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