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'Breach of basic human rights': Communications outages blight remote communities for weeks on end
A national outage which affected thousands of people's ability to access mobile...
Jarred Cross 8 Sep 2026
Funding backs community-led visions across the Northern Territory
Five projects across remote and regional Northern Territory communities have rec...
Nicole Brown 31 Aug 2026
Critical road infrastructure upgrade for Melville Island
Melville Island's Pirlangimpi Road is set to be upgraded in a move to support in...
Callan Morse 27 Aug 2026
Yuluwirri McGrady launches majority Indigenous-owned maintenance business Mader First
Yuluwirri McGrady has launched Mader First, a new majority Indigenous-owned busi...
Reece Harley 4 Aug 2026
$21 million contract awarded to upgrade key NT road which services many Aboriginal communities
The federal and Northern Territory governments are progressing significant upgra...
Giovanni Torre 4 Aug 2026
Fiji Government funds evacuation centre for Tamavua Village

The Fiji Government has begun work on a $1.78 million evacuation centre for Tamavua Village, recognising the community's role in supplying water to thousands of people across Suva and Lami.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Remote Aboriginal community receives major water security boost

The remote Aboriginal community of Scotdesco on South Australia's far west coast has received a major boost to its long-term water security, with the completion of a federally funded project designed...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2026
Millions invested into Victorian Indigenous organisations for community infrastructure

First Nations organisations across Victoria are in a stronger position to improve, repair, expand and plan ahead on services they provide to their communities across the state, with more than $5 milli...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 29, 2026
Queensland Budget targets Closing the Gap, women’s security and communities

A Queensland First Nations women's legal service has welcomed the State Government's Budget commitments but called for longer-term funding and fair inflation support for community-controlled organisat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 26, 2026
Road opening improves access for remote Fiji communities

A new road in Fiji's Navosa highlands has cut travel time to government and health services from three hours to 30 minutes for communities in the Namataku district.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jun 20, 2026
Water Corporation procurement reforms aim to drive benefits for Aboriginal businesses in WA

Changes to Western Australia's Water Corporation procurement processes could drive benefits for Aboriginal businesses from the state government's investment in water and wastewater projects.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 12, 2026
New Starlink access reaches 4,000 people across remote PNG villages

A new Starlink connection has brought reliable internet and phone access to approximately 4,000 people across remote villages in Papua New Guinea, ending years of poor communication access for communi...

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Rebekah Rasmussen May 18, 2026
Fiji pushes geospatial investment at Pacific regional forum

Fiji has used a regional meeting in Nadi to push geospatial, surveying and hydrographic systems as core infrastructure for climate resilience, land management and maritime protection across the Pacifi...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Apr 22, 2026
'Impact for regional communities is minimal' - Vic free public transport no silver bullet outside the inner city

Free public transport while petrol costs soar is not much help if the bus only comes a couple of times a day, a major Aboriginal service provider in the Shepparton region says.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 2, 2026
Critical work begins to deliver water security projects for Queensland Indigenous communities

Critical work has begun to deliver water security projects for the Indigenous communities of Cherbourg, Doomadgee, Mornington Island, Northern Peninsula Area and Wujal Wujal in Queensland.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 31, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Traditional Owners say Kimberley Mineral Sands project failed to deliver promised jobs

Trust between Joombarn-Buru Traditional Owners and the China-backed mining company Kimberley Mineral Sands has broken down over the issue of awarding local contracts, despite the injection of $160 mil...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 11, 2026
Fitzroy Valley community bands together to rescue Elder from floodwaters

Orange floodwaters surged against a white ute as the vehicle was swept across Six Mile Creek in the Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia's Central Kimberley.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 5, 2026
Fijian Government ramps up clean water investment to prevent waterborne diseases

Communities across Fiji's Cakaudrove and Rewa provinces are seeing new investment in water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure as the Ministry of Health and Medical Services expands its national WA...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Feb 19, 2026
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