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Jody dishes up culture through cuisine

by Carrie Cox in CULTURE

Cooking and bush foods guru Jody Orcher will be one of the star attractions at a new mini-festival at the Sydney Opera House. The Ularai/Barkandji woman from Brewarrina in north-west New South Wales is renowned for her knowledge of cooking and bush foods. She will join a panel of scientific, culinary and environmental experts to discuss a range of topics from ethical eating to genetically modified crops at the Fixing Food Festival on July 14. The mini-festival of talks will [...]

Just one week away from making history

June 13, 2018

Victoria is set to continue to make Australian history next week when key legislation in its move towards a treaty [...]
SA rehab body cries foul over cuts

June 13, 2018

The South Australian-based Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council faces closure after the Federal Government announced it would cut funding to [...]
Lawyers hail wisdom of second Koori Court

June 13, 2018

The New South Wales Government’s decision to extend the Youth Koori Court to another Sydney children’s court — at a [...]
Deadly virus sparks meeting in Alice

May 30, 2018

Representatives of Aboriginal community-controlled health services in Central Australia, Alice Springs Hospital and key research groups will meet in August [...]
More stumbling blocks on treaty path

May 30, 2018

The Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher is holding a new round of regional meetings from June 15 as debate [...]
Repatriation of remains rights wrongs

May 30, 2018

The remains of seven Miriuwung ancestors have been laid to rest in the East Kimberley in WA’s far north after [...]
Fresh cadets ready to use the force

May 30, 2018

The first four Aboriginal cadets from the Western Australian Police Force’s Aboriginal Cadet Program have been sworn in as police [...]
Beware: scammers are hitting their marks

May 30, 2018

Indigenous Australians were scammed out of nearly $1.7 million last year, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The [...]

Kids’ inspiring tales win recognition

June 13, 2018

When Jacob, 13, from Darug land in Western Sydney, was invited to share a story about making a positive choice, [...]
Elsie’s deadly example has island on the hop

June 13, 2018

Four years ago Elsie Seriat sparked a running revolution on tiny Thursday Island in the Torres Strait four that is [...]
Indigenous achievers awarded across Oz

June 13, 2018

Awards season is well and truly here — with big prizes handed out in Western Australia, Queensland and New South [...]

Ramone lines up new soccer league

June 13, 2018

A new national Indigenous football league is kicking off in Queensland and organisers hope it will discover Australia’s answer to [...]
Meet Deeks’ next crop of stayers

May 30, 2018

A new 12-person squad of Indigenous runners has been chosen to tackle this year’s New York Marathon as the Federal [...]
Facilities upgrade for Thursday Island

May 30, 2018

The Torres Straits is to get better sports facilities on Thursday Island. The Torres Strait Regional Authority has announced $1.25 [...]

Dylan turns hard work on its head

June 13, 2018

After a dream childhood travelling the world watching his mother perform on the high trapeze, it’s probably not surprising that [...]
Bangarra brings Pascoe’s bird to life

June 13, 2018

Bangarra Dance Theatre will hold special community night performances of its major new dance work, ‘Dark Emu’, in Brisbane and [...]

Lovers of design: pull up a chair

May 30, 2018

The best of Indigenous design from architecture to townplanning and furniture is set to turn heads at the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne’s Federation Square. Blak Design Matters has been curated by Melbourne architect Jefa [...]
Global brand sports Indigenous designs

May 30, 2018

Puma has released a new clothing line inspired by Indigenous art and culture in what it claims is the first range of its kind from a global sporting brand. The Borra Grounds range was designed [...]

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School lesson inspired stirring song

May 30, 2018

Up-and-coming country music singer-songwriter Angus Gill was in Year 11 at school when the plight of the Stolen Generation moved [...]
World taste-tests Jessica’s Euro effort

April 4, 2018

Jessica Mauboy’s song for the Eurovision song contest has been getting the thumbs up from online listeners around the world. [...]

Jogging Jessica gees up inactive mums

June 13, 2018

Gunditjmara woman Jessica Lovett-Murray is smashing the guilt many mums feel about making time to be active in a new [...]
Suicide rates among elderly may be skewed

June 13, 2018

Accurate estimates of the Indigenous suicide rate, particularly in older groups, could be higher than previously thought and impeded by [...]

Law students line up to argue Moot points

May 30, 2018

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students in Queensland will argue their cases in mock trials before some of Australia’s [...]
Holt takes up reins of Indigenous strategy

May 16, 2018

Macquarie University in New South Wales has appointed Dr Leanne Holt as its first Pro Vice Chancellor for Indigenous Strategy. [...]

Jody dishes up culture through cuisine

June 13, 2018

Cooking and bush foods guru Jody Orcher will be one of the star attractions at a new mini-festival at the [...]
Biography project set to rewrite history

May 2, 2018

A team of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars is working on the first Indigenous volume of the Australian Dictionary [...]
Joy as lost artefacts rightfully returned

April 18, 2018

Precious Aboriginal artefacts estimated to be hundreds of years old have been returned to the traditional Budjiti owners in north-western [...]
NAIDOC father forever immortalised

April 4, 2018

A life-size statue of the father of NAIDOC – Aboriginal activist and human rights advocate William Cooper – captures him [...]

Clock is ticking for landmark title claim

June 13, 2018

Lawyers challenging Australia’s biggest Native Title settlement say the passing of time has become a “live issue” as the National [...]
KLC says ‘start again’ with Heritage Act

May 30, 2018

The Kimberley Land Council in Western Australia’s north has called for a complete overhaul of the state’s Aboriginal Heritage Act [...]