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Indigenous STEM advocate reflects on NASA experience

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A Melbourne University’s student is advocating for more first nation representation in STEM fields. Tully Mahr, a Gundungurra woman, currently studying her masters in mechanical engineering and talks about her recent internship with Nasa and advocating for more first nations students in STEM. Image: Supplied from Melbourne University Produced By: Moemina Shukur Featured In Story: …

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Digital divide continues with banking access in Regional and First Nations communities

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A new study from RMIT shows communities in regional and remote areas are still relying on face-to-face banking services. More banks in regional and remote areas are shutting down and moving to online services, and for communities without access to affordable and reliable Internet, the impacts are significant. First Nations communities are at a greater …

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UNSW Launches First national Survey Into LGBTIQA+ Experience of Sexual Violence

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Research suggests LGBTIQA+ people experience higher rates of sexual violence than the broader Australian population. However, until recently, there has never been national-level research into how LGBTIQA+ Australians experience sexual violence. The Gender Violence Research Network from the University of New South Wales is collecting important information from all diversities of the LGBTIQA+ communities, on …

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Invasion Day Protests Receive Big Support Across Australia

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Last week, First Nations communities and non-Indigenous Australians gathered at rallies nationwide to protest Invasion Day. It’s the first protest following last year’s Voice to Parliament referendum, and First Nations leaders and activists are demanding the Federal government listen to calls from elders and grassroots movements. Image: Image: Supplied/ E Jordan Produced By: Eduardo Jordan …

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Cosmetics company supporting First Nations reforestation project

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More than 60 thousand trees will be planted in Southwestern Australia with support from one of the world’s leading cosmetics companies, L’Oréal. The project’s aim is to counter climate change, develop native forests and support economic self-determination of the Wudjari Nyungar  people. The Wire’s contributor from First Nations Media Australia Janine Kelly, asked Chairperson of …

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First Nations children app for hearing receives WA’s funding

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An app helping First Nations children to enhance their hearing and mental health has received $1.5 million dollars in funding from the WA government. Sound Smiles is a project developed by Monash University, Curtin University, and Ear Science Institute of Australia, along with First Nations medical services in the state. First Nations kids experience hearing …

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Advocates urgently call to save the IPCS

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The Institute of Postcolonial Studies (IPCS) is an independent organisation located in Melbourne, committed to advancing the recognition of cultural difference, and encouraging mutual engagement and reconciliation. Members and friends of the institute are campaigning to save and transform it into an Institute taking up antiracist and anticolonial work in the Australian colony and transnationally. …

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