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Have your say: expanded mandatory NDIS registration
First Peoples Disability Network have been engaged by the Quality and Safeguard...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
Inquiry rejects bill to ban shackling during childbirth
A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that a bill to prohibit the shackling of...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Oct 2026
Lack of workplace flexibility compounds disadvantage for Indigenous women, new research finds
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women face some of the widest gaps in the...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break 'catastrophic fire loop'
Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop...
New model of regional maternity care to support First Nations families
Dhelkuk Dangatuk Baring (Healthy New Journey) is a new initiative aimed at provi...
Jarred Cross 7 Oct 2026
Inquiry urged into Commonwealth role in child removals

There must be an examination into what the Commonwealth is doing around First Nations child removals, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she calls for a parliamentary inquiry.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 7, 2026
$2.2m funding boost for First Nations iron testing project

A new quantum sensing technology designed to improve the diagnosis of iron disorders in First Nations communities has received a $2.2 million funding boost from the Australian Government.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Oct 5, 2026
First Nations perspective, leadership and knowledge critical to supporting young people's mental health

Current systems are not meeting the needs of First Nations people, and lack the cultural understanding and perspectives required to properly ensure mental wellbeing of young people, sector leaders hav...

'Causes so much harm' - Experts, Land Council slam federal move to extend compulsory income management

The federal government's decision to extended a scheme which sees part of the Centrelink payments of 30,000 Territorians compulsorily quarantined for essential items has been criticised by many expert...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 24, 2026
‘Missed out on billions’: Landmark research reveals widespread Indigenous pay gap

A landmark First Nations-led study has found Indigenous employees earn an average 16 per cent less per hour than the average Australian worker.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 24, 2026
'A grand final should not make a home less safe' - action urged with family violence spike expected

Australia's Indigenous peak body for the prevention of family and domestic violence is reminding the community there's no excuse for violence as the grand final weekends approach.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 23, 2026
Exclusive: 'Like a ticking time bomb' - Call for greater support to tackle Huntington's disease in Indigenous communities

A serious health condition is quietly causing a major impact in Indigenous communities. Huntington's disease is a genetic, degenerative, fatal neurological condition.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 22, 2026
Exclusive: PM placing 'toxic cultural load' on McCarthy over government 'failures' - Thorpe

The federal Minister for Indigenous Australians is being saddled with a "toxic cultural load" in having to front the media over government "failures" across portfolios, Senator Lidia Thorpe says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
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