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Free tender readiness workshops for First Nations organisations
The National Indigenous Employment and Training Alliance is delivering a series...
Sponsored Content 10 Jul 2026
Innovate RAP 'reflects ambition to be a better Optus for First Nations people'
Optus launched its Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) this week, committi...
Giovanni Torre 9 Jul 2026
Indigenous Solicitors Foundation to boost First Nations legal practitioners
More Indigenous law graduates will be able to access the support they need to ma...
Giovanni Torre 9 Jul 2026
Pacific climate forum to become biennial platform
The Pacific Innovation Forum on Climate and Environment (PIFCE) will become a bi...
Rebekah Rasmussen 9 Jul 2026
Dedicated scholarship for Indigenous AFL players to plan for life after footy announced
First Nations AFL players will receive new support to study and pursue post-foot...
Jarred Cross 9 Jul 2026
50 Years of Deadly, 20 Years of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act

This year marks two significant milestones. Fifty years of NAIDOC. Twenty years since the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 was enacted.

NAIDOC’s call for change across the decades: from Day of Mourning to economic reconciliation

NAIDOC's origins belong inside a longer history of Aboriginal resistance to the economic architecture of colonial Australia. It emerged from Aboriginal protest against colonisation that had taken land...

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Darren Godwell Jul 8, 2026
Rising Yamatji and Noongar star Eloise Hart in line for Logie history

Yamatji and Noongar actor Eloise Hart has been recognised with a Logie nomination, putting her in contention to become the youngest-ever recipient of the award.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Jul 7, 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 indicative of a broader culture of police abuse and impunity in the ACT, the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT warns.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2026
Rottnest Island Deaths Group seeks heritage protection for Wadjemup / Rottnest under federal law

The Rottnest Island Deaths Group Aboriginal Corporation is seeking heritage protection of Wadjemup / Rottnest Island under federal law. The application under section 10 of the Commonwealth's Aborigina...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 3, 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 Amendment Act 2025 comes into effect Wednesday, July 1, after a Private Member's Bill introduced by the independent Membe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 1, 2026
Moana star walks home-town blue carpet with 'The Rock'

Stars of the new live-action Moana movie have hit the "blue" carpet in Sydney amid a global publicity tour for the new Disney release. They included the actor who plays the film's titular character, 1...

Investing in people, growing communities: Impact North backs Territory businesses to thrive

Behind every successful business is someone who took a chance, backed themselves and kept going when things got tough. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs, building a business...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 25, 2026
Independent watchdog needs teeth to tackle police violence in NSW

New South Wales has a serious police violence problem. A reckoning is long overdue - but it won't happen until we have an independent police watchdog with more teeth.

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Lauren Stefanou Jun 25, 2026
Revo Fitness expands reconciliation journey through NAIDOC Week collaboration

For Yamatji artist Kaide Wheelock, seeing his artwork transformed into Revo Fitness staff shirts for NAIDOC Week is nothing short of surreal.

Maria Marouchtchak Maria Marouchtchak Jun 24, 2026
Billions owed: Report reveals 'unfairness, inefficiency, and discrimination' plague native title future acts regime

In a major report released Wednesday, the Australian Law Reform Commission has found unfairness, inefficiency, and discrimination in the 'future acts' regime; the law that regulates how and when nativ...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 24, 2026
First Nations stories take centre stage at QShowcase

QShowcase: Arts Market + Conference opened in Logan on Tuesday with a First Nations gathering before artists, producers and presenters moved into a three-day program focused on touring opportunities a...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 24, 2026
‘Reconciliation cannot be performative’ – Canadian Indigenous leaders set the standard for business Action Plans

British Columbia Indigenous leaders have published important new guidelines which aim to set a standard for Reconciliation Action Plans in the Canadian province.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2026
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