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Kiribati turns to resolving rises in obesity and malnutrition
Kiribati is looking to strengthen food security levels through a program of clim...
Andrew Mathieson 24 Aug 2026
Angela Sammons: Backing Aboriginal entrepreneurs means supporting the people already creating change
The owner of Sammons Contracting shared her experience at the Developing Norther...
Nicole Brown 21 Aug 2026
Aboriginal Investment NT: $73.5 million to back First Nations-led economic development across the Territory
Aboriginal economic development is strongest when Aboriginal people have the pow...
Nicole Brown 20 Aug 2026
Djarindjin warns the north's boom will bypass Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal corporations will be locked out of Northern Australia's next investme...
Reece Harley 7 Aug 2026
Pacific backs regional youth framework for 2027 to 2036
Pacific youth ministry leaders have endorsed a regional framework intended to gu...
Rebekah Rasmussen 5 Aug 2026
YNG Martyr takes flight with new video game 'Birds of War'

Wiradjuri rapper YNG Martyr has expanded his creative work beyond music with the release of his first video game, Birds of War. Born and raised in Townsville before living in Canberra and Naarm/Melbou...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 5, 2026
$30 million grants program to boost Indigenous economic development through Native Title bodies

The federal government has opened applications for a new $30 million grants program aimed at helping Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) unlock economic opportunities on Native Title land.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 4, 2026
The future of First Nations economic development is already here

As leaders gather at Garma this weekend to debate the future of First Nations economic development, one question should cut through the conversation: will Australia back the institutions Aboriginal an...

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Donnella Mills Aug 1, 2026
Leeser to use Garma speech to call for ambitious post-Voice Indigenous agenda

Julian Leeser will use his speech at Garma as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians to outline what he describes as a "new direction" for the portfolio following the defeat of the Voice referendu...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2026
A learning journey: Connecting the Goldfields and Canada

The Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber recently coordinated a remarkable six-day visit for a delegation participating in the British Columbia/Yukon Young Indigenous Leaders Exchange Pilot Program...

Kalwun celebrates record NAIDOC Week program on the Gold Coast

Kalwun Development Corporation wrapped up its largest NAIDOC Week program to date after hosting six events across the Gold Coast. Hundreds of people attended activities held under the 2026 theme, 50 Y...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 16, 2026
Kalwun NAIDOC events ready to bring Gold Coast community together

Kalwun Development Corporation will host two major National NAIDOC Week events on the Gold Coast, bringing Indigenous and wider community members together to celebrate culture, connection and shared p...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 7, 2026
Artback NT delegation strengthens First Nations cultural connections with Taiwan

Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried knowledge across generations. It holds language, culture, history and identity, connecting people long before borders were...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 7, 2026
Firing up carbon credits through cultural burning

A former economist turned cattle station farmer has signed a historic carbon credits deal to share profits equally with Traditional Owners. The 25-year agreement between pastoral leaseholder Rory Robe...

Fiji launches free parenting app to support families

Families across Fiji can now access a free parenting app offering practical support from pregnancy through to a child's first six years. The Bebbo Pacific Parenting App was launched by the Ministry of...

Building futures on Sea Country, one catch at a time

In a world where you can be anything, be as happy as these fellas. The smiles on the faces of the newest Thamarrurr Sea Farmers recruits said it all as they travelled from Wadeye to Darwin last week f...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown 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
Pacific ministers weigh response to global economic shocks

Pacific finance and economic ministers are meeting in Majuro in the Marshall Islands, as global fuel, energy and food pressures place renewed strain on vulnerable Pacific economies.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jun 24, 2026
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