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First Nations knowledge must help shape the doctors who serve our communities
First Nations knowledge and leadership must help shape how future doctors are tr...
Nicole Brown 19 Oct 2026
Inquest to be held into murder of Hawke children after grandmother's long campaign for truth
This report includes the names of Indigenous people who have died. After a long...
Giovanni Torre 15 Oct 2026
Leading legal figures continue push for inquest into murder of Pilbara children
This report includes the names of Indigenous people who have died. Two prominent...
Giovanni Torre 15 Oct 2026
Murder charge laid over death of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen Bonner
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Open justice, victim safety debate as NT considers changing suppression order laws
The Northern Territory Government's proposal to allow the public naming of accus...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Senior coordinator appointed as response to child safety in Pilbara continues

A senior coordinator is set to oversee multiagency work and report to Western Australia's Child Protection Minister as the response to at-risk children in the Pilbara continues.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 12, 2026
'It is never too late to speak up and seek support' - Yvonne Weldon comes forward as complainant in Mick Mundine historic assault case

Indigenous community leader and City of Sydney councillor Yvonne Weldon has come forward as the complainant at the centre of the sexual assault charges against Mick Mundine.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2026
Commissioner releases details of probe into child protection crisis in the Pilbara

Note: this report contains the names of people who have died. The National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Anne Hunter, released the Terms of Refe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2026
Prominent Sydney Aboriginal leader Mick Mundine charged with two sexual assault offences

Prominent Sydney Aboriginal leader Mick Mundine has been charged with two sexual assault offences following an investigation. The 79-year-old chief executive of the Aboriginal Housing Company was arre...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 8, 2026
WA Premier won't commit to visiting town at the heart of child protection crisis

WA Premier Roger Cook will not commit to going to Port Hedland himself to take charge of a child protection crisis and see the conditions that have been described as a "national shame", The West Austr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 8, 2026
Bishop's victims praised for bringing down powerful man

A former high-ranking Catholic fond of hosting alcohol-fuelled shirts-off parties will spend at least four and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

WA Children's Commissioner set to release report on child protection system, rules out inquiry into murder of three young children in Port Hedland

Note: This article includes the names of people who have died. Western Australia's Commissioner for Children and Young People will release a report on the state's child protection system before the en...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 7, 2026
Inquiry urged into Commonwealth role in child removals

There must be an examination into what the Commonwealth is doing around First Nations child removals, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she calls for a parliamentary inquiry.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 7, 2026
Former WA Governor joins Malarndirri McCarthy in call for inquest into murder of three Aboriginal children

This story contains details some readers may find disturbing, and includes the names of people who have died. A former WA Governor and former WA Children's Court president have joined federal Minister...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 5, 2026
Indigenous grants to fight online and AI-powered abuse

Indigenous-led programs to combat online abuse of women, including developing educational games and safety programs for remote communities, have been awarded almost $1 million in grants by the eSafety...

Aboriginal community group welcomes WA Government's initial response to Port Hedland child safety concerns

Community group Hedland Aboriginal Strong Leaders have welcomed the Western Australian Government's support to expand the operation of Headland House safe space to seven nights a week.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 24, 2026
Doesn't happen in cities: Remote communities facing water and essential services issues

The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments to urgently address what it says are persistent failures in essential services affecting remote communities...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 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
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