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No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal
Money from a joint $842 million Commonwealth-Northern Territory funding agreemen...
Dechlan Brennan 25 May 2026
Indigenous health bodies back coordinated response to diphtheria outbreak
The Commonwealth government's funding package in response to the country's large...
Dechlan Brennan 21 May 2026
Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis
Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis followin...
Lloyd Jones 20 May 2026
New Starlink access reaches 4,000 people across remote PNG villages
A new Starlink connection has brought reliable internet and phone access to appr...
Rebekah Rasmussen 18 May 2026
Federal Budget delivers $1.31b in Indigenous-specific measures, but reform gaps remain
A new First Nations Economics analysis of the 2026-27 Federal Budget says the Co...
Reece Harley 13 May 2026
Price plea to end 'racism of low expectations'

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Australia can no longer "hide behind race" as she issued an emotional plea for change after the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby.

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 condolence for the loss of Kumanjayi Little Baby has seen an outpouring of grief and also calls for action in the Senate.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 12, 2026
First Nations energy affordability - 'a goal in the never never'

Electricity access has improved globally, with 92 per cent of the world's population connected by 2023. Still, 666-670 million people remain without electricity, and a staggering 85 per cent of these...

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James Reynolds May 11, 2026
Wadeye women push for sealed road to keep families connected to Country

Women in Wadeye, Northern Territory, are calling for the Port Keats Road to be sealed, noting year-round access would improve health care, freight, food supply, essential services and the ability for...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 8, 2026
Tragic case highlights a national digrace

The death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has had a profound impact on families across the Northern Territory and beyond. Like many Australians, I am devastated by the news that she has been fo...

Kimberley leaders gather in Broome to push for community-led solutions

Community leaders from all corners of the Kimberley converged on Broome this week for the Kimberley Remote Aboriginal Community Leadership Network (KRACLN) Forum.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 1, 2026
Australia eliminates trachoma as public health problem in landmark milestone

Australia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organisation says, in a landmark achievement. The world's leading infectious cause of preventable blindness, trachoma is...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 30, 2026
Transparency at the foundation of $842 million in remote NT funding

New Commonwealth funding agreements with Aboriginal organisations delivering services in remote NT will be bound by strict governance and accountability mechanisms to help ensure the $842 million woul...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Apr 24, 2026
Teenager killed, two airlifted to hospital after quad bike accident in remote Indigenous community

A 16-year-old boy has died in a quad bike crash in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye, while a 12-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man have been airlifted to Darwin.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 23, 2026
Remote community tenants sue NT government over unsafe housing in extreme heat

Public housing tenants from a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community are taking the Territory government to court for "failing" to provide safe housing during extreme heat.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 22, 2026
First Nations Foundation reunites millions in lost super

First Nations Foundation has reunited more than $4.15 million in lost and unclaimed superannuation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and regional Queensland, highlighting the...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 20, 2026
West Kimberley program re-engages students as school attendance remains low

School attendance in WA's West Kimberley is among the State's lowest, however a re-engagement program is getting kids back in class. The Marra Worra Worra Aboriginal Corporation (MWWAC), based in Fitz...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Apr 8, 2026
Fuel crisis prompts first use of 1940s price exploitation laws in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory government says it has taken an "unprecedented" step by enacting legislation for the first time in response to the fuel cost crisis.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 31, 2026
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