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After facing a barrage of criticism for her comments, the One Nation leader says it was not her intention to cause hurt.
A new project renewed traditional net-making practices on Widjabal Wia-bal Country in northern New South Wales.
More than half of Indigenous workers report experiencing racism sometimes, often or very often. Here are three practical, proven ways for employers to help.
When fires and floods hit, Aboriginal communities are often left to recover without much, if any, government support.
Around a familiar outdoor table, Black Light at Malthouse Theatre tells an intergenerational story of four First Nations women.
A generation after the apology to the Stolen Generations, survivors’ medical, psychological and care needs are becoming more acute with age.
In Tasmania’s remote southwest, dry lightning storms are starting huge conflagrations across treeless plains. Could a return to cultural burning help?
One in five super funds are leaving members to make high-stakes decisions about retirement alone.
The new research maps where $7 billion of contracts went over eight years. It shows Indigenous businesses in Canberra won a surprisingly large slice of the funds.
Indigenous Australians’ median age at death is still just 63. That’s four years short of the age pension – let alone being able to enjoy a long retirement.
The shadow minister for Indigenous Australians and social services says we need ‘unpleasant conversations’ to achieve real outcomes – like keeping families together.
Two legal challenges threaten to overturn the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas project. A legal expert considers their prospects.
Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.
A recent study explored COVID experiences among Indigenous adults in WA. Here’s what we must learn for the next pandemic.
Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this change?
A new federal government strategy outlines how to elevate the rights of Indigenous Australians
Footprints, droppings, diggings and other signs left behind by animals reveal a lot to a skilled observer. Indigenous knowledge feeds into one of Australia’s largest wildlife monitoring endeavours.
The proposed Middle Arm industrial hub opens the door to serious environmental damage, and suffering for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.
Many Indigenous people want to help protect their traditional lands. That requires deciding which species and habitat matter most to them.
The rate of suicide among Indigenous Australians is increasing, as is the rate of children in out-of-home care, according to the latest Closing the Gap report released by the Productivity Commission. Assessing…



















