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Is our health system looking after Indigenous people with disability?

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 28th April 2020 - Health leaders hope new principles will inform access to intensive care As talks of easing lockdown restrictions begin, experts fear Aboriginal Australians with disability will…

Indigenous partnership could be the ‘circuit breaker’ in closing the gap

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 12th February 2020 - Australia is on track to meet just two of the seven Closing the Gap targets Indigenous peak organisations say they now have an unprecedented opportunity to change the lives of Aboriginal…

Indigenous finance literacy in the digital age

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 12th November 2019 - New program aims to equip more Indigenous Australians with finance skills A world first digital program has launched in a bid to financially upskill Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work

Contributor, Monday, 11th November 2019 - The co-design process is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recast how decisions are made about Indigenous affairs, write Marcia Langton and Tom Calma, co-chairs of the Voice…

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Creating a legacy and Aboriginal-led solutions for impact

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 21st October 2019 - As the CEO of Saltwater Country, Yawuru and Bunuba woman Cara Peek is creating a legacy of Indigenous-led solutions to improve the social, emotional and economic wellbeing of all …

Traditional owners ramp up fight against Origin Energy to end fracking in the NT

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 16th October 2019 - Over 30 traditional owners walked out of the meeting after delivering demands to the energy giant Large crowds of Aboriginal landowners and community groups have stormed Origin…

Indigenous Australians struggle as nation’s money gap widens

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 15th October 2019 - The finance gap between Australian cities and regional areas is one of the worst in the developing world Indigenous Australians are some of the worst affected by the financial disparity…

Hotline to save Indigenous lives in police custody

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 - A welfare and legal advice hotline for Aboriginal people in police custody has launched following years of advocacy and negotiations in Western Australia, with advocates labelling…

Disability pension pushing Indigenous Australians into poverty

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 18th September 2019 - Two in five Indigenous households relying on the Disability Support Pension ran out of money for basic items such as food and fuel in the last year, new research shows, prompting calls…

Victoria to remove “archaic” public drunkenness law as Tanya Day inquest begins

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 26th August 2019 - A move by the Victorian government to decriminalise public drunkenness has been welcomed by Indigenous and human rights groups as an inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman, Tanya…

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Empowering Indigenous women on Instagram and changing a national conversation

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 26th August 2019 - Marlee Silva is the founder of Tiddas 4 Tiddas, a grassroots movement sharing the untold stories of powerful Indigenous women and changing the conversation around Indigenous Australia. …

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