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New data tracks strength and revival of First Nations languages
New national data has established the first Indigenous-led baseline for measurin...
Dechlan Brennan 29 Jul 2026
Long-term community-controlled funding key to Closing the Gap, report finds
Governments "fundamentally changing the way" they fund Aboriginal community-cont...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Jul 2026
Overcrowded housing linked to Northern Territory diphtheria outbreak, researchers say
A diphtheria outbreak has swept through the Northern Territory, infecting 131 pe...
Natasha Clark 27 Jul 2026
NT homelessness service shutdown 'difficult to reconcile' with Closing the Gap commitments
The proposed closure of the Northern Territory's largest supported homelessness...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2026
New chief executive appointed to Kambu Health
Kambu Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health has appointed...
GBK Land Council secures First Nations skills funding for Torres and Endeavour straits

Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation has secured federal government funding to deliver a community-led language, literacy, numeracy...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
Access the key to closing First Nations vaccination gap

New research led by The University of Queensland has found community involvement, culturally safe services and better access may be the key to improving vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres S...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
First of its kind in Australia: ACT's new Closing the Gap legislation comes into effect

The Australian Capital Territory's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Act 2025 comes into effect Wednesday, July 1, after a Private Member's Bill introduced by the independent Membe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 1, 2026
Canberra optometrist wins Indigenous eye health leadership award

Canberra-based Wiradjuri and Ngemba optometrist Harrison Pike has received the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference26 emerging leadership award.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 29, 2026
Queensland Budget targets Closing the Gap, women’s security and communities

A Queensland First Nations women's legal service has welcomed the State Government's Budget commitments but called for longer-term funding and fair inflation support for community-controlled organisat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 26, 2026
Remote jobs program creating work across Far North Queensland

Remote jobs, tourism and food security projects across Far North Queensland were the focus during a visit by federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy last week.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 26, 2026
Metro South Health launches Indigenous research jury

Metro South Health recently launched Australia's first HHS-wide (Hospital Health Service) Community Jury for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 16, 2026
NT land councils call for 'real consequences' over closing the gap failures

The Northern Territory's four land councils have joined growing calls for the federal government to impose "real consequences" on the Territory government over its failure to close the gap.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 9, 2026
Free Wi-Fi rollout to support remote First Nations communities

Key points:- Free community Wi-Fi will be rolled out in Mapoon, Lockhart River and Napranum in remote Queensland- The rollout is backed by $1.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 25, 2026
No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal

Money from a joint $842 million Commonwealth-Northern Territory funding agreement to support key Aboriginal services in remote communities has yet to be spent, despite the Territory's declining closin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 25, 2026
‘We must work as a country’: Indigenous ministers urge vaccinations amid record diphtheria outbreak

Indigenous Ministers have urged Australians to vaccinate amid the nation's largest recorded diphtheria outbreak, with growing concern over the spread of the disease through remote Aboriginal communiti...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni May 25, 2026
NT Government the 'most racist' I've seen: Lidia Thorpe

Aboriginal people are "homeless on our own country", Senator Lidia Thorpe has told a housing conference in Darwin, as she labelled the current NT Government the "most racist" she has seen in her lifet...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 20, 2026
Indigenous legal advocates condemn lack of funding boost in federal budget

Indigenous legal services will continue turning clients away after Tuesday's federal budget failed to deliver a significant funding increase.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
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