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First Nations families speak out on harm caused after their children were thrown out of Inverell Aquatic Centre
First Nations families have spoken out publicly about the harm caused after thei...
Giovanni Torre 21 Mar 2026
As over-policing makes headlines, Indigenous researchers say it is nothing that hasn't been documented before
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Dechlan Brennan 4 Mar 2026
Indigenous leaders back care-led response as alternatives to policing in South Australia
Indigenous organisations are backing a growing push for South Australia to adopt...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Feb 2026
Schools urged to act as racism towards Indigenous students surges
A sharp rise in racism experienced by Indigenous children and young people has p...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jan 2026
More than a quarter of racism reports target Indigenous children, new data shows
More than a quarter of reported incidents of racism targeting Indigenous Austral...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Nov 2025
First Peoples Disability Network set to launch national survey to fuel sector reforms

The First Peoples Disability Network, in partnership with Jumbunna Research UTS, is launching a national survey – Our Way: Strengthening First Nations Disability Sector.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2025
Course supports cultural respect and reconciliation in Australian libraries

A new professional development program is supporting cultural respect and reconciliation in Australian libraries. The Respect and Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Cultures...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 26, 2025
New approach needed to fulfil closing the gap promise

Governments are being urged to rethink their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if they are serious about closing the gap.

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Keira Jenkins Jun 24, 2025
Major national Indigenous employment and workplace survey Gari Yala opens

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander workers across Australia are invited to share their experiences in the second phase of a national study to inform the creation of safer, fairer, and more cultu...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 14, 2025
Ngunnawal Country hosts independent Indigenous-led review of Closing the Gap

More than 150 people with experience of the Closing the Gap Agreement came together on Ngunnawal Country for a three-day face-to-face gathering this week.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 3, 2025
Independent, Indigenous-led Closing the Gap review to be held

The peak body for more than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled bodies will host an Assembly of people with lived experience of the Closing the Gap Agreement.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 11, 2025
Voice referendum led to increase in hostile levels of racism - report

The Voice referendum saw First Nations people experience increasingly open and hostile levels of racism—much of it in the media and online, a report has found.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 6, 2025
'How not if': Inquiry hears importance of truth and justice commission

It isn't a matter of "should" there be a truth and justice commission at the Commonwealth level, but "how", a senate inquiry has heard. There remains a cultural load of families who submit their deepl...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 20, 2025
"Enough is enough": NSW child protection system needs to be in the hands of Indigenous-led organisations, experts say

Aboriginal organisations across New South Wales are calling for the transfer of control of the child protection system in the state to Indigenous-led organisations.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 13, 2024
Parliamentary inquiry into youth justice and incarceration hears calls for system overhaul

Youth incarceration shouldn't be seen as a last resort, but one we "actively resist," leading human rights lawyers and Indigenous legal and policy experts have said.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 10, 2024
Jumbunna Institute leads the way in preserving First Nations cultural heritage

A research-led initiative addressing how Indigenous history and heritage is appropriately collected and stored is taking place as part of a broader effort to help First Nations communities achieve arc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 27, 2024
New funding for research on First Nations wages and workplace conditions

New research backed by the National Australia Bank will further unveil the lived experiences of First Nations employees and identify necessary requirements to create workplace environments free of rac...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jul 9, 2024
Call It Out initiative launches new app to tackle racism

The Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, in partnership with the National Justice Project, has launched the Call It Out app, a new platform aimed at documenting and addressing rac...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 29, 2024
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