PM dismisses calls for return to cashless debit card during WA visit

PM dismisses calls for return to cashless debit card during WA visit

Reinstating the cashless debit card in remote communities would do little to address antisocial behaviour,Anthony Albanese says.

  • byMichael Ramsey

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Tiny town in Gippsland serves up a bella Italian festa

Tiny town in Gippsland serves up a bella Italian festa

Mirboo North’s celebration of Italian heritage was a dazzling display of la dolce vita for thousands of visitors on Sunday.

  • byCarolyn Webb
‘They don’t realise we’re saving their lives’:The fight to help Halls Creek youth as crime spikes

‘They don’t realise we’re saving their lives’:The fight to help Halls Creek youth as crime spikes

A surge in crime across the Kimberley has been partly attributed to social media,with youths filming themselves stealing cars and challenging others. More than 300 children have been charged with offences in the region this year.

  • byMichael Ramsay
Off Country:Private schools’ tough lessons on Indigenous education

Off Country:Private schools’ tough lessons on Indigenous education

Geelong Grammar’s Indigenous boarding program,the subject of an NITV documentary,has improved its retention rate after a troubled start.

  • byAdam Carey
Thousands of new homes needed as ‘emergency measure’ for Indigenous communities

Thousands of new homes needed as ‘emergency measure’ for Indigenous communities

Two First Nations advocacy groups are urging whichever party wins the May election to build more than 8000 new homes to fix overcrowding in remote communities.

  • byCameron Gooley
Thousands of people still on ‘racist’ work for the dole
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Thousands of people still on ‘racist’ work for the dole

The federal Greens have raised concerns over the number of people still working for the dole in remote Indigenous communities despite it being voluntary.

  • byCameron Gooley
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Federal lockdowns welcomed by Aboriginal group as COVID-19 spreads in NT

Federal lockdowns welcomed by Aboriginal group as COVID-19 spreads in NT

The federal government has halted access to dozens of remote NT communities as it promises to send new COVID-19 medications in the coming weeks.

  • byCameron Gooley
Draft housing changes could see rent rises for federal Indigenous agency staff
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Draft housing changes could see rent rises for federal Indigenous agency staff

The public sector union says a draft housing policy from the National Indigenous Australians Agency will see rents go up and a revolving door of staff through communities.

  • byCameron Gooley
‘You can hide,but that thing will get to you’:Vaccines and ‘opening up’ in the remote Northern Territory

‘You can hide,but that thing will get to you’:Vaccines and ‘opening up’ in the remote Northern Territory

The national conversation is locked on ‘opening up’,but what does it mean for the sickest Australians?

  • byZach Hope
‘We lack cultural competence’:Why Australia’s $90 million to curb Aboriginal suicide rates is destined to fail

‘We lack cultural competence’:Why Australia’s $90 million to curb Aboriginal suicide rates is destined to fail

Governments have poured tens of millions into Indigenous suicide prevention but rates continue to soar. A WA psychologist explains why none of it has worked.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Flying doctors to deliver 50,000 remote COVID jabs by year’s end

Flying doctors to deliver 50,000 remote COVID jabs by year’s end

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has already vaccinated 5,000 remote Australians against COVID-19,around half of whom are Indigenous people.

  • byCameron Gooley