Giovanni Torre, 27 August, writes for National Indigenous Times Kaurna knowledge holders and experts have been invited by the South Australian Museum to express their interest in joining a new Kaurna Expert Focus Working Group to help guide the development of the… Read More »South Australian Museum invites Kaurna knowledge holders and experts to join working group
Phoebe Blogg, 24 August 2026, writes for National Indigenous Times: RMIT University has partnered with First Nations community members and organisations to launch Rethinking Criminal Record Checks (RCRC), a new suite of resources that aims to support Aboriginal and Torres… Read More »New community-informed resources support fairer employment pathways for First Nations people
Giovanni Torre, 21 August 2026, writes for National Indiegnous Times: enator Lidia Thorpe has introduced bills to Federal Parliament to end two harmful practices in criminal legal systems across Australia: the strip searching of children and the shackling of people… Read More »Thorpe bills aim to abolish shackling during childbirth and strip searching of children
by Peter Rowe, 20 August 2026 Australians remain divided on Acknowledgements of Country at major events, with 39 per cent opposing them, however most (88 per cent) of those opposers do not support booing or disrupting such ceremonies, according to… Read More »Australians divided on Acknowledgements of Country at major events
Bunuba woman and longtime justice advocate June Oscar AO spoke with Maria Marouchtchak of National Indigenous Times this week about her life’s work, her memoirs, Reconciliation Week, and the journey ahead. “The onus is upon those who hold positions of influence… Read More »June Oscar AO on her life’s work and the meaning of Reconciliation
Dechlan Brennan, National Indigenous Times (NIT), reports on the Reconciliation Breakfast held in Boorloo, WA. on 28 May, 2026. Narelda Jacobs, a Noongar woman and journalist, delivers a powerful address that highlights racism in Australia and calls for courageous allyship.… Read More »Allyship requires courage, Narelda Jacobs says, as WA Gov is pressured over truth-telling commitments
This article is very pertinent, following the Unley Allies event on Sunday, where we viewed a poignant documentary of Iain Seymour’s discovery and reunion with his Aboriginal brother Allan Edwards, a Kaurna, Kokotha man and Chairperson of the Blackwood Reconciliation… Read More »Aboriginal Girls Home research aims to reconnect families
Article by Peter Rowe, Editor, First Nations News: Adam Goodes has been appointed the inaugural First Nations Ambassador at the newly merged Adelaide University, with a mandate to expand opportunities for Indigenous students and researchers through a long-term strategy. Goodes… Read More »Adam Goodes takes leadership role at Adelaide University
Madeleine Rojahn reports for ABC News: A Tasmanian court’s rejection of a request to hold a hearing on Aboriginal-owned land has been described by an Indigenous anti-logging protester as a “missed opportunity”. Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ruth Langford, who… Read More »Tasmania rejected an on-country hearing but other courts show it works
Peter Rowe, Editor for First Nations News writes: South Australian Indigenous leader Scott Wilson has condemned a Liberal and One Nation push to repeal the South Australian Voice to Parliament, calling it racism. He appeared before a Federal inquiry examining… Read More »Indigenous leader condemns SA repeal bid as racism