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Child protection 'crisis': Governments must back Aboriginal-led solutions
With the child protection "crisis" facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Shock closure of shelter leaves vulnerable in peril
The closure of YiSSA this week has laid bare the cruelty and callousness of this...
Malarndirri McCarthy 18 Oct 2026
‘Callous and heartless’: Homeless shelter closure will haunt NT Government for years
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has launched a scathing attack on member...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Funding secured for Victorian Aboriginal community-controlled organisation governance training
Community-designed training for leadership and confident decision-making within...
Jarred Cross 12 Oct 2026
Homeless shelter shuts, residents sent to outback town
The controversal closure of a city's largest homeless shelter has led to dozens...
Lloyd Jones (AAP) 12 Oct 2026
NT Government rejected deal to keep shelter open because it was Aboriginal-run

The Minister for Indigenous Australians has openly said what Aboriginal organisations have been claiming for months: the Northern Territory Government did not want Darwin's largest homeless shelter to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2026
Protest planned over NT Government’s decision to close homeless shelter

The closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter continues to cause anger, with a protest planned outside the Australian Homelessness Conference set to be held in the city this week.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 6, 2026
‘Over 120 people’ left without accommodation as Minister urges YiSSA extension

The Minister for Indigenous Australians has implored the Northern Territory Government to extend the life of Darwin's largest homelessness facility for at least six more months before it closes this w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 5, 2026
Muloobinba House to honour Awabakal history in Newcastle

The University of Newcastle has named its new city-centre student accommodation Muloobinba House, recognising the Aboriginal history of the Newcastle area.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Sep 28, 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Calls grow for fairer funding for Aboriginal training organisations

Aboriginal Community Controlled Registered Training Organisations (ACC-RTOs) play a critical role in delivering culturally safe training and meeting workforce demands, the Victorian TAFE Association (...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 8, 2026
‘Advice is ignored’: Justice experts, Aboriginal organisations suspend partnership with NT Gov

The relationship between the Northern Territory Government and Aboriginal organisations and peak bodies is at an all-time low, with key members pulling out of a key Closing the Gap forum over a breakd...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Uibo claims CLP 'doesn't care about Aboriginal Territorians' as homeless shelter future in limbo

The future of Darwin's largest homeless shelter remains up in the air as the opposition leader has slammed the Northern Territory Government's "atrocious track record" when it comes to Aboriginal Terr...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 2, 2026
Calls for agreement as homeless shelter closure threatens vulnerable Territorians

An agreed model that supports the thousands of people experiencing homelessness in the Northern Territory is vital, advocates say, ahead of the imminent closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 1, 2026
'Child Protection Week should prompt us to ask a difficult question: What happens if we fail to follow through?'

This year's Child Protection Week (September 6-12) theme, Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action, is an important one. Because when it comes to Aboriginal* children and families...

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Jason Kanoa Sep 1, 2026
Hundreds left in limbo as NT Government accused of ignoring offer to split cost of homeless shelter

The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Northern Territory Government has yet to respond to a Commonwealth offer to split the cost of acquiring Darwin's largest homeless shelter, even as hund...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2026
Central Australian health hub sets NT sustainability benchmark with 6-Star rating

A recently opened health hub in Central Australia has become the highest-rated Green Star building in the Northern Territory after receiving a 6-Star Green Star Design and As Built certification.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2026
Grants for ACCOs to deliver new homes for Aboriginal employees in WA's Kimberley and Pilbara regions

The Western Australian Government has announced the awarding of more than $8 million through the second round of the Aboriginal Employee Housing Grants Program.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
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