The health and wellbeing of First Australian teenagers and young adults is the focus of a new in brief report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adolescent and Youth Health and Wellbeing 2018 report reveals specific, national data on 10-24 year olds for the first+
THE PROSPECTS of achieving tangible social housing justice for remote Indigenous communities – and the local jobs and Indigenous business opportunities that flow from well-organised housing programs – are at risk. The National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH) ends in June, and despite solid evidence it has relieved overcrowding in indigenous communities and+
NAIDOC Week has been a great opportunity for councils across the nation to celebrate the links between our ancient past and our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures today which are one of the oldest cultures in the world – now that is something worth celebrating! Many councils have taken the lead to actively+
The Government has publicly released the Productivity Commission's first performance report on the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA). The report shows that, at the national level, progress towards COAG's Closing the Gap targets has been mixed. Although good progress was made in reducing outcome gaps in child mortality, little progress was made in closing gaps+
On Monday night, I had the privilege of representing local government on the ABC’s Q&A program and engaging in the national debate on how we can, as a nation, do better with our recycling. It was a delight to join other panel members – Craig Reucassel, host of ABC’s War on Waste, Ronni Kahn, CEO+