Latest Indigenous Affairs

Dan Sultan kicks off the inaugural Rock For Recognition concert series in Melbourne this Thursday 8 November at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, with the tour taking in Sydney, Perth and Fremantle.

This is a landmark event, with Dan Sultan heading up a bill of Australia’s finest Aboriginal and non-Indigenous musicians to build momentum for change. The inaugural concert series marks the beginning of an artists’ movement to raise awareness and support for Constitutional Recognition of Australia’s First Peoples.

Aboriginal students from Melbourne University and aspiring leaders of remote communities in the Northern Territory are among participants in Oxfam Australia’s ChangeCourse youth leadership program in Victoria from this Sunday (28 October).

The Government’s announcement to introduce an Act of Recognition bill into Parliament to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a welcome step on the path towards a referendum to change our Constitution, Oxfam Australia said today.

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to drive change in their communities are invited to apply for Oxfam Australia’s ChangeCourse leadership program.

The 20th anniversary of the landmark Mabo decision this Sunday (3 June) is an opportunity to reflect on the next stage of recognition of Australia’s first peoples – including them in Australia’s constitution, Oxfam said today.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of all ages and backgrounds from across the state will converge in Perth this week to learn how to change their communities for the better at Oxfam’s inaugural Straight Talk Regional Gathering in WA.

The Close the Gap campaign has welcomed the Senate’s re-commitment today to closing the gap on Indigenous health inequality.

The members of rock band Eskimo Joe have announced today that they will be official ambassadors of the Close the Gap campaign that aims to close the Indigenous life expectancy gap by 2030.

More than 120,000 people across Australia today are reminding our political leaders of their commitments to achieve health equality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians by 2030.

Legislation that will allow a radioactive waste dump to be built on Indigenous land in the Northern Territory should not have been considered in the Federal Parliament until the Federal Court case contesting the use of the land is heard, Oxfam said today.