Mirrabooka Y School student Paige wins NAIDOC design competition after rebuilding confidence
A Mirrabooka high school student has been awarded $1000 after she won a NAIDOC t-shirt design competition open…
Traces of grass used in Indigenous rituals 25,000 years ago unearthed in Victorian cave
For thousands of years, GunaiKurnai ancestors burnt grasses inside a cave in Eastern Victoria, potentially to undertake magic,…
NAIDOC Week: Canning launches stacked program of community events to celebrate 50 years
Fifty years of ‘deadly’ will be honoured in the NAIDOC Week celebrations and events to soon roll out…
Reconciliation Week puts spotlight on Welcome to Country tradition after divisive Anzac Day services
Welcome to Country ceremonies have become increasingly politicised in recent years. Anzac Day this year was a case…
Grim record in Australian disease outbreak
The outbreak of a little-known disease called diphtheria in the Top End of the country has Aussies asking…
Indigenous artist Tony Albert’s optimism is an act of generosity
When the artist Tony Albert told me last year that he hoped to “take every item of ‘Aboriginalia’…
Breaking cycles of disadvantage: Australia versus global economic models
Breaking cycles of disadvantage is not simply a policy objective — it is a test of a society’s commitment…
How Indigenous Acknowledgments Became a Target in Australia
Leading up to this year’s Anzac Day, when Australia’s war dead are commemorated with a somber dawn service,…
Albanese, Ley condemn alleged act of terror targeting Indigenous protesters
The prime minister has condemned the alleged attempted bombing of a peaceful Invasion Day protest as driven by…
Perth Invasion Day rally: Possible explosive device thrown into crowd, Forrest Place evacuated
Thousands of Invasion Day demonstrators were evacuated from Forrest Place in Perth’s CBD after a potential explosive was…
Hoop dreams come true as first Indigenous basketball team heads to USA
Wiradjuri teenager Hugo Swan is off to the land of basketball dreams after being picked in a First…
Aussies hit by spike in STIs
Cases of syphilis and gonorrhoea have doubled over the past 10 years, a leading health research body has…