Rising sea levels, frequent flooding, land erosion, and uprooted trees washing up on the shores. This is life for Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders right now. Climate change has deeply affected Torres Strait Traditional Owners and […]
Nineteen year old Jaden Dzubiel credits his early career success to his late nan. “She always wanted my brother and I to go to a prestigious school … In year seven, I got the ‘Go Forward’ scholarship into […]
SPONSORED: The Coles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, initiated in 2011, grew the number of Indigenous employees at Coles from 65 to 4200—a massive increase of 6269%. Today, of all staff employed across the […]
From the dirt roads of regional WA, to the streets of Perth’s CBD—Carol Innes has dedicated herself to bringing people from all walks of life together. Ms Innes is the current Manager of Aboriginal Cultural […]
The Central Land Council (CLC) will have a new chief executive officer in the New Year. Senior federal public servant Joe Martin-Jard will become the land council’s first CEO, taking over from retiring CLC director […]
Tributes flowed this week as Australia mourned the death of the mother of native title, Bonita Mabo. Dr Mabo, the wife of Eddie Mabo, worked tirelessly alongside her husband for land rights. She passed away […]
As a child, trailblazing Network Ten newsreader Narelda Jacobs remembers watching her father being interviewed by journalists. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s,Cedric Jacobs, head of the National Aboriginal Conference, had the ear of […]
Singer-songwriter Johnny Lovett — who this year notched up 60 years in country music — has another reason to celebrate — he has been named among nine inspiring Victorian Aboriginal leaders. Mr Lovett, along with […]
A new youth report has called on Australian governments to urgently address high rates of homelessness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to give children a more stable start in life and the chance […]
Wiradjuri and Muruwari man Tjapukai Shaw is flying high after becoming one of the first full-time Indigenous liaison officers in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Mr Shaw, 24, who was appointed in Brisbane this month, was […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018