First Nations Australians twice as likely to be digitally excluded, report finds

First Nations Australians are twice as likely as other Australians to be digitally excluded and face barriers to accessing, ...
The Conversation

First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution

Adam Fish volunteers research for the First Nations Clean Energy Network. He received funding from the Digital Grid Future Institute at the University of New South Wales. Heidi Norman receives funding ...
The Diplomat

Australia Moves Toward Vote on a Voice for First Nations People

On a yet to be announced date this year, Australia will hold a referendum to recognize the country’s First Nations peoples in the constitution, and establish a national Indigenous advisory body to be ...
CNN

Three generations of First Nations men share their views on Australia’s referendum

Before Australians last voted in a referendum on First Nations people in 1967, Uncle Bob Anderson set up a table and chair at a tram stop in central Brisbane. From his rail-side office, he’d tell ...

When did people first arrive in Australasia? New archaeogenetics study dates it to 60,000 years ago

New research confirms humans first reached the Sahul super-continent by two different routes around 60,000 years ago.
Cal Alumni Association

How a Strong Indigenous Identity Helps Kids Thrive

These words come from the Australian song “Took the Children Away,” written and sung by the late Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder Archie Roach. They speak to the importance of country, community, ...
Human Rights Watch

Setback for Indigenous Rights in Australia

Australia’s referendum to enshrine a First Nations voice in the country’s constitution was unsuccessful. But the spotlight remains on the Australian government to ensure First Nations people’s rights ...
The Diplomat

Why Australia’s Indigenous People Fear the Police

Protesters march in Sydney, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to support the movement of U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter protests across Australia saw thousands of demonstrators ...
Jurist

Unpacking the Fallout From the Failure of Australia’s First Nations ‘Voice’ Referendum

This comment was written on Ngiyampaa Wangaibon Country. I pay my respects to the custodians that have cared for this Country for time immemorial. I acknowledge when First Nations Peoples thrive, all ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Aboriginal People Are Locked Out of Australia’s Water Market

One of the driest places in the world also has one of the most sophisticated water-trading markets. Australia manages to combine extreme water scarcity with billions of dollars in trading turnover.
ABC News

Aboriginal activists in Australia fight back against police brutality

Aboriginal people are over-represented in Australia's criminal system. David Dungay Jr. was forcibly removed from his Long Bay jail cell in Sydney in December 2015 because he wouldn't stop eating ...