#indigenousaustralians — Public Fediverse posts
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Indigenous dads challenging stereotypes this Father's Day
By Chris Murrkarany FitzpatrickIndigenous fathers say damaging stereotypes continue to shape how they are seen as parents, as advocates call for their strengths and contributions to families to be celebrated this Father's Day.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/celebrating-indigenous-dads-fathers-day/107116864
#Parenting #IndigenousAustralians #NTIntervention #ChrisMurrkaranyFitzpatrick
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Fred Hollows built something remarkable but its future is under threat
By Catherine James and Rachel KellySixty years after Fred Hollows ventured into the outback to save the sight of thousands, a devoted team of specialists fears the life-changing work he started might not survive if governments cannot see past a funding blind spot.
#Health #Eyes #Charities #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Volunteering #CatherineJames #RachelKelly
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NT government says no more ‘coddling criminals’ or ‘identity politics’ after experts walk out over ignored advice
By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporterIndependent experts and organisations tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people say Territorian government is not entering into ‘genuine partnership’
#IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #Prisons #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter
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Canberra woman to receive $100k settlement over illegal strip search
By Jade ToomeyJulianne Williams sued the ACT government for damages after a court found the illegal strip search breached her human rights.
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Uneven distribution of class action payments causing havoc in Arnhem Land
By Oliver ChaselingAboriginal organisations in north-east Arnhem Land say they have been left to deal with the aftermath of a stolen wages class action that failed to include hundreds of potentially eligible claimants. One Yolŋu elder says he only found out about the class action after others received payments.
#Courts #WagesandBenefits #IndigenousAustralians #OliverChaseling
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Birdsville's lone ranger retires after three decades as keeper of the desert
By Hannah WalshFor more than 30 years, Don Rowlands has been the ranger in charge of Munga-Thirri National Park, in Queensland's far south-west corner. But the time has come for him to hang up his uniform.
#IndigenousAustralians #NationalParks #History #RuralandRemoteCommunities #HannahWalsh
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Calls for better solutions as Kalgoorlie marks 10 years since protest
By Nicholas R Ward and Katrina TapA decade on from the unrest in the wake of an Aboriginal teen's death, some say not enough has been done to support young people in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
#IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #NicholasRWard #KatrinaTap
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Gulf trucking company halt could force remote grocery price surge
By Tim LittleRemote grocery prices could surge and more than 70 jobs are at risk after a major Gulf freight company was grounded for compliance and safety issues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/hawkins-transport/107075312
#Transport #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CostofLiving #TimLittle
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Program motivates remote students to join healthcare workforce at home
By Kavina Kumar and Zara MargolisMelinda is still finishing high school, but she is already working inside the health system and building a career that could bring her back to serve her own community.
#Education #Health #Nurses #HealthcareFacilities #IndigenousPeoples #RuralandRemoteCommunities #VocationalEducationandTraining #IndigenousAustralians #KavinaKumar #ZaraMargolis
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Baker Boy wins big at NIMAs
By Tilda CollingThe National Indigenous Music Awards winners have been announced, with territory talent Baker Boy winning big.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/2026-national-indigenous-music-awards-winners/107012584
#IndigenousMusic #MusicAwards #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #BandsandArtists #TildaColling
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Delvene Cockatoo-Collins wins National Indigenous Fashion award for textiles harvested on Country
By Ima CaldwellThe Quandamooka artist was one of seven commended for garments that serve as living archives of kinship and memory
#Australianfashion #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousart #Fashion #Culture #Darwin #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell
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First Nations fashion celebrates weaving, wattle and waterways at from Country to Couture 2026 – in pictures
By (A)manda ParkinsonOver two nights in Larrakia country, Darwin Aboriginal art fair’s annual runway event showcases the work of 21 designers and art centres.
#Australianfashion #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Darwin #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousart #Australianews #TheGuardian #AmandaParkinson
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Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondentThe Yamaji-Wajarri people studied the wide-open skies of their country for millennia before being host to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes
#IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousart #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Astronomy #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
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We have survived! Forty years of Aboriginal protest posters – in pictures
By Sam Miers from the Penrith Miers Archive; Emma O'Neill and Seb Henry-Jones from Numbers; and Emma JoyceWiradjuri elder Ray Jackson was a prominent activist in Australia. He was the founding secretary of the New South Wales Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee in 1987 and a regular face at the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy up until his death in 2015.
#Australianart #Indigenousart #Culture #Artanddesign #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Protest #Deathsincustody #Race #Indigenousincarceration #TheGuardian #SamMiersfromthePenrithMiersArchive #EmmaONeill #SebHenryJonesfromNumbers # #EmmaJoyce