Australia's richest man wants to end Indigenous disadvantage
He's worth over 4 billion dollars so you would think he could have everything he wants. But despite being Australia's richest man, mining magnate Andrew Forrest has a goal to end Indigenous...
View ArticleMixing-up the sounds of hip hop with didgeridoos at Barunga Festival
The sound of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" mingled with the sound of traditional didgeridoos and clap sticks at Barunga Festival over the weekend as young children and some adults tried out some new...
View ArticleNAIDOC Week Unsung Hero - Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
Despite never attending secondary school, Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann went on to become the NT's first Indigenous school teacher and principal of St Francis Xavier in her home community. Influenced...
View ArticleNAIDOC Week Unsung Heroes - Dallas Woods
When you think of unsung heroes in the community it's usually older people that come to mind, but Dallas Woods is someone helping young Indigenous people like himself build confidence, shake the idea...
View ArticleRemote polling starts in outback Northern Territory
People living in the remote indigenous community of Gunbalanya, east of Kakadu National Park, were able to cast their vote at a mobile polling station this week.
View ArticleTracking Down Our First Astronomers
We all have those moments of craning our head towards the night sky, checking it out, in awe, wondering what's out there, trying to figure it all out and how it affects life on Earth. But have you ever...
View ArticleRemote school mixes science with Indigenous knowledge
The school in Elliott, 400 kilometres south of Katherine, has been mixing it's science curriculum with its classes on Indigenous culture.
View ArticleCalls for ORIC to speed up Jawoyn investigation
The Member for Nelson is urging the Aboriginal corporations watchdog to speed up its investigation into the Jawoyn Association.
View ArticleAllegations CEO spent $1000s on himself
Allegations have emerged that the former chief executive of the Jawoyn Association Aboriginal Corporation spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of the association's money on himself.
View ArticleNo more police probe into Jawoyn corporation
Northern Territory Police will not continue to investigate allegations that a Northern Territory politician covered up the alleged misuse of funds from the Jawoyn Association Aboriginal Corporation....
View ArticlePaul Grabowsky and the Wagilak Group : Crossing Roper Bar
When we think of popular music from Arnhem Land, we tend to think of major international acts such as Gurrumul and Yothu Yindi. For the better part of the last decade, international audiences and...
View ArticleBeswick Nursery offers unexpected backyard bounty to remote Indigenous residents
A remote community garden project in the Katherine region, has become an important source of fresh produce for its Indigenous residents, approximately 110km east of Katherine.
View ArticleOutback Australian horsemen reflect on a life spent in the saddle
Five talented Northern Territory horse breakers from different generations shared their stories, skills and experience.
View ArticleNorthern Territory's most remote residents push for support as schools close...
In one of the Northern Territory's most remote communities, there are no teachers in schools and groceries are a luxury, in a funding situation labelled a "form of cultural genocide".
View ArticleArnhem Land band K Squad use rock and reggae to encourage rejection of grog,...
Rock and roll and sobriety aren't known to go hand in hand but in a far-flung corner of Arnhem Land, a group of young men are bucking the trend, using music to persuade their peers to reject drinking,...
View ArticleControversial remote work-for-the-dole scheme achieves 1pc improvement in job...
A Federal Government evaluation of its own remote work-for-the-dole scheme finds it has improved job outcomes by just 1 per cent, and most surveyed participants felt it had left their communities the...
View ArticleWhat if your day in court lasted just five minutes?
"Bush Court" is based on a simple premise. If you live in a remote Australia, you won't be forced to travel to the city to seek justice. Instead, justice will come to you. It's kind of like a judicial...
View ArticleTwo lawyers, three days, and 44 cases: Is Bush Court in the NT the fast food...
Is mandatory sentencing the best way to determine what punishment fits the crime?
View ArticleNorforce, the outback army unit using Indigenous soldiers to detect foreign...
Norforce operates from WA's Kimberley region to the Queensland border, conducting surveillance patrols designed to detect foreign threats while contending with native adversaries like crocodiles,...
View ArticleIndigenous ranger group calls for action over 'nightmare' vehicle...
Indigenous ranger groups call on the Northern Territory Government to deal with the snowballing "nightmare" of driving fines in remote communities, which is leading to financial hardship and imprisonment.
View ArticleCyclone Trevor triggers memories of dark days for evacuees forced to leave town
As residents bid farewell to their houses and home towns, many are haunted by uncertainty as one of the worst storms in memory threatens to destroy everything they have built.
View ArticleIndigenous dance captured by French portrait photographer Charles Frger
The ancient rituals of some of the more mysterious aspects of Indigenous dance are off-limits to most Australians, but Frenchman Charles Frger has been invited to capture them in a new light.
View ArticleDoctors failed to act on sepsis risk in the hours before Joanne Craig's...
Despite two recent inquests into the failure to identify sepsis at Northern Territory hospitals, Joanne Craig was left to deteriorate without the antibiotics that could have saved her life.
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