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Accessing housing 'the exception' at present: VACCA warns of disproportionate barriers for kids leaving care
First Nations Victorians represent around one per cent of the state's population...
Jarred Cross 4 Aug 2026
Repatriation ceremony returns Ancestors to Gäṉgaṉ and Bäniyala Homelands in North East Arnhem Land
One of Australia's greatest Indigenous leaders, Dr Djambawa Marawili AM HC, toge...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jul 2026
Children who die in state care must be included Indigenous deaths in custody reporting
Australia must count people who pass away in state care in data on Indigenous de...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jul 2026
Hundreds face uncertainty as NT Government orders homelessness service to wind down
More than 300 vulnerable people, including almost 90 children, who are currently...
Dechlan Brennan 28 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 accommodation program is difficult to reconcile with the government's Closing the Gap commitments, advocates say, with f...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2026
Seed donation supports household food security in Fiji

UN Women has donated FJ$10,000 worth of seeds to support home gardening and improve food security among vulnerable households across Fiji. The seeds were handed to the Ministry of Agriculture, Waterwa...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Closure of Darwin Aboriginal shelter sparks homelessness fears

There are fears hundreds of vulnerable people in the Northern Territory will be at risk of homelessness after the shock closure of an Aboriginal corporation's shelter.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 15, 2026
After the Rain brings Indigenous art triennial to Gold Coast

The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial has opened on the Gold Coast as the first stop on its national tour outside Kamberri (Canberra). Home of the Arts (HOTA), unveiled 'After the Rain' on the eve...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 13, 2026
Indigenous housing progress staring into funding abyss

Urgently needed long-term funding to address the housing crisis in remote Aboriginal communities will be vital if Australia is to hold off abject and worsening First Nations poverty.

NT Aboriginal leaders urge return of direct homeland funding amid infrastructure concerns

Northern Territory Aboriginal leaders are calling on the Federal Government to restore direct funding for homeland communities, arguing years of underinvestment have worsened social, housing and healt...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 26, 2026
Homelands are the answer, says Yingiya Guyula

Independent Member for Mulka, Yingiya Guyula, has called for a major shift in the way governments approach Aboriginal housing, arguing that investment in homelands is critical to protecting culture, s...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 2, 2026
'Time critical': New action plan aims to hold governments accountable on stalled Stolen Generations reforms

Almost 30 years after a landmark report first comprehensively documented the experiences of members of the Stolen Generations, only six per cent of its recommendations have been fully implemented.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 26, 2026
Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis following years of neglect, a conference has been told. The crisis in the Northern Territory was largely centred on remote commu...

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Lloyd Jones May 20, 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
Torres Strait theatre work The Boy Who Found His Way Home to feature at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is set to present The Boy Who Found His Way Home, a heartwarming and humorous Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander coming-of-age theatre work by author, poet and songwriter Ji...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 20, 2026
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair to introduce dedicated Elders Lounge

A dedicated Elders Lounge will be introduced at this year's Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, with Welcome Blak Home by Kerry Klimm offering a welcoming, culturally grounded space for connection, reflection...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 19, 2026
Aboriginal Girls Home research aims to reconnect families

More than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls connected to the former Aboriginal Girls Home, West End have been identified through research undertaken by Link-Up (Qld), with their...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 18, 2026
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