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Healing program aims to help Indigenous survivors of DV

Healing program aims to help Indigenous survivors of DV

More than half of Indigenous women are survivors of violence and it's hoped an expansion of community-driven services will provide culturally-based healing.

Victorian opposition backflips on treaty support

Victorian opposition backflips on treaty support

Victorian opposition backflips on treaty support

Victorian opposition backflips on treaty support

Victoria's opposition has withdrawn its support for Indigenous treaty negotiations, citing concerns about cultural heritage laws.

Women trying to flee DV held back by income management

Women trying to flee DV held back by income management

Women trying to flee DV held back by income management

Women trying to flee DV held back by income management

Indigenous, legal and community advocates have told a Senate inquiry that compulsory income management doesn't work and can have dire unintended consequences.

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Justice system puts troubled tweens on downward spiral

Justice system puts troubled tweens on downward spiral

Current responses to children aged between 10 and 13 with alleged offending have little therapeutic or developmental benefit, a new criminology report says.

HIV-hepatitis project aims to reduce health inequities

HIV-hepatitis project aims to reduce health inequities

A new project focusing on Indigenous-led health initiatives is aiming to help address disproportionate rates of hepatitis and HIV in First Nations communities.

Genomic tools show innovative Indigenous agriculture

Genomic tools show innovative Indigenous agriculture

Research shows Aboriginal people increased the spread of bunya pine, which have held cultural significance for thousands of years, following colonisation.

Indigenous groups and gas giants promised clearer rules

Indigenous groups and gas giants promised clearer rules

A failed legal bid to stop the construction of an underwater gas pipeline has sparked a promise for clearer rules around consultations with traditional owners.

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Joonga crew provides some pointers for shark management

Joonga crew provides some pointers for shark management

Joonga crew provides some pointers for shark management

Joonga crew provides some pointers for shark management

Shark handling might sound frightening to most people but for the crew from Joonga, it's just part of their daily routine on the NSW South Coast.

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

The federal government is examining the consultation process for offshore oil and gas projects after court decisions in favour of traditional owners.

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Incarceration and recidivism rates in the Northern Territory are the highest in the nation, with corrections facilities at capacity and temperatures high.

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Sea level rises forced a group of Torres Strait Islanders to mount a legal challenge to Australia and their story has sparked a new dance work.

UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

Australia breached the cultural rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people, the United Nations Human Rights Committee says, raising questions about native title.

Funds to help women waiting for help against violence

Funds to help women waiting for help against violence

Funds to help women waiting for help against violence

Funds to help women waiting for help against violence

Millions of dollars in funding will help a Central Australia support group clear a waiting list of women seeking help against violence.

Big Bash First Nations round pays tribute to culture

Big Bash First Nations round pays tribute to culture

Big Bash First Nations round pays tribute to culture

Big Bash First Nations round pays tribute to culture

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures will be at the forefront when the Big Bash League's annual First Nations round gets under way.

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How 2003 decision helped lay foundations for the voice

The abolition of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body in the early 2000s paved the way for one of the most important political events of 2023.

Rangers use AI to sound out toadlet croaked in mystery

Aboriginal rangers in their remote lands are leading a research project to learn about a tiny toadlet believed to be a new species of frog.

A grieving mother calls for an end to deaths in custody

On the eighth anniversary of her son David Dungay Jr's death in custody, Dunghutti woman Leetona Dungay has spoken at a protest outside Sydney's Long Bay jail.

First Nations ranger unit uses fire to care for country

An Indigenous-led unit of rangers is using traditional fire management practices to manage weeds and regenerate native plant species.

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Cultural burns help to protect country from bushfires

With bushfires raging across some parts of the nation, Aboriginal land management techniques are showing how to reduce the severity of the damage.

Tiddas: Heiss takes novel from the page to centre stage

Indigenous author Anita Heiss' novel Tiddas, which celebrates the strength of sistahood, has been adapted for the stage and will feature at the Sydney Festival.

Copper mine under fire for destroying cultural heritage

Mining company Sandfire has apologised to traditional owners after destroying cultural heritage at its copper mine in the Pilbara and failing to notify them.

Town overcomes setbacks to welcome flood evacuees

Cooktown was one of the worst hit by record rainfall caused by Tropical Cyclone Jasper but locals still welcomed evacuees from a flood-hit Aboriginal community.

No room: record numbers of Indigenous people seek help

Indigenous people experience homelessness at higher rates than non-Indigenous Australians. Advocates are calling for support of Indigenous-led solutions.

Stranded residents evacuated from Aboriginal community

Wujal Wujal residents have been welcomed in Cooktown after being evacuated from the Aboriginal community on Tuesday afternoon.

Review to ensure Indigenous contracts hit the mark

The awarding of Commonwealth contracts to Indigenous companies will be reviewed to ensure the taxpayer cash ends up in the right hands.

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