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First Nations First

Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.

  1. 07/12/2024

    German museums hand over Australian ancestral remains

    Five sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century have been handed back at a ceremony that a community representative described as a sad but "very joyful" moment. The restitution is part of ongoing efforts by German museums and authorities to return human remains and cultural artefacts that were taken during colonial times.

    3 min

  2. 03/12/2024

    Still a long way to go to close the digital gap, new report finds

    Internet use is growing in remote First Nations communities, but cost is still a barrier. A new study from RMIT University has revealed that even though progress is being made, there is still a long way to go to close the digital gap for communities.

    6 min

  3. 01/12/2024

    Echoes of the Stolen Generations as more First Nations children enter state care

    In South Australia, a public inquiry has found the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families is approaching levels equivalent to the Stolen Generations. One in every ten First Nations children is in state care, and that figure is expected to increase to 14 in every 100 within seven years if not addressed. This is the story of how one grandmother took on the state department of child protection to bring her grandkids home.

    11 min

  4. 25/11/2024

    A "national shame": landmark Northern Territory inquest shines light on DV

    The Northern Territory Coroner has handed down her findings into the killing of four Aboriginal women by their partners. After a year-long inquiry, Elisabeth Armitage has painted a bleak picture of 'relentless violence' against women and children, with frontline agencies overwhelmed and underfunded. She has now made 35 recommendations calling for change.

    6 min

  5. 22/11/2024

    New project challenges Australia's colonial-lens historical views

    A new million-dollar project from the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University is compiling the largest ever documentary history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective. Ngura Ninti, which means 'knowing home', is the first of its kind and aims to challenge the common understanding of Australian history as told through a colonial lens.

    8 min

  6. 22/11/2024

    Why is Australia taking so long to sign a formal treaty with First Nations peoples?

    For generations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have called for a formal treaty or treaties to recognise their sovereignty. Now, formal negotiations have begun in Victoria to establish the nation's first-ever treaty between a state and its First Nations people. But other countries including Canada, New Zealand and the United States began signing treaties centuries ago, so what's taken Australia so long?

    10 min

  7. 13/11/2024

    Record incarceration rates of Indigenous Australians prompt calls for community-led solutions

    New data from the New South Wales government suggests there's a record number of Aboriginal adults in custody in the state. Advocacy groups are calling for community-led solutions nationally to combat the over-representation of Indigenous adults and children in custody.

    6 min

  8. 12/11/2024

    Remembering one of the darkest chapters in Australian history

    This is the legacy of Rottnest Island, now a popular tourist destination off the coast of Perth - thousands of First Nations men and boys sent to suffer or die on a prison island in horrific circumstances. Descendants of those who were imprisoned there have now come together to commemorate the island's traumatic past and celebrate the resilience of their people.

    4 min
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Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.

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    SBS News
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  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
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    © Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services
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