“We need to go back to what works and stop trying to appeal to governments who aren’t listening to us.” For more than a decade, the mainstream narrative around the …
Organisations must think beyond cultural competence as a compliance exercise and more of a moral obligation, writes Haven Home Safe CEO Andrew Cairns, reflecting on the…
“This is a budget that entrenches the inequalities and injustice of the past”First Nations advocates have condemned the 2021 budget as failing to live up to the government’s…
Cassandra Goldie provides a run through of what the Australian Council of Social Service is looking for in this week’s federal budget.As we head towards the federal budget,…
An Indigenous led project will lay out what’s needed to help strengthen First Nations advocacy A new project is mapping the wants, needs, and aspirations of First Nations…
There is a quiet process underway, aimed at achieving the recognition of the First Nations that has so far eluded Australia, writes University of New South Wales professor…
In My Blood It Runs is a moving portrayal of what it is like as an Aboriginal child growing up in Australia today. Director Maya Newell talks to Wendy Williams about why it was…
Aboriginal people are at greater risk of severe illness from COVID-19 than non-Aboriginal people. But plans to protect remote communities and keep the virus out are progressing…
One Aboriginal community has co-designed an online family violence resource for their own people, prioritising the voices of Australia’s First Nations populations …
When it comes to First Nations justice the progressive movement needs to decide if it wants to be part of the problem or part of the solution, according to Indigenous leaders.…