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'Abuse, restraint and isolation': Campaign pushes national minimum standards for children in custody
A new campaign calling for enforceable national minimum standards to protect the...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Aug 2026
Indigenous children spending months in detention without sentence, new data shows
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous children held in custody are unsentenced...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jul 2026
Evidence, not 'reactive' policies, needed to reduce youth offending and improve community safety
Keeping younger children out of detention and improving community safety in Vict...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jul 2026
Daisy Hamlot awarded Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Premier's Award for Excellence
Hope Vale artist Daisy Hamlot has been awarded the Premier's Award for Excellenc...
Phoebe Blogg 14 Jul 2026
PNG Pepes' brave quest for World Cup netball berth
Barely out of her teens, Waisame Andrew will spearhead Papua New Guinea's quest...
Will Nicholas (AAP) 10 Jul 2026
Australia's rejection of UN recommendations fuels First Nations justice concerns

Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the federal government is ignoring mounting evidence of systemic rac...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 7, 2026
Karul Projects Dance Theatre to launch inaugural First Nations ensemble

Karul Projects Dance Theatre will launch its inaugural First Nations dance ensemble on Monday, July 6, coinciding with NAIDOC Week and its 2026 theme, 50 Years of Deadly.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 3, 2026
UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government

The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 30, 2026
NAISDA marks 50 Years of First Nations excellence at 2026 graduation

Twenty-five First Nations students from across Australia graduated from the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Association (NAISDA) at a ceremony held on Darkinjung Country, NSW Central Coast, on...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jun 26, 2026
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 government's talking points for pushing back against calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to align with internatio...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 22, 2026
NAISDA announces executive leadership transition

As leading performing arts training college for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, NAISDA, celebrates its 50th anniversary, its Board has announced a planned executive leadership transiti...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 17, 2026
PNG sprinter Pais Wisil dreaming big ahead of Glasgow

Lightning quick, strong and with a junior rugby league pedigree, Pais Wisil sounds like an obvious target for the PNG Chiefs ahead of their NRL debut in 2028.

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John Salvado May 22, 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 mob, opportunity is not the missing piece: visibility is. If you have never seen it, never met someone doing it, or nev...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 14, 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 been empowering Indigenous athletes as leaders through culture and connection across sports.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 8, 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
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