6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) Two of Australia's leading First Nations-owned literary organisations, Magabala Books and Blak & Bright, have launched First Stories Collective, a national network for Blak storytelling and publishing. Registration is now open for Blak creators from every corner of the country, across…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) Dugong numbers in the Gulf of Carpentaria have fallen sharply since the last region-wide aerial survey two decades ago, prompting Traditional Owners and researchers to call for increased monitoring and greater support for Sea Country management. The 2025 Gulf of Carpentaria…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (512+ words) Indigenous Literacy Day will highlight the role of Indigenous stories, languages and cultures in children's education with a national celebration on Wednesday, 2 September. This year's theme, "Country is our Teacher", focuses on the knowledge held within Country and the ways…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (100+ words) The Northern Territory Police Force is seeking public assistance to locate a teenage girl missing from Palmerston. Annabel, 16, was reported missing by family after last being seen in the suburb of Moulden on Monday, 24 August. Her whereabouts are currently unknown,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (387+ words) A judge with a "long-standing grievance" against a top prosecutor has been booted from three cases, despite the Crown's improper leaking of a juvenile's details to media. NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling SC won an appeal in the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (353+ words) Health practitioners working with Aboriginal people will be able to move from screening at-risk clients directly into culturally informed interviews and treatment planning online. A digital expansion of the Westerman Aboriginal Symptom Checklist (WASC), developed by renowned psychologist and Nyamal…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (346+ words) An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisation is ensuring the continued delivery of culturally safe support services to First Nations families and communities impacted by suicide and other traumatic loss. Thirrili Ltd delivers the Indigenous Suicide Postvention Service, a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (972+ words) Thirty Aboriginal-owned businesses will trade at Carriageworks from 25 to 27 September for the second Australian Native Food Festival, with the weekend markets and café free to attend on registration. Anyone who came last year has one piece of advice for this…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (821+ words) Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland lecturer Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn has been recognised with the Faculty of Arts and Education Early Career Teaching Award. Based in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, Dr McLean-Orsborn has…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (925+ words) While I thought that leaving politics meant leaving the business of public opinion - I was wrong. Business does not have that daily dynamic. There's no poll on whether the public still backs your ideas. The feedback loop is slower, so…...