Exchanging ideas on Caring for Country
StoryA forum for Indigenous Rangers and their partner agencies recently held in East Arnhem Land highlighted the importance of sharing ideas, knowledge and stories to the work of Caring for Country.
Learning to prevent and manage diabetes at Pormpuraaw in Cape York
StoryTo coincide with World Health Day, Apunipima Cape York Health Council recently held a gathering in the remote community of Pormpuraaw, Cape York to educate women on how they can be part of prevention and management of diabetes, the chronic disease prevalent in Cape York communities.
The annual APS NAIDOC Touch Football Competition turns ten
StoryAround 300 people attended the touch football fields in Deakin, ACT for the 2012 Australian Public Service NAIDOC Week Touch Football Competition. The competition, which is now in its tenth year, is sponsored by the...
Reconciliation Week: Our History, Our Story, Our Future
StoryThe theme for this year’s National Reconciliation Week, which runs from 27 May to 3 June, is “Our History, Our Story, Our Future”. Check out your local Reconciliation Week events.
Indigenous psychologists fighting youth suicide epidemic see signs of hope
StoryAboriginal psychologist Tanja Hirvonen is working on ways to decrease Indigenous youth suicide and while current statistics for Indigenous youth suicide are very high, she sees signs of hope.