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Brooke Blurton to share story of healing at Aboriginal Health Conference
Key points:- Brooke Blurton will be a keynote speaker at the 2026 Aboriginal Hea...
Natasha Clark 12 Jun 2026
Firefly First Nations Fund launched to support women and children escaping domestic violence
Women's Community Shelters has launched its Firefly First Nations Fund following...
Alexandra Giorgianni 18 Mar 2026
Women's History Month – Jade Appo Ritchie
Jade Appo Ritchie does not slip quietly into a room. She arrives, and people not...
Nicole Brown 5 Mar 2026
Exclusive: ‘I told my son to run’ - Aboriginal mother desperate for safe housing
In the early hours of Boxing Day, a single Aboriginal mother told her 20-year-ol...
Natasha Clark 22 Jan 2026
William Tilmouth awarded prestigious Australian Human Rights medal
William Tilmouth has been awarded the prestigious Australian Human Rights Medal...
Alexandra Giorgianni 14 Dec 2025
Aunt of woman killed in domestic violence calls for action at '16 Days in WA' event

The aunt of Boorloo woman Tiffany Anne Woodley has urged Western Australians to confront the ongoing toll of domestic violence, while delivering a Welcome to Country at a 16 Days in WA business breakf...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 2, 2025
Shane Christie remembered for rugby career and concussion advocacy

Warning: Indigenous persons are advised that the following article contains the name of a person who has died. Māori rugby player and health advocate, Shane Christie, who pushed for research into...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 28, 2025
CJ McCarthy-Grogan to run for Darwin Council’s Chan Ward

Clarence CJ McCarthy-Grogan, the son of Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, is set to run for Darwin Council's Chan Ward at this month's Northern Territory local governm...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 15, 2025
Victoria's tougher bail laws labelled dangerous by Indigenous and legal groups

A coalition of Indigenous and legal organisations has criticised Victoria's proposed second tranche of bail reforms, calling it a politically motivated "tough on crime" response that targets marginali...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 6, 2025
Remembering Mrs Daniel as a matriarch of strength, culture, and love

This week, Ieramugadu (Roebourne) mourns the profound loss of Senior Yindjibarndi Elder, Mrs T. Daniel, a cultural leader and matriarch whose legacy transcends generations.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Nov 24, 2024
13-year-old Aboriginal boys kept in Queensland adult watch houses for over 25 days, emails reveal

Two 13-year-old Indigenous children were kept in adult Queensland watch houses for 26 and 25 days respectively, submissions from the youth justice inquiry have revealed.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 15, 2024
“Why throw more money into failed law and order responses?": NSW parliament urged to reject new knife laws

Legal and Human Rights groups are urging the rejection or amendment of new 'wanding' knife laws being debated in New South Wales parliament this week, arguing they will give police "extraordinary" pow...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 4, 2024
Legal action looms over children allegedly assaulted in police watch houses

A youth advocacy group is considering legal action after accusing the Queensland government of failing to protect children in watch houses. The government has been told it must take urgent action amid...

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Fraser Barton Apr 29, 2024
Gullara McInnes and Daniel Rosendale winners at 7News Young Achiever Awards

Two Indigenous recipients were honored at the 7News Young Achiever Awards on Friday in Meanjin. Gullara McInnes from Mareeba received the Kennelly Constructions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander A...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 22, 2024
Closing the Gap targets would lead to “competing duties": NSW Police Commissioner

A new report from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has highlighted the need for the NSW police to do more to reduce the large overrepresentation of First Nations people in the justice sys...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 25, 2023
More prisons not the answer: Anti-prison initiative slams Palaszczuk government's decision to build new youth remand centre

The Queensland Government's announcement of a new remand centre to deal with the increasing number of children in detention has been criticised as leading the state away from improvements in community...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 12, 2023
Indigenous advocate Natalie Brown appointed chair of key oversight committee

Gamilaraay woman Natalie Brown has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's Our Booris, Our Way Implementation Oversight Committee.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Dec 9, 2022
Being queer, disabled and Indigenous wont stop Mark Cleaver from realising potential

Palawa person Mark Cleaver has their eyes set on "creating my own path", refusing to let daily challenges get in the way of achieving their goals.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 16, 2022
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