Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)

Athena Perkusich says her special bond with a horse helps her connect and relax. She is among thousands of young people benefiting from an equine program in the Kimberley.  

With election day just months away in the Northern Territory, a prominent Indigenous leader is calling on politicians — and the media — to change the narrative around Aboriginal people.

In a Stateline interview with Jessica van Vonderen, Dr Jackie Huggins said the Opposition Leader's position on Treaty is "very unfortunate".

The Bindal and Birrrigubba elder and activist hopes to promote healing by sharing her experience, as Queensland begins public hearings on Path to Treaty.

It's this history Florence Onus will share at Queensland's truth-telling inquiry when community sessions begin next month. WARNING: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died, which have been provided by family for the purpose of truth-telling and healing.

A Queensland Police Service spokesperson has told the ABC the "hands-on" use of police property had been approved and "intended to break down barriers".

NAIDOC Week celebrations officially begin on Sunday with the theme: Keep the fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud. But can everyone celebrate?

A Darwin barrister has raised the alarm on the NT's community legal sector, saying it is 'collapsing', and will only get worse if a nation-wide funding shortfall for community legal centres isn't filled.

Giving evidence on the fourth day of a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in WA's Mid West, Senior Constable Brent Wyndham says everything he did on the night she died "was right".

A young Indigenous artist will have her work circulated in wallets around the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee.

The state government blames COVID-19 and record floods for a lack of progress on its pledge to build a dialysis centre in Halls Creek as Indigenous health leaders vent about a lack of consultation.

A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.

An Adelaide man who has spent four decades in jail for a murder he maintains he never committed has been released on parole.

Northern Territory traditional owners whose land contains one of the world's most valuable untapped deposits of uranium are calling on the NT and federal governments not to grant a mining company a lease extension, as the Coalition's nuclear policy peaks interest in the resource.

Edwina Murphy has type 2 diabetes, and with financial help she now uses a device that easily measures her blood sugar level. An inquiry is due to report on whether the 1.3 million Australians with type 2 diabetes will no longer be priced out.

Mr T Wurramarrba, who led the push for the Anindilyakwa people of the Northern Territory to regain local autonomy, is being celebrated by Indigenous traditional owners as a tireless leader and reformer.  

Legal and social groups say housing shortages and diminished services mean the child protection system is failing the people it is meant to protect.

A sprawling fight in the Kimberley community of Halls Creek has raised concerns about violence becoming normalised, prompting calls for greater leadership.

Arthritis and chronic pain would stop many runners at the starting line, but for Natasha Leslie it's just one challenge on her way to claim her six-star medal by running the six World Major Marathons.

Five years after a 29-year-old Yamatji woman was shot dead on a suburban street in regional WA, her family want the officer who pulled the trigger moved to a different beat.

Santos is pursuing the climate movement through the courts after winning a challenge brought by traditional owners against a massive gas project. Experts warn it could help spell the end of public interest litigation in Australia.

Uluru Dialogues chair Pat Anderson has urged the government not to use the defeated referendum as a reason to stall work on other areas of Indigenous policy, arguing the Voice was a specific answer to a specific question.

Dr K Rogers — one of Australia's first Indigenous principals and the creator of the Bush Uni — has been described as a "champion" and a "loving father".

WA's Corruption and Crime Commission declares police efforts to investigate its own officers were "inadequate" after the "unlawful and unjust" arrest of an Indigenous teen.

Alpurrurulam, on the Northern Territory-Queensland border is a long way from anything but not even distance can keep the newly formed girl's footy team from playing.