More than 100 young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people gathered in Canberra on 12 and 13 February to address the damage being caused by environmental colonialism and climate change... Read more
(This article was updated on 22 February with tweets from the launch – see end of post.) Noeleen Tunny writes: While the gap in life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande... Read more
A treaty between the Northern Territory and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has inched a step closer with the appointment of Professor Mick Dodson as the NT’s first Treaty Comm... Read more
Preventing Indigenous suicide is deeply connected to the recovery of self governance and self-determination for Indigenous peoples. That was the strong message from Australia’s Profess... Read more
Brotherboys, Sistergirls and other Indigenous LGBTQI+ people were centre stage of discussions at the recent National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference and t... Read more
The World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference began in Perth on Thursday with powerful cultural ceremonies involving First Nations Peoples from around the world. Marie McInerney and Sum... Read more
Marie McInerney and Summer May Finlay report: The second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference closed on Wednesday, with most delegates set to move int... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The second World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference will be held in Perth on Thursday and Friday, following immediately on from the second National Aboriginal a... Read more
Marie McInerney and Summer May Finlay report: The second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Conference opened in Perth on Tuesday with a powerful expression of Nyoongar c... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: As Australian governments prepare to sign off on a new set of Closing the Gap targets, a senior Aboriginal health advocate, Professor Tom Calma AO, has called for meaningf... Read more
