After a moving swearing-in ceremony, Australias first indigenous cabinet minister, Ken Wyatt — who also becomes Minister for Indigenous Australians — has ...
Jade Collard was adored by those around her. She was a happy kid, kind-hearted and loyal.
I see Eddie Mabo as a man for all seasons but one drawn magnetically to the season of hope. Being banished from Mer in the Murray Islands, standing before court and being expelled at the age of 16 for drinking alcohol, might have broken many young men. Poverty, rejection and alienation crushes most young people. Look deeper into the over-incarceration of young Indigenous men and women and the loss of hope expressed in so many suicides and you find family crisis, the early death of a parent, domestic violence, foetal alcohol syndrome, drugs or abuse. A season for hope ... Eddie Mabo, a role ...
Health Minister Greg Hunt has promised to "obsessively" seek to eliminate youth suicide, while revealing how personal tragedy shaped his passion for mental health at a young age. Mr Hunt, who met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and senior advisers on Thursday to discuss the crisis afflicting young Australians, told the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age the loss of a family friend had stayed with him for decades. Greg Hunt has vowed to tackle youth suicide.Photo: Simon Schluter "As a young adult, I was touched by someone very close to our family who took their own life," Mr Hunt said. "On...
The first ever indigenous female engineer employed by mining giant BHP spends her days drilling holes, packing them with explosives and watching the ...
Sydney has long been a crucible for Indigenous activism – lawyer Noel Pearson calls Redfern the “political capital of black Australia”. But the city is also one of ...
GREEN activists working inside the Queensland Labor Government have hoodwinked Aborigines into locking up millions of hectares of their land on Cape York.
The Child Protection Department has set a target to hire another 120 Aboriginal staff to better respond to the high numbers of Aboriginal children in state care.
New South Wales centre Latrell Mitchell has backed fellow Indigenous Blues players Cody Walker and Josh Addo-Carr in their decision to stand silent during ...
Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution has to be done right, or it will be put on hold for decades, Indigenous Australians ...
Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution has to be done right, or it will be put on hold for decades, Indigenous Australians ...
Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution has to be done right, or it will be put on hold for decades, Indigenous Australians ...
Aboriginal art on Socceroos jerseys and Indigenous team in the FFA Cup are the start of how football must improve its Indigenous programs and pathways.
Warrgamay/Girramay man Troy Wyles-Whelan's passion for his traditional language began when he was a child listening to his elders speak. Now he's working ...
Wallabies great David Campese has voiced his displeasure at Australia's green Indigenous jersey, saying he is upset that the team won't wear all gold in every ...
Pan along the faces during the national anthem, and there have always been players who chose not to sing. They all have their own reasons. Some don’t know the words. Some don’t like the sound of their singing voice, or don’t feel singing puts them in the right frame of mind for the match ahead. Some are too preoccupied with the match to think about singing. Each (as we used to say) to their own. Illustration: Simon LetchPhoto: Now, the moving camera takes the guise of a bullying choirmaster. You, laddy! Not singing? Explain yourself! Indigenous league players Cody Walker and Josh Addo-Carr ...
Tourists heading to the Northern Territory's Red Centre will soon have to admire Uluru from afar.
The Kakadu plum is one of the richest sources of vitamin C of any fruit, and the increasing demand has started creating supply problems.
A group of Aboriginal women from the Anangu Pitjanjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands have gifted the Muslim communities in Adelaide and New Zealand a ...
You're invited to an exclusive ABC Hobart x TMAG free event, as we look into artist Julie Gough's latest exhibition: Test Past.