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New research examines the barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at work – and what they’re doing to challenge them.
A generation after the apology to the Stolen Generations, survivors’ medical, psychological and care needs are becoming more acute with age.
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.
Two Traditional Owners from the Torres Strait Islands who took the Australian government to court over climate-related harms have lost their case.
The shadow minister for Indigenous Australians and social services says we need ‘unpleasant conversations’ to achieve real outcomes – like keeping families together.
As one workshop participant, a journalism educator, put it: ‘We’re still telling the same stories, it’s like a circle, and we don’t seem to be able to break free from it. Nothing seems to change.’
After the referendum loss, the government hasn’t had much of a plan for Indigenous Australians. The new minister’s biggest challenge will be making one.
After some violent incidents, the town is under a curfew from 10pm to 6am. But evidence from cities in Australia and the United States suggest it will bring little benefit.
First Nations women are 32 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of domestic violence than non-Indigenous women. We need to put Indigenous women at the centre of the discussion.
Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
Closing The Gap reports have successively highlighted the need for the public service to listen to First Nations people. How do we change the status quo?
A lunar eclipse ceremony from the Torres Strait turns our understanding of the history of science on its head.
To First Nations women, ‘care’ is more broad and all-encompassing than traditional definitions. We need a new approach to capturing, and appreciating, their work, paid and unpaid.
First Nations fathers are too often the subject of negative, often untrue stereotypes. We analysed data from around 150 dads about what they needed. Here’s what they said.
The latest Closing the Gap report reveals just four of the 19 targets are on track to be achieved. It comes after years of failing to give First Nations people a say over their own lives.
Zenadth Kes peoples (or Torres Strait Islanders) have a tiny population, but they’ve been highly effective in creating distinctive laws to protect their culture and way of life.
Many believe Australia became it’s own country at federation in 1901, but that’s not strictly true. Instead, it happened more than 80 years later. Why don’t we celebrate it?
The failed Voice to Parliament referendum dashed the hopes of many mapping out a path to reconciliation. If we look to the example set by North American Indians, there might be another way forward.
Plus a view on the Voice referendum from Canada. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean of Business (Indigenous Leadership & Engagement); Director, UTS Centre for Indigenous People and Work, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Officer - Engagement, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Education & Research Centre, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology | School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Associate Dean Indigenous College of Arts, Law, and Education; Senior Lecturer, Social Work, University of Tasmania
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Research assistant , University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in Law, Curtin University
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Professor in Indigenous Policy, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emeritus in Aboriginal Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Researcher (Indigenous Policy) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney