A coroner investigating the deaths of three Indigenous women with rheumatic heart disease has found health systems in a remote Queensland community failed. The deaths within 18 months of one another sparked an inquest into what would otherwise be considered natural cause deaths, coroner Nerida Wilson said in her findings handed down in Cairns on…
Integration, More Than Recognition, Ensures Success
March 24, 2023
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Commentary Integration into a wider society works. That is why Australia is one of the most successful countries on the planet. This nation, like no other, has managed to draw together peoples from all four corners of the globe, united by a common set of values: namely, tolerance, respect, and equality before the law. The…
US Interior Secretary Commends Australia’s Efforts to Reconcile ‘Tragic History’ of Indigenous Abuse
February 17, 2023
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has met with Australia’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney discussing the road to reconciliation for Australia’s Aboriginal communities. Haaland, an Indigenous woman from the southwest United States, visited Canberra at the end of a weeklong trip to Australia. At a joint press conference with Haaland at Parliament House, Burney said,…
Sydney Harbour Island to Be Returned to Traditional Owners
The New South Wales (NSW) government has commenced the first step towards returning Sydney Harbour’s Me-Mel (Goat Island) to its Indigenous traditional custodians through a $43 million (US$30 million) commitment to restore the island’s infrastructure. This comes as one of the first announcements of the NSW Budget 2022-23, with Premier Dominic Perrottet saying he made…
Australian Budget Sets out Measures to Further Close Indigenous Economic Gap
Indigenous Australians will see a significant boost from the Morrison government’s 2022-23 Budget after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a substantial raft of indigenous portfolio measures to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people economically. These measures will include creating more jobs and wealth-building programs and elevating Indigenous voices across Australia. In a media release published shortly…
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