Victoria
"Punitive shifts" in Victoria's youth justice system have led to worsening outcomes for Aboriginal children, who remain over-represented in the system, the state's First Nations Children's Commissione...
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. A man has been charged with the murder of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen Bonner.
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. A 31-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the death of 21-year-old Jayda Lou-Eve Allen...
Community-designed training for leadership and confident decision-making within Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations will continue in Victoria for a further three years after securing funding...
Holly Stephens' local club in Gippsland was where first played - in the under 9s - the game through which she would ultimately represent her culture on the world stage.
First Peoples artists with connections to Victoria are being invited to take their work onto one of Melbourne's most visible public canvases, with expressions of interest now open for the 2027 First P...
A Victorian Government announcement to put health professionals at the forefront of mental health callouts has been welcomed by the state's peak body for Aboriginal health organisations, which says th...
Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, strong in identity and Culture, connected to family, Community and Country and surrounded by the people who kn...
A Victorian Government election commitment to give police and protective services officers (PSOs) the power to randomly search people in public using metal detectors — without a warrant —...
The decriminalisation of begging in Victoria is "long awaited and much needed", legal advocates say. This week, an amendment by Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne repealing the offence of begging and g...
Warning: This report contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. The first directions hearing in the Coroners Court was held on Thursday for Aboriginal man Joey Thurston, who die...
Victorian Traditional Owners say they have still received no response from the Corrections Minister to their submission on contentious legislation that means prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily a...
This year's Child Protection Week (September 6-12) theme, Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action, is an important one. Because when it comes to Aboriginal* children and families...