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Traditional Owners leading research on how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience
Traditional Owners across Queensland are leading research on Country to better u...
Phoebe Blogg 22 Sep 2026
From data to canvas: First Nations knowledge paints a bigger picture of biodiversity
A computer screen full of biodiversity data might not immediately look like a st...
Nicole Brown 18 Sep 2026
Opinion: Pauline Hanson’s primitive idea of civilisation
Pauline Hanson wants to know what Aboriginal people achieved in 60,000 years. Pe...
Jesse J. Fleay 17 Sep 2026
Wiradjuri astrophysicist Dr Kirsten Banks is 'in the business of fostering people's curiosity'
Wiradjuri astrophysicist Dr Kirsten Banks, maybe better known by her online hand...
Jarred Cross 13 Aug 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be...
Giovanni Torre 25 May 2026
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering explores vital lessons from First Nations knowledge

With an uncertain climate future ahead, the resilience and millennia of knowledge of First Peoples is being prioritised and canvassed as potentially holding some answers as environmental disaster thre...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 27, 2026
Research calls for Indigenous agency in academic publishing

New research is calling for a fundamental shift in how Australian universities and scientists publish research that draws on Indigenous Knowledges, warning that current academic practices risk sidelin...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 14, 2026
Master navigator explores Indigenous navigation systems

Master navigator and carver Lamotrek Pairourou H. Larry Raigetal recently visited the University of Auckland highlighting traditional navigation systems.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 2, 2026
Murdoch University awards Honorary Doctorate to Noongar medicine practitioner Vivienne Hansen

Murdoch University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Vivienne Hansen, recognising her lifetime dedication to sharing, teaching, and advocating for Noongar culture, language and knowledge.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 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
Dambimangari rangers recognised for Indigenous-led science teaching quolls to avoid cane toads

Northern quolls on WA's Kimberley coast are being taught to avoid cane toads by an Indigenous-led project recognised nationally for "right-way science".

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 3, 2025
Professor Michael Wear makes history as first winner of Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems

The inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems has been awarded to Malgana man, Professor Michael Wear.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 3, 2025
Community project helps restore Collie River pool habitats

Traditional Owners have played a key role in restoring the aquatic habitats of two at-risk Collie River pools. The pools, critical refuges for native flora and fauna during Western Australia's dry sea...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 10, 2025
21st Century science and traditional knowledge combine to protect sea Country

A two-way sharing alliance between the Australian Institute of Marine Science researchers and Indigenous ranger groups from the Kimberley, the Northern Territory and the Torres Strait is building skil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 9, 2025
'Old knowledge and new forms' to collide in new public artwork by Jacob Nash

First Nations artist and storyteller Jacob Nash has been named as the artist for a public installation at the new Sydney Biomedical Accelerator.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2025
Mangarri man: reading the seasons

We've all heard that old saying "fail to plan, plan to fail!" and so it has been since day dot when working to the Circadian rhythm, hunting, gathering and surviving consumed 100 per cent of awake hou...

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Phil Docherty Apr 21, 2025
New Aboriginal-led genomics research course to help close data gap

New Aboriginal-led Indigenous genomics resources will support Australian scientists with cultural and historical knowledge. Yuin man Alex Brown is central to the newly-developed 'Genomics Our Way &nda...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 1, 2025
Recognition of Indigenous knowledge systems in PM's science honours a "game changer"

The Prime Minister's Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems represents a "paradigm shift", Australia's first Indigenous appointment to the National Science and Technology Co...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Mar 13, 2025
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