Calls to imporve the NDIS for Indigenous people living with disabilities

The Federal government's announced 160-thousand people will be moved off the National Disability Insurance scheme to address the programs rising costs.  The scheme providing support for Australians living with a disability was expected to cost 70 billion dollars a year by the end of decade.  The …

More action needed 35 years on from Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody

35 years ago this week, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report was handed down with 339 recomendations.  It hoped to address the high rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders dying in police custody, but since 1991, 630 Indigenous people have died in custody.  Amnest…

National Indigenous News Review - 13 April 2026

Over 200 signatures urge the Prime Minister to address the youth justice crisis

More than 200 organisations and community leaders have signed an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister calling for him to address the youth justice crisis.  The Federal Government has responded, saying only the states and territories can get justice policies. The National Aboriginal and Tor…

National Indigenous News Review - 6 April 2026

Indigenous people in NSW are less likely to enter drug diversion programs

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in New South Wales are less likely to enter drug diversion programs than non-Indigenous people. New data released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows only nine per cent of eligible Indigenous people were referred to the state's Early Drug Div…

National Indigenous News Review - 30 March 2026

Indigenous mothers and babies face food and medicine shortages in the NT

Rising fuel prices are making it harder for Indigenous mothers and their babies to get food, medicine and health care in remote areas in the Northern Territory.  Charles Darwin University Professor of Indigenous Health and Nyikena Yawuru woman, Yvette Roe says health outcomes will plummet unless a…

Closing the Gap data finds mixed progress on tackling Indigenous disadvantage

Progress on Closing the Gap has varied according to new data from the Productivity Commission. Only four of the 19 targets are on track to meet the 20-31 deadline.  Five others are improving but they won't Close to Gap within the timeline.  There's no new data for some targets, others are worsen…

National Indigenous News Review - 16 March 2026