Indigenous Australians

An infectious disease study hopes to see faster and earlier diagnosis of strep A to prevent chronic diseases in high-risk communities.

A team of environmental experts, Indigenous rangers and conservation detection dogs is working on recovering the population of native freshwater turtles.

An Aboriginal man who was known by NSW Police to have mental health issues was hospitalised after his arrest over a traffic stop.

Malyangapa Baaka Wiimpatja artist Leroy Johnson says the axing of an arts grant, which he is the last recipient of, has left the Broken Hill arts community feeling unsupported. 

Police allege Cyril Mark Yeeda sold $45,000 worth of alcohol in dry communities for $170,000.

Barkindji mother-of-two Sonya Dutton, 31, was found in her family's Wilcannia residence on March 29, 2022 — four days after she was reportedly last seen.

After 24 years of Labor government, First Nations people in Australia's capital are frustrated and exhausted by a lack of meaningful progress to close the gap.

An educator says books that reflect remote Indigenous cultures and lifestyles are "the key to success" in improving reading outcomes for First Nations students.

With sounds recorded in a makeshift studio, this group of high school students produced music about First Nations culture.

Kanyanyapilla means "place of many eagles", and it's where Indigenous students in Adelaide are coming to connect with Kaurna culture.

Social media can help at-risk youth connect with support services, so what impact will the federal government's under-16s ban have on those community hubs?

After 24 years of Labor government, First Nations people in Australia's capital are frustrated and exhausted by a lack of meaningful progress to close the gap.

Victoria's statewide treaty has officially launched with a day of cultural celebrations in Melbourne.

Lawyers for former federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek have defended the Commonwealth's acceptance of the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming to protect part of a gold mine site from development.

The agreement with the federal government sees the Tiwi Islands included in Australia's national parks and reserves system.

Aboriginal housing advocates are calling for urgent improvements to the way remote public housing is maintained in the Northern Territory, after the coroner found the death of a toddler who fell into a backyard septic tank could have been prevented.

Up to 300 men — and a similar number of women — have taken part in the annual Ingkintja Men's March Against Domestic Violence under the slogan End the silence! Stop the violence! in Alice Springs, coinciding with the International Human Rights Day.

Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".

Legal experts say Australia is lagging in its human rights approach and should adopt a federal human rights act.

Canadian hereditary chief Na'Moks wanted to find out what a gas pipeline on his land would look like, so he flew to northern Western Australia.