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NAIDOC celebrates Indigenous teachers but sees challenges ahead
For Indigenous educators, this year’s NAIDOC Week theme of “50 Years of Deadly” is a celebration of the progress made in shaping the future of Australian education, while recognising the challenges that lie ahead. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Laundry program a practical expression of Mercy
Mercy Works has recently expanded its partnership with the Aboriginal Investment Group to support the Borroloola Remote Laundry in the Northern Territory throughout the 2027 financial year. Source: Just Mercy.
Scholarship enables Indigenous students to study at home
A 24/7 study hub in Broome and increased scholarship funding are giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Kimberley something the system has long denied them: the chance to build a career without leaving home. Source: Mary MacKillop Today.
Indigenous ACU students take up scholarships in Rome
Proud Dharug students Tanisha Sonter and Hayden Atkins have taken their culture, community and aspirations to Rome as recipients of Australian Catholic University’s 2026 Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship.
Catholic Religious call out racism towards First Nations People
Catholic Religious Australia has documented experiences of racism towards First Nations peoples witnessed by religious in its recent submission to a Senate inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Archdiocese calls for action as racism against First Peoples worsens
Brisbane Archdiocese is calling on the federal parliament to take action, stating that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia feel less safe than they did three years ago. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Indigenous women share stories of hope on path to reconciliation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic have women opened up about their lived experience of hope in a new book inspired by the recent Jubilee Year. Source: ACU.
First Nations leaders call for national treaty and truth-telling process
A coalition of First Nations leaders, Elders and advocates has renewed its push for the Albanese Government to commit to a national treaty and truth-telling process while labelling some states as “hostile” to the notion. Source: ABC News.
PM addresses ‘terrorist attack’ during Closing the Gap speech
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the “shock and fear” felt by First Nations communities, in the wake of the alleged January 26 attack, during his Closing the Gap speech in parliament on Thursday. Source: SBS News.