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'A 17-year-old Aboriginal boy with disability who has been in and out of detention since he was 10, has told a Royal Commission that being inside was better because at he has access to programs and activities.'
Sydney's 'most important story' has been released to the world for the first time after the State Library of NSW launched an evocative online version of Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones' celebrated project, Sydney Elders.
'An Aboriginal woman subjected to a "demeaning and nightmarish strip search" at a Canberra jail had her human rights breached, a review of the incident found.'
'The families of Aboriginal men Troy Mathieson, 23, and Hughie Morton, 21, who died in a Townsville drain after floods, have criticised police and some media after two days of an coronial inquest.'
'Four new podcasts by South Australian First Nations storytellers have launched across ABC Radio networks and are now available on indigiTUBE, the online media platform by and for First Nations people.'
'When three Aboriginal children were murdered in the NSW North Coast Town of Bowraville in the early 1990's, a small community was torn apart, but a long fight for justice began.'
Mawng is a language of western Arnhem Land – the main language of the Warruwi community, spoken by all generations, and taught in school. It is associated with the islands Warruwi and Weyirra (North and South Goulburn Islands), and with the area of the mainland near those islands.
'Most of us think the purpose of schooling is to shape young minds. Cheryl Thompson has a different opinion. She believes young minds should shape schooling, and the teachers.'
'For Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri man Jesse Hodgetts, music is in his blood, and knowing the love his nanna and Nanna's father shared for singing makes him feel even more connected to his culture and ancestors.'
'Two years ago, Siena Stubbs found herself on a bullet train in Japan, reflecting on how her life seemed to also be on a pre-determined path, speeding into adulthood.'
'The Australian Film Television and Radio School's (AFTRS's) new corporate strategy, Creating the Future, offers an exciting opportunity for AFTRS to renew our understanding of First Nations cultures by recognising the depth of First Nations knowledges, technologies, beliefs and values in this land now known as Australia.'