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Vanuatu leads the Pacific to pass landmark United Nations climate change ruling
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to enforce the legal...
Andrew Mathieson 25 May 2026
42 per cent of Indigenous survivors of domestic and family violence unable to access emergency accommodation
National data has exposed deep inequities in access to support for victim-surviv...
Giovanni Torre 13 May 2026
Australian ministers' visit pursues 'transformative agreement' to strengthen cooperation with Fiji
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy w...
Giovanni Torre 5 May 2026
Australia eliminates trachoma as public health problem in landmark milestone
Australia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health O...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Apr 2026
'Impact for regional communities is minimal' - Vic free public transport no silver bullet outside the inner city
Free public transport while petrol costs soar is not much help if the bus only c...
Jarred Cross 2 Apr 2026
Fuel support considered for diesel-dependent Pacific

Australia is considering aid options to ensure Pacific nations have access to fuel, as the Middle East war threatens to derail several diesel-dependent island economies.

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Poppy Johnson Apr 1, 2026
Climate talks address Pacific's growing security risks

Funding for fighting climate change across the Pacific is not keeping up pace with the urgency of the crisis amid complex systems, slow approvals and further risks that block access to its vital finan...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Mar 31, 2026
Commonwealth to slash fuel excise in half to bring down transport costs

The federal government has cut the fuel excise in half for three months in a move which should save motorists 26 cents a litre, delivering some relief to remote and regional communities that have been...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 30, 2026
Calls grow for greater measures to tackle fuel crisis as rangers, APY Lands feel the pressure

Calls are growing for greater measures to tackle the impact of the fuel crisis in remote and regional Australia. Not-for-profit group Country Needs People, which is led by a majority Indigenous board...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 27, 2026
Indigenous leaders join call for increased Remote Area Allowance in face of fuel crisis

The Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT) and Aboriginal Housing NT have joined the Central Land Council in calling for an urgent increase to the Remote Area Allowance in th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 26, 2026
Doctors urged to partner with Indigenous communities in push for climate action

Torres Strait Islander public health academic Francis Nona has called on the medical profession to address the rising health inequity of Indigenous peoples due to climate change.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 24, 2026
Vanuatu takes stand on UN climate change resolution

The Pacific islands of Vanuatu are standing up to the US government over a United Nations global warming resolution, demanding the world's major polluters pay reparations for failing to stem climate c...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Mar 9, 2026
First Nations voices lead climate conversation in new documentary series

A new six-part documentary series placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and leadership at the centre of climate change conversations is available to watch nationwide this month.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 5, 2026
13YARN expands with text message crisis support service

Indigenous crisis support service 13YARN is set to expand with a new text message crisis support service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 19, 2026
First Nations organisations encouraged to pursue climate solutions grants

First Nations-led and First Nations-directed organisations in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to $20,000 through FRRR's Community...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
Indigenous Māori take charge of climate change solutions for their own iwi motu

Iwi tribe leaders gathered during Waitangi celebrations to discuss issues relating to climate change as Māori communities across coastal areas battle against severe weather conditions on New Zeal...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Feb 9, 2026
Kashechewan First Nation orders evacuation following water system failure

Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario has begun evacuating residents after a water and sewage system failures left the fly-in community without safe drinking water and forced the nursing clinic...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 14, 2026
Indigenous climate knowledge sidelined despite frontline impacts, new research finds

Indigenous environmental knowledge continues to be sidelined in mainstream climate science around the world despite First Nations communities being among the first to experience the impacts of climate...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 23, 2025
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