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New digital repository opens Pacific research to communities
Pacific research at Waipapa Taumata Rau (University of Auckland) is now availabl...
Joseph Guenzler 12 Oct 2026
Pacific leaders call for stronger health systems as climate risks grow
Pacific community leaders have set out six climate and health priorities ahead o...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Oct 2026
DeadlyScience receives $250,000 to support girls in STEM
Girls from 50 regional and remote New South Wales schools will learn about Abori...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Oct 2026
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
Bushfire season is here. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the declared El Niño...
Muswellbrook Council recognises culture and connection in new statement
Muswellbrook Shire Council has adopted a Together Statement as its official Ackn...
Joseph Guenzler 8 Oct 2026
$3 million backs First Nations-led research putting Country at the heart of health

A 100 per cent First Nations research team will lead a new $3 million national project examining how climate change is affecting Country and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Oct 5, 2026
Pacific nations unite ahead of global biodiversity talks

Fourteen Pacific Island countries have come together in Fiji to develop a coordinated regional position ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 23, 2026
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 understand how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience, support healthier grazin...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 22, 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 story about Country. But proud Wallara woman of the Koko-Muluridji people, Gullara McInnes, saw something more in the numb...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Sep 18, 2026
Young Indigenous women changing the face of STEM

Young Indigenous women are making their mark in science, and a national award is recognising a program determined to make sure they have the space, support and cultural safety to stay there.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Sep 18, 2026
Opinion: Pauline Hanson’s primitive idea of civilisation

Pauline Hanson wants to know what Aboriginal people achieved in 60,000 years. Perhaps the more interesting question is not whether Aboriginal civilisation was "primitive".

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Jesse J. Fleay Sep 17, 2026
Indigenous students explore culture, Country and science at Cairns congress

Two Indigenous James Cook University students have taken part in an international gathering focused on Indigenous knowledge, biodiversity and caring for Country.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 17, 2026
'We are not primitive. We never were.'

Let's call Pauline Hanson's comments what they are. Racism. Calling Aboriginal people "primitive" and questioning what we achieved over tens of thousands of years is not courageous political debate.

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Andrew Morrison Sep 15, 2026
Traditional knowledge helps reveal reef and mangrove connection

A decade-long partnership between Bardi Jawi rangers and Australian marine scientists has confirmed the important connection between mangrove and reef ecosystems in Western Australia's Kimberley regio...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Sep 7, 2026
South Australian Museum invites Kaurna knowledge holders and experts to join working group

Kaurna knowledge holders and experts have been invited by the South Australian Museum to express their interest in joining a new Kaurna Expert Focus Working Group to help guide the development of the...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 27, 2026
Traditional Owners to help shape $30 million program protecting Great Barrier Reef and Catchments

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the health of the Great Barrier Reef cannot be separated from the rivers, waterways and catchments flowing across Country.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 26, 2026
Menang knowledge and artefacts returned home

A research project has reunited Menang cultural knowledge, practices and artefacts dispersed across Australia and the world, bringing them together on Country in southern Western Australia for the fir...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 21, 2026
She showed Australia our oldest food system was never lost: Aunty Dale Chapman honoured as Sunshine Coast's Deadly Elder

Aunty Dale Chapman has spent a lifetime protecting culture, creating opportunities and lifting others up without ever seeking recognition. The respected Yuwaalaraay and Kooma Elder has been named reci...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 21, 2026
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