Indigenous

Indigenous people fighting Diabetes

Markers of diabetes management have been deteriorating during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and social distancing measures discourage people from seeking out regular health services. With diabetes disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians, at almost four times the rate compared to non-Indigenous Australians, a new model-of-care comes as an exciting development. In the trial, led by Associate …

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Indigenous Custody Deaths Remain High

Thirty-one years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Indigenous fatalities remain alarmingly high. Findings from the Australian Institute of Criminology reveal sixteen Indigenous Australian people died in custody over the past year. Mia Rakhit talked to Robyn Newitt about why some of the landmark commission’s key recommendations are still going ignored. Image: …

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Production of Minerals for Green Energy Could Put Indigenous Australians At Risk

A new study has found that 54% of mineral production associated with transitional or green energy production infringes on indigenous land. The report details the impacts on Indigenous Australian peoples and lands, and also details how Indigenous and peasant peoples are effected internationally. What measures should be in place to ensure that Indigenous people aren’t …

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Historic Ruling In Favour of First Nations Climate Advocacy Group

It was announced on Friday that the case against the proposed Waratah Coal Mine in Galilee Basin of Central Western Queensland was successful.   For the first time in Australia, court officials accepted on-country evidence as part of the case. This is a significant step forward for the legal recognition of the knowledge of the …

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Systemic neglect accounts for Indigenous deaths in custody

A 51-year-old Indigenous man in Kowanyama, Far North Queensland died in custody last week. Inequalities in the health sector, unconscious bias, long-term neglect within the justice system and colonial influences are explored as contributing factors for Indigenous deaths in custody. While recommendations provided by First Nations people in addition to those by the Royal Commission …

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Drinking Water ‘Unsafe’ in Hundreds of Indigenous Communities.

A lack of infrastructure and testing has led to unsafe drinking water in over 500 Indigenous communities. The lack of safe drinking water now casts doubt on the government’s ability to supply drinking water to these through the future, as climate change is expected to ravage our most remote communities. Serious measures must be put …

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