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Young Indigenous man visited remote health services several times before he died
This report includes the name and image of a person who has died. A First Nation...
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
New, improved and mobile laundry facilities for remote communities to tackle preventable disease
Remote First Nations communities and homelands across Northern Australia will se...
Jarred Cross 27 Aug 2026
Mobile TAFE training for remote WA communities
Vocational education opportunities are set to be offered much closer to home for...
Callan Morse 26 Aug 2026
Tax Clinic program to support First Nations, remote communities
Remote communities, including First Nations communities, are set to benefit from...
Callan Morse 26 Aug 2026
Auditor General sounds alarm over WA health system payments

The Western Australian Opposition has called on the state's government to explain how almost $1 billion in WA Health payments were allowed to pass through a system it described as "plagued by weak con...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 19, 2026
Remote Aboriginal community receives water quality green light

A supply of drinking water is now available in the Fitzroy Valley community of Kadjina following the completion of $1.9 million water infrastructure upgrades, lifting a long-standing water quality adv...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 19, 2026
New jobs created as Badu Island company expands waste management services

An Indigenous-owned and operated company based on Badu Island in the Torres Strait is taking advantage of the federal government's remote jobs program to create employment opportunities in the communi...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 17, 2026
Remote and rural residents die young amid major healthcare shortfall

In pockets of remote Australia, there are teenagers with type two diabetes, young patients on kidney dialysis and people dying of heart disease before middle age.

Remote housing agreement allegedly behind schedule amidst claims the NT wants to renegotiate

The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Northern Territory Government seemingly does not want to stick to the terms of a landmark remote housing agreement.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2026
High hopes for $13 million health hub in Goldfields

One of Western Australia's biggest regional health centres has been transformed to meet modern needs of the rural communities it serves across the state's biggest region.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 12, 2026
Horizon grants bring local ideas to life

Organisations across regional and remote Western Australia can apply for new funding of up to $50,000 for community programs of note. Key Points:• New round of Horizon Power funding of up to $50...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 11, 2026
From the Central Desert to the Torres Strait: DAAF celebrates 20 years

This year's Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair gathered more than 75 stalls from Aboriginal art centres, each showcasing art, fashion and design rooted in the cultural histories of communities across Australi...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Aug 10, 2026
$21 million contract awarded to upgrade key NT road which services many Aboriginal communities

The federal and Northern Territory governments are progressing significant upgrades to Central Arnhem Road. On Monday it was announced a tender has been awarded to fully upgrade and seal a 14km sectio...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 4, 2026
Remote Jobs program reaches halfway mark with 3,000 jobs approved, government says

The federal government says it has reached the halfway point of its Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED), with 3,000 new jobs approved.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 31, 2026
Digital program backs women leading remote community op shops

Women at the helm of community-run op shops from remote corners of Western Australia and the Northern Territory have converged on Darwin, kicking off a digital skills program aimed at boosting their b...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Kalumburu students’ boab artwork to feature in new book

Students in Kalumburu, a remote East Kimberley community, are shaping a new book drawn from local stories and the towering presence of one of the town's largest boab trees.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Three-year agreement targets better health in Far North communities

A new partnership between Community Enterprise Queensland and the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is set to support healthier choices in Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and Cape Yor...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 29, 2026
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