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From 'No More' to The Stand: First Nations voices driving a new campaign against family violence
Note: this report contains references to domestic violence and the name of someo...
Nicole Brown 20 Aug 2026
Systemic racism fuelling child removals, Senate inquiry told
The story of racism is one of hate and unfathomable damage, but it is one that c...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Aug 2026
Living our truth: NT ACCOs celebrate Aboriginal families and call for more kinship carers
Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) across the Northern Territ...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Aug 2026
Children's Day highlights strength of First Nations youth as leaders warn of harmful policies
Amid criticism and warnings from experts about attacks on children's rights acro...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Aug 2026
Closing the Gap data paints 'sombre picture' despite preschool milestone
The latest Closing the Gap data contains some significant gains, but advocates s...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jul 2026
Long-term community-controlled funding key to Closing the Gap, report finds

Governments "fundamentally changing the way" they fund Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs) could transform the lives of First Nations children and families.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 28, 2026
Award-winning Aboriginal leader strengthens community outcomes through TAFE training

A young Aboriginal man is strengthening outcomes for Aboriginal children and families across Victoria after undertaking targeted TAFE training to build his leadership skills and deepen the impact of h...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 21, 2026
Parliament protests as NT child protection changes face strong opposition from Aboriginal leaders

Prominent Aboriginal leaders will rally outside Northern Territory Parliament on Tuesday as the Territory Government prepares to introduce its widely criticised child protection laws.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 21, 2026
First Nations children facing rising tide of coordinated online racism

First Nations children are paying the price for online racism in "increasingly organised, coordinated and deliberate attacks", the peak body for Indigenous children and families says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 20, 2026
Peak body says early learning gains not translating into better outcomes for Indigenous children

Governments across the country need to turn increased participation in First Nations early childhood education into better developmental outcomes, says the peak body for Indigenous children.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 14, 2026
'Politics over evidence': Fury as NT committee endorses child protection bill

A Northern Territory parliamentary committee has recommended passing the controversial CLP government's proposed child protection legislation, outraging child safety experts and Labor, who say the gov...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 9, 2026
Gardner decisive as dominant Australia progress to T20 World Cup final

Ash Gardner has produced an instrumental display with bat and ball to help Australia book their spot in the weekend's T20 World Cup final in the UK.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jul 1, 2026
Gardner 50 in record chase helps Australia surge to T20 World Cup semis undefeated

An Ash Gardner half century helped steer Australia into the final four of the T20 World Cup unbeaten, and send home fierce rivals India, in a record-breaking run chase at Lords overnight.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 29, 2026
First Nations children’s peak body backs childcare workforce funding

The peak body for First Nations children and families has welcomed the federal government's decision to extend the Worker Retention Payment, describing the measure as a critical investment in the earl...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 18, 2026
Queensland child safety report sparks renewed debate over racism in child protection

The peak advocate for Indigenous children has launched a sharp rebuke of a landmark Queensland child protection inquiry, arguing its finding that racism plays no role in the removal of First Nations c...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 9, 2026
Advocates warn against adoption expansion in Queensland child protection reform

Advocates say recommendations from a landmark inquiry into Queensland's child protection system contradict much of the expert and lived-experience evidence presented during the review.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 6, 2026
Inquiry submissions overwhelmingly oppose NT child protection reforms

The overwhelming majority of submissions to a Northern Territory parliamentary inquiry into proposed child protection reforms have urged the government to reconsider changes critics say will "ultimate...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 5, 2026
'A lot of confidence' for Gardner ahead of T20 Cup

Ash Gardner will hit Australia's Twenty20 World Cup warm-up matches full of confidence after a half-century in the last of three informal hit-outs against South Africa.

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