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Reconciliation on Indigenous communities in Canada and Australia
Indigenous people across the world are pushing their governments to be listened to and to establish reconciliation paths for the......
Teachers don’t feel confident sharing Aboriginal history and culture in classrooms, survey finds
New research has found Australian teachers are afraid of saying the ‘wrong thing’ when it comes to embedding First Nations......
Culturally Nourishing Schools Project: Bringing teachers out of classrooms and onto Country
An initiative from UNSW is taking teachers out of the classroom and onto Country to build connections and confidence to......
Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Busking For Change Initiative
Primary Schools nationwide have been invited to learn and perform a song in the northern Australian Indigenous language. Part of......
UN finds Australian and WA Government in potential breach of racial discrimination convention
A UN committee has found the Australian and WA governments potentially breached racial discrimination conventions, over the handling of Aboriginal......
Reconciliation Week Begins Today
National Reconciliation Week runs each year from May 27th to June 3rd, with the dates commemorating the successful 1967 referendum......
Here’s what this year’s Federal Budget means for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organizations say this year’s federal budget will provide welcome relief for some service providers, but......
Calls for NSW to remove voting restrictions for incarcerated people
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has called on the NSW Electoral Matters Committee to remove the restrictions on incarcerated......
Submerged Ancient First Nations Areas Discovered
New research has discovered ancient First Nations occupation patterns on Barrow Island, near the North West Shelf, Western Australia. 50,000......
NT Government Faces Backlash over Response to Fish Kill
The Northern Territory Government is being questioned on their ability to respond to environmental disasters, following reports of a mass......