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Commonwealth to slash fuel excise in half to bring down transport costs
The federal government has cut the fuel excise in half for three months in a mov...
Giovanni Torre 30 Mar 2026
Indigenous leaders join call for increased Remote Area Allowance in face of fuel crisis
The Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT) and Aborigi...
Giovanni Torre 26 Mar 2026
Young Western Australians share their views on social media ban
Marking three months since the federal government introduced its social media ba...
Giovanni Torre 10 Mar 2026
High-speed internet reaches remote Kimberley community for the first time
A remote community in Western Australia's Kimberley has been connected to high-s...
Natasha Clark 22 Jan 2026
House of Darwin's Hoop Dreams NT program launches new initiative

First Nations brand and organisation House of Darwin have launched a new initiative as part of their Hoop Dreams NT program. Titled 'Alley Oop: Play It Forward', the new project has been created to ke...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Dec 17, 2025
Among the highest rates in the world: Addressing the challenges faced by Indigenous people living with dementia

Rates of dementia in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are among the highest recorded globally - and by 2051, the number of First Nations peoples over 50 living with d...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 17, 2025
First Nations remote renters win major housing case in the High Court

Four Indigenous remote renters have won their case unanimously in the High Court, successfully invalidating the Northern Territory government's widely-criticised 'Remote Rent Framework'.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 3, 2025
New partnership to deliver life-saving training for Aboriginal communities in WA’s Great Southern Region

A new partnership between the Indigenous-led Great Southern Aboriginal Medical Service and Community First Responders Australia - supported by the Heart Foundation - will deliver vital emergency respo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 27, 2025
'Sorely needed' footy changerooms open in Maningrida after six-year wait

When the Maningrida Footy Festival kicked off last weekend, with the Sydney Swans there to see and play, those who know a bit about good footy grounds said the West Arnhem Land deck was a pretty good...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 21, 2025
Remote Australia’s untapped potential

Remote Australia, with its vast landscapes and sparse populations, is a region rich in potential. Having grown up in Borroloola, about 1000km from Darwin in the Northern Territory, I have experienced...

Worsening rental affordability hurts Indigenous communities

Renters in the regions are having to find an extra $153 a week to go towards keeping a roof over their heads, on average, compared to June 2020.

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Poppy Johnston Jun 25, 2024
Northern Territory's peak social services body urges federal and NT governments to act on cost of living crisis

Territorians need more support and better protections to afford the basic costs of living, including access to affordable housing, transport and electricity amid a difficult cost environment, the Nort...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 6, 2023
Central Land Council urges Federal intervention in NT's "remote education crisis"

The Central Land Council has called on the federal government to act "quickly and decisively" to end what is describes as the Northern Territory's remote education crisis.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 5, 2023
Remote Aboriginal community wins legal right for safe drinking water for all NT tenants

In what has been hailed as an important victory for renters and remote Indigenous communities, the NT Supreme Court ruled this week that the public housing landlord is legally required to supply safe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 4, 2023
Peak Indigenous children's group backs consumer watchdog on childcare reform

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children has welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's second interim report into childcare costs and accessibility, and urged the Federal Gov...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 3, 2023
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