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'Sweet Home: Stories of Country and Family' wins the 2026 Karajia and Environment Award for Children's Literature
From the coral reefs of Ningaloo to the waterways of the Torres Strait, Australi...
Phoebe Blogg 14 Oct 2026
Torres Strait author brings childhood memories to life in debut children's book
Memories of growing up on Mer (Murray Island) with three grandmothers have inspi...
Joseph Guenzler 13 Oct 2026
Entries open for 2027 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award
Entries have opened for the 2027 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, with more than...
Joseph Guenzler 13 Oct 2026
Community mourns passing of beloved educator Aunty Ruth Simms OAM
The literary community and beyond are mourning the passing of Aunty Ruth Simms O...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
Environmentalists sue Trump administration to prevent deep-sea mining in American Samoan waters
Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administrat...
Andrew Mathieson 6 Oct 2026
Rottnest Island Authority permanently halts redevelopment of Wadjemup's main bus stop over ancestral remains concerns

Rottnest Island Authority announced on Tuesday it has ceased redevelopment of the island's main bus stop in its current location following advice from the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation, in a joint st...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 6, 2026
Bangarra’s 'Horizon' comes home to Zenadth Kes

Bangarra Dance Theatre's 'Horizon' has been screened under the stars at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre, bringing a production with strong Zenadth Kes connections to local audiences.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 28, 2026
Torres Strait artist shares Kulap/Gorr knowledge at Gab Titui

Torres Strait Islander artist and carver Anson Dorante has delivered his first interactive Kulap/Gorr Making workshop at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 28, 2026
First Nations authors shine at WA Premier's Book Awards

CryBaby by first-time author Mabel Gibson has been named Book of the Year at the 2026 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, taking out the program's highest honour at an awards ceremony at the Sta...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 14, 2026
Novel based on the oral history of the Yolŋu people wins PM's best fiction prize

A Piece of Red Cloth, a novel based on the oral history of Yolŋu people from north-east Arnhem Land, has won the best fiction prize at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 12, 2026
BLAK POWER COMIX puts First Nations heroes at the heart of the action

A new First Nations comic anthology is putting Blak stories, artists and heroes into the hands of young readers, with an ambitious distribution strategy designed to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 4, 2026
Ngarrindjeri author to discuss ‘from abandonment to belonging’

Mount Gambier Library is set to welcome Indigenous author Warren Rankine for an evening discussing his memoir, Fifteen Feet Tall: From Abandonment to Belonging, this month.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 3, 2026
Yarning Strong helps teachers bring First Nations perspectives into the classroom with confidence

Newly updated Yarning Strong resources are on their way to classrooms around Australia this month, helping primary teachers bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, histories and contempora...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 3, 2026
Local knowledge at the heart of West Daly peace project

A new evaluation of the West Daly Peace Project has highlighted the strength of Aboriginal-led approaches to resolving conflict, with local knowledge, relationships and cultural authority identified a...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 25, 2026
Grants program supports strong and healthy Zenadth Kes

Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) community organisations, sporting clubs, schools, councils, and eligible individuals and groups across the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) are being encoura...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 13, 2026
Seven Indigenous Literacy Foundation books selected for inaugural global IBBY-UNESCO Collection

Seven books published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation have been selected for the inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books for Young Readers in Indigenous and Endangered Languages.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Aug 8, 2026
Marshall Islands expands action against plastic pollution

The Marshall Islands is moving to expand its ban on single-use plastics while launching a four-year regional program to strengthen waste management, recycling and marine litter prevention.

Education data shows gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students remains

Recently released education data has found Indigenous students continue to lag behind their non-Indigenous counterparts at critical junctures of their schooling careers.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 5, 2026
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