Waiting for a student to be ready to learn is one of the approaches that has helped an Aboriginal school in Perth dramatically change educational outcomes.

Karen Auguston is the principal of Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School which started making changes to the way they engage with their students four years ago.

She spoke to NIRS about other changes they've implemented.

Also in the Weekly News in Review:

• WWF are calling for more Indigenous managed sancturies to protect critically endangered marine wildlife;
• CSIRO Young Indigenous Women's Stem Academy named as one the finalists in the national NAIDOC Innovation Award; and
• New research on cancer in Indigenous communities shows while some outcomes are improving, mob are more likely to be diagnosed with cancers with low survivability rate.

This week's episode is presented by Karen Dorante.