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Senate motion of condolence for Kumanjayi Little Baby sees outpouring of grief, calls for action
This report includes the name and image of a person who has died. A motion of co...
Giovanni Torre 12 May 2026
Analysis: Decades of evidence, limited action — the challenge facing the government's racism inquiry
When independent MPs walked into the Mural Hall at Parliament House this week ca...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Mar 2026
Thorpe: Racism inquiry welcomed, but action, not reports, is needed
One of the Albanese government's most outspoken critics on the need to combat ra...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Mar 2026
First Nations MPs express their condolences as Parliament mourns Bondi attack victims
First Nations politicians have offered condolences following the Bondi attacks d...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Jan 2026
First Nations leaders, industry to meet in Naarm for economic roundtable
An economic roundtable will be held in Naarm (Melbourne) on Friday, bringing tog...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Aug 2025
We can choose a party that wants to divide us or one that wants to strengthen us

First Nations people, and businesses, are supercharging Australia's economic growth, and delivering bang for buck. Contributing $16.1 billion in revenue each year, they pay $4.

Closing the Gap and celebrating business success not an "either-or" proposition - Stewart

As the Labor Party looks to hold office in the upcoming election, the issue of the Indigenous affairs portfolio and the policies of the two major parties has stood out.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 4, 2025
Exclusive: Thorpe calls for move away from peak bodies, towards language groups

Indigenous people need to get back to language groups and move away from peak bodies, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has said. Appearing alongside Labor Senator Jana Stewart, Greens Senator Dorinda...

Key First Nations groups welcome parliamentary report's vision for Indigenous economic empowerment

First Nations Foundation is urging the federal government to pursue an ambitious agenda to ensure the financial prosperity of Indigenous Australians, following the findings of a parliamentary report.

Indigenous business, Traditional Owner corporation welcome Indigenous economic prosperity report recommendations

The peak body for Traditional Owners in Victoria, as well as the country's first Indigenous-owned energy retailer, has welcomed the calls by the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strai...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2024
Shortfalls in finance and capital limiting First Nations economic growth, major report reveals

While First Nations people and businesses are significant contributors to the national economy, restricted access to finance and capital is limiting their growth and financial wellbeing, a new report...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Nov 26, 2024
“An important part of reconciliation”: First Nations ancestors returned from California

Fourteen First Nations ancestors have been returned to Australia from four Californian collecting institutions. The repatriation sees five ancestors returned from Berkeley's Phoebe A.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 8, 2024
First Nations brand Clothing The Gaps joins iconic designers to celebrate 30 years of Melbourne Fashion Week

Using fashion as a catalyst for social change, Clothing The Gaps made a bold and powerful statement at Melbourne Fashion Week last month, as the brand took to the Closing Showcase to present three gar...

Maria Marouchtchak Maria Marouchtchak Nov 7, 2024
New Ranger funding welcomed by community groups

The federal government's funding announcement for 1000 Indigenous rangers has been labelled a "massive boost" by organisations on the ground, who argue it is a direct result of lobbying for more range...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 1, 2024
More than 1000 new Indigenous Ranger positions - the majority for First Nations women - to be created

More than 1000 Indigenous Ranger positions will be created Australia-wide—up to 770 of them for First Nations women. The expansion of the Indigenous Rangers Program will see a $355 million inves...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 30, 2024
Indigenous businesses have a huge impact on the economy and allow continuation of culture

'What can you do as a collective to have impact?"That was the question asked to a group of First Nations entrepreneurs enrolled in the MURRA Indigenous Business Masterclass, in a Melbourne Business Sc...

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Dechlan Brennan Oct 16, 2024
Indigenous TAFE numbers skyrocket on back of government's fee-free enrolments

First Nations enrolments in TAFE courses now make up more than 5 per cent of all enrolments, with the federal government saying their Fee-Free TAFE initiative continues to exceed targets.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 4, 2024
'Big opportunity to shift the narrative': Senator Jana Stewart on First Nations business, prosperity and self-determination

Despite increasingly contributing to the Australian economy, First Nations business have gone largely unnoticed by past governments, according to the chair of a federal parliamentary committee, Indige...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 10, 2024
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