New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aboriginal community courts will return in the NT after legislation passes parliament. Here's how they will work

Legislation passed by the Northern Territory parliament this week will pave the way for Aboriginal elders and leaders to have a say on what sentences First Nations offenders should receive. The ...
CNN

Lowitja O’Donoghue, trailblazer for indigenous Australian rights, dead at 91

Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide ...
Medscape

Will Australia’s Lung Cancer Screening Help the Indigenous?

Earlier this year, Australia rolled out its newest screening program in 20 years, but can it reach those most at risk?

Good Intentions Gone Bad

The lands at issue in Cowichan are situated in the delta of the Fraser River. About 35 kilometers upstream lies the city of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aboriginal Victorians from Stolen Generations to receive $100,000 as part of reparations package

Aboriginal Victorians removed from their families in the state before 1977 will be able to access payments of $100,000 from the state government as part of a landmark reparation package for Stolen ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Aboriginal People Are Locked Out of Australia’s Water Market

One of the driest places in the world also has one of the most sophisticated water-trading markets. Australia manages to combine extreme water scarcity with billions of dollars in trading turnover.
Nature

Mitochondrial DNA diversity of present-day Aboriginal Australians and implications for human evolution in Oceania

Aboriginal Australians are one of the more poorly studied populations from the standpoint of human evolution and genetic diversity. Thus, to investigate their genetic diversity, the possible date of ...
Business in VancouverOpinion

Rob Shaw: Aboriginal title cannot be used to restrict Canadian airspace, Ottawa says

The conflict, which occurred over the summer, grew to involve the federal and provincial governments, before Ottawa declared ...
BBC

Why Aboriginal people are still dying in police custody

Aboriginal man David Dungay Jr died in a Sydney prison cell in 2015 after officers restrained him to stop him eating biscuits. During the struggle, he was pinned face-down by guards and jabbed with a ...
CMAJ

Considering culture in Aboriginal care

Canadian health care providers need to focus more on offering “culturally competent care” and creating “culturally safe” environments for Aboriginal peoples, who tend to avoid seeking medical care ...
The Conversation

Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers

Robyn Moore does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...