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Australia is experiencing a housing crisis. But for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the challenge runs ...
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rate was at crisis point in 2009. Since then, it's risen from 20% to ...
Aboriginal families in remote communities such as Coonamble say they are keen for the arrival of the new homes. (ABC News: Nicole Chettle)He knows all too well the challenges of building a life ...
Homes no longer a safe place. Fatal policing in the home was the fate of Kumunjayi Walker, a 19-year-old Warlpiri man from the central Australian Aboriginal community of Yuendumu.. Walker died ...
In 2003, 570 Aboriginal children were in out-of-home care, 35 percent of those in care. By 2023, this number had risen to 3,068 Aboriginal children, 59 percent.
A commission of inquiry in Victoria concluded that British colonialists' treatment of the state's First Peoples in the 1830s ...
Aboriginal boys lined up outside the manager's home in 1958. [Photo by Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation] Other punishments included the degrading and cruel practice known as being “sent ...
Aboriginal mothers and their babies have higher death rates and poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. New community-led services are trying to change that.
Yet the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care is increasing. Between 2021–2022 around 4,100 Indigenous children were placed in out-of-home care nationally.
The Stolen Generations. Between 1910 and 1970, government policies of assimilation led to between 10 and 33 percent of Aboriginal Australian children being forcibly removed from their homes. These ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to live in subpar housing than the rest of the population. But the fix is more than just building more homes.