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Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm moves towards community control
The Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm is set to move towards Aboriginal community cont...
Jackson Clark 5 Aug 2026
Rising with culture: Thalia Uilelea named Canberra NAIDOC Sportsperson of the Year
Sport has never just been about the final score for our mob. It is where young p...
Nicole Brown 21 Jul 2026
Violent mistreatment of Indigenous man symptom of 'deeper disease' in ACT Policing, Aboriginal Legal Service warns
A "horrifying" incident of police violence against an Aboriginal man is indicati...
Giovanni Torre 7 Jul 2026
First of its kind in Australia: ACT's new Closing the Gap legislation comes into effect
The Australian Capital Territory's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation A...
Giovanni Torre 1 Jul 2026
Aboriginal woman pepper-sprayed during self-harm incident in ACT prison
Warning: This article contains content that may be distressing to some readers,...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Jun 2026
Diggers learn Indigenous weapon making in Canberra

Army personnel learnt Indigenous weapon making and Ngunnawal cultural practice during Exercise Greenskin in Canberra late last month. The four-day activity brought soldiers from across the ACT togethe...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 10, 2026
Indigenous cultural leader’s lecture highlights ACU’s National Reconciliation Week program

The Australian Catholic University is marking National Reconciliation Week with liturgies, personal pledges, and a public lecture from Dr Terri Janke.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 26, 2026
‘Music powerhouse’ Casey Donovan to headline ACT Reconciliation Day celebrations

ARIA Award-winning artist Casey Donovan is set to headline the Australian Capital Territory's Reconciliation Day celebration on Monday 1 June.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 22, 2026
Indigenous-led cultural burning program expands across NSW and ACT

An Indigenous-led cultural burning research program will be expanded across parts of New South Wales and the ACT. First Nations communities, the Australian National University and the NSW Government's...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 27, 2026
Strengthening Partnerships to Close the Gap Conference to bring together extraordinary line-up of Indigenous leaders

The Strengthening Partnerships to Close the Gap Conference will bring together Indigenous leaders and other key figures in the nation's capital this month to discuss turning around the Close the Gap a...

Data reveals ACT Government spending more than double on locking up First Nations people than on Aboriginal community services

New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2026
Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

A Canberra judge has made history after becoming the first Aboriginal woman in Australia to be appointed to a superior court. Proud Kamilaroi woman Justice Louise Taylor will take up her appointment a...

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Grace Crivellaro Apr 10, 2026
Community leaders, Aboriginal health organisations and MPs unite in call for greater action to eradicate rheumatic heart disease

Community leaders, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, researchers and MPs gathered at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday for the launch of the Parliamentary Friends for Endin...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 26, 2026
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