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Documents reveal Commonwealth strategy to deflect calls to raise age of criminal responsibility
Hundreds of pages of documents produced to the Senate reveal the federal governm...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jun 2026
NAISDA announces executive leadership transition
As leading performing arts training college for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl...
Giovanni Torre 17 Jun 2026
PNG sprinter Pais Wisil dreaming big ahead of Glasgow
Lightning quick, strong and with a junior rugby league pedigree, Pais Wisil soun...
John Salvado 22 May 2026
You can’t be what you can’t see: Raising Horizons is changing the view for young people
We talk often about creating opportunities for young people, but for many of our...
Nicole Brown 14 May 2026
First Nations-guided AIS program empowering the next athlete community leaders
Since 2020, the Share a Yarn program at the Australian Institute of Sport has be...
Jarred Cross 8 May 2026
Community groups urge NSW Government to raise age to 14 in youth justice push

Community leaders across New South Wales have launched a series of videos calling on the state government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 and invest in community-led support services...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 15, 2026
Support Act backs First Nations-led music industry review

Support Act has secured funding for a national review into the experiences of Indigenous music workers and is seeking an independent First Nations-led research partner to carry out the work.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 31, 2026
NAISDA celebrates 50th milestone anniversary with refreshed identity

NAISDA, Australia's leading national performing arts training organisation for First Nations people, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary - marking the milestone with powerful cultural performance...

Funding program supports First Nations arts, cultural projects across New South Wales

First Nations-led arts and cultural projects which deliver long-lasting outcomes for artists and communities across New South Wales are being supported by the latest round of the state's Creative Nati...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Feb 26, 2026
The First Nations dance schools creating the next generation of storytellers

Created to nurture and further the careers of today's cultural storytellers, First Nations dance schools are gaining in popularity every year.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Feb 24, 2026
Bangarra welcomes powerful new voice in movement and storytelling

Joining Bangarra Dance Theatre has marked a significant step for Maddison Fraser, both personally and professionally. The Palyku and Yindjibarndi dancer describes the experience as deeply affirming, b...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 9, 2026
Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

A disparity in the use of prone restraints is leaving Indigenous Australians facing potentially lethal consequences. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being held in the position for lon...

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William Ton Feb 6, 2026
Indigenous children overrepresented as youth justice costs climb and outcomes worsen

Australia's spending on youth detention has increased by $400 million in five years, with the former National Children's Commissioner describing the system as a "devastating policy failure".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 30, 2026
Human Rights Act a must as UN slams Australia's age of criminal responsibility

Australia's human rights framework — which allows children as young as 10 to be incarcerated in most jurisdictions — has been sharply criticised by the international community, with critic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 28, 2026
UN condemns Australia over rising remand numbers and the jailing of ten-year-olds

The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 27, 2026
Stolen Generations survivor receives birth certificate at 87

Maisie Harkin was just a child when police began hunting her family through the bush. Born in 1937 in the Great Victoria Desert east of Laverton, the Nanatadjarra woman was identified as the daughter...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 7, 2026
UN Arbitrary Detention experts slam Australia’s treatment of Indigenous people and children after being barred from NT and WA prisons

Serious concerns persist over the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, children, and migrants, despite Australia's criminal justice system's safeguards against arbitrary dete...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 13, 2025
Fundraising appeal aims to empower next generation of Indigenous art, fashion storytellers

This Christmas the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Foundation is inviting Australians to help empower the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers in art and fashion thr...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Dec 2, 2025
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