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$10 million in federal funding for ailing Royal Darwin Hospital
The federal government has announced a $10 million investment to upgrade the mat...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Jul 2026
Cherokee Nation opens new 127-bed hospital in Oklahoma
The Cherokee Nation has completed a US$470 million (AUD 671 million) replacement...
Giovanni Torre 21 Jul 2026
Victoria establishes state's first Aboriginal-led human research ethics committee
Victoria's first Aboriginal-led human research ethics committee has officially b...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2026
Purpose-built family hub opens to support Tiwi children and families
A new child and family centre has officially opened in the remote Tiwi Islands c...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Jul 2026
Congress members strengthen community-led stance against domestic and family violence
Members of Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have endorsed a change to the...
Nicole Brown 15 Jul 2026
Gomeroi artist honours LifeFlight through artwork

Emerging contemporary Indigenous artist and Gomeroi woman Melinda Luscombe reflected on the fragility of life while creating her latest work.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 14, 2026
New chief executive appointed to Kambu Health

Kambu Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health has appointed Torres Strait Islander woman Dania Ahwang as its new chief executive officer.

Deadly Cup leaves lasting impact on Territory community

The Deadly Cup has again demonstrated the power of combining sport, culture and health after more than 2,000 people attended last weekend's rugby league carnival in Darwin.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Jul 13, 2026
First Nations youth lead Australia's biggest anti-vaping movement

New results released for NAIDOC Week show the first national Aboriginal-led week of action on youth vaping reached young people at national scale, generating more than 38 million campaign impressions...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 10, 2026
Dr Pat Anderson reflects on 50 years of NAIDOC at UQ

Dr Pat Anderson AO has marked the 50-year anniversary of NAIDOC with a personal keynote address at The University of Queensland. The Alyawarre woman from the Northern Territory reflected on the histor...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 8, 2026
Scholar centres I-Kiribati knowledge, women and cultural resilience

As Kiribati Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa / New Zealand this week, University of Auckland doctoral candidate Roi Burnett hopes people will look beyond familiar narratives about rising se...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
AHCSA marks 25 years of community-controlled health leadership

The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia is marking 25 years since it was incorporated as an independent, community-controlled organisation.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 3, 2026
Fifty years of deadly: what Aboriginal community control has achieved for our health

This NAIDOC Week, the theme is 50 Years of Deadly. For me, those words land with particular weight and few examples better capture that theme than the achievements of Aboriginal community-controlled h...

D
Donna Ah Chee Jul 3, 2026
Aboriginal groups warn racism remains entrenched across Victoria's public systems

Systemic racism across Victoria's healthcare, child protection and policing systems is continuing to harm First Nations people, two leading Aboriginal organisations have warned.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 2, 2026
Lockhart River children help bring skin health book to life

A children's book created during a remote health placement in Lockhart River is helping share important messages about skin health in a fun and culturally inclusive way.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Jul 2, 2026
Ngarnal and RFDS launch new health partnership on Mornington Island

Ngarnal Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have launched a new primary health care partnership on Mornington Island.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
One year on, 120 remote stores have signed up to the federal government's low-cost essentials subsidy

More than 120 remote community stores have joined the Federal Government's Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme in its first year, with ministers touting the program as a key cost-of-living measure for...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 1, 2026
Access the key to closing First Nations vaccination gap

New research led by The University of Queensland has found community involvement, culturally safe services and better access may be the key to improving vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres S...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
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