New ‘firies’ set to sizzle
Four new Indigenous firefighters will be helping keep New South Wales safe this summer. Derek Walker, Joseph Griffin, Lance Tighe and Christopher Cassady graduated into the ranks of Fire & Rescue NSW on Friday. They […]
PEOPLE
Call for citizen scientists to help save echidna
Echidna poo isn’t something you’d ordinarily scoop up and pop in the post, but researchers want you to do just that. As part of a study to find out how many echidnas are left in […]
What’s on around Australia on what-ever-you-call-it Day
Whether you call it Survival Day, Invasion Day or Australia Day, thousands of people will attend Indigenous concerts around Australia on January 26, while in some cities the controversial date will be marked with protest […]
Santa and his Minions come to Katherine – and win $250
Santa swapped his elves for Minions when Christmas came to Katherine in the Northern Territory. Members of the Barunga community, east of the town, won best decorated float at the annual Katherine Christmas street party […]
Madalah ‘ups the ante’ in latest support program
The not-for-profit Madalah organisation in Western Australia has been granted a new five-year contract to run its Broome accommodation facility, Nyirrwa Murrgurlayi, which provides a home-away-from-home for people studying and training in the Kimberley town. […]
Songwriter targeted over Oz Day comments
The rest of Australia should follow the lead of the West Australian port city of Fremantle and scrap Australia Day celebrations, say supporters. The City of Fremantle announced last Friday that it was replacing its […]
Bring back Hoges says Ernie as he launches latest TV project
Ernie Dingo is hoping to put the ‘Australia’ back in Australian television. The television presenter and actor says Australian networks are losing their national identity as shows capturing the Aussie spirit disappear from the small […]
Don’t gamble on your future, says former NRL champ
Former NRL player and descendent of the Gamilaroi people, Ashley Gordon, will share tips about what it means to gamble responsibly at a community barbeque to be held by the Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal […]
Top snapper in a ‘journey of laughter and inclusiveness’
The remote Aboriginal community of Yarralin in the Northern Territory is sharing its story of land rights and self-determination with the world through the photographs of top Aboriginal photographer Wayne Quilliam. Quilliam visited the community, […]
‘I’ve never been given a drawing from a child. It just warmed my heart’
Every week Jacob Keed and his community bus travel the length and breadth of Canberra and the surrounding areas helping people who need it. Keed says the people he meets and the stories they tell […]
