Planned vists by an UN expert to investigate the conditions of two youth detention centres in Queensland and the Northern Territory have been blocked. 

Both jurisdictions are facing criticism over their decision to stop the United Nations special rapporteur on Indigenous peoples from visiting facilities in Townsville and Darwin. 

It comes on the top of a Queensland Ombudsman investigation into youth detention centres which exposed 90 per cent of detainees were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Also in this episode. 

• More young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are ambitious about their financial future, according to IBA's latest Impact report;
• The U-S elects its first female Native American governor and senator; and 
• Wanjuru Rangers are taking part in the biggest ever coral spawning field trial on the Great Barrier Reef. 

This week's episode is presented by Harrison Pedersen.