Indigenous Youth
Western Australia has launched Australia's first "culturally grounded eating disorder screening tool", for Aboriginal young people in the Kimberley.
Current systems are not meeting the needs of First Nations people, and lack the cultural understanding and perspectives required to properly ensure mental wellbeing of young people, sector leaders hav...
There is something dispiriting about Senate inquiries. Organisations — some working on the smell of an oily rag — trek to their respective capital cities to give evidence they have provide...
Aboriginal children and families will suffer from the New South Wales government's "punitive" bail law extension, advocates say, as Labor argues the controversial laws are curbing youth crime.
Aunty Esmai Manahan was one of two MacKillop Family Services team members celebrated as award winners at the Victorian Protecting Children Awards, announced Thursday night.
Koorie Academy Basketball is continuing to expand its work across basketball, culture, education and employment pathways for First Nations people.
It is rare for children and youth in remote communities to stand shoulder to shoulder with iconic rap artists, but the 2026 Next Gen Festival in Western Australia's Newman region, 1100km north of Pert...
Applications have opened for the 2026 Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program, which gives young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders the chance to develop leadership skills and...
Koorie Academy marked NAIDOC Week with an outback basketball tour, a cultural showcase and a Community Day which brought together more than 100 young people in Naarm (Melbourne).
Warning: This article discusses self-harm. First Nations young people are more likely to indicate risk of suicide, with females significantly more likely to reach out for help, as more and more youth...
Growing numbers of young people are reaching breaking point before seeking counselling, often due to the perceived stigma around asking for help.
Children in a jurisdiction's youth justice system, who are overwhelmingly Indigenous, are going without legal representation and languishing in over-crowded prisons, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Changes to the Northern Territory's youth justice laws, which would give police the power to charge, question and detain young people for up to 48 hours without a legal guardian present, will "expose...