government over failure to adopt ...

"Despite Yoorrook's focus on Aboriginal children and young people in hearings and in recommendations, that focus is virtually absent in the ... View article...