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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth on Monday.

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.

  • Michael Ramsey

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Traditional Italian live performances were among the attractions in Mirboo North on Sunday.

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.

  • Carolyn Webb
Kevin Hunter spends the night trying to help children as young as six.

‘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.

  • Michael Ramsay
Sandra Brogden, Indigenous consultant at Geelong Grammar School, in the NITV documentary Off Country.

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.

  • Adam Carey
Cheryl Axleby is the co-chair of Change the Record, which is calling for more housing.

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.

  • Cameron Gooley
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe said she was concerned by the number of people volunteering.

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.

  • Cameron Gooley
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A COVID-19 testing site in the town of Katherine, in the Top End.

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.

  • Cameron Gooley
The CPSU is concerned the proposed changes could impact on service delivery for remote Indigenous communities.

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.

  • Cameron Gooley
Ray from Wadeye is taking time out in Darwin, maybe until next year.

‘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?

  • Zach Hope
West Australian lndigenous psychologist Tracy Westerman.

‘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.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola

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