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First Nations First — 153 episodes

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INTERVIEW: North Aboriginal Justice Agency CEO accuses NT government of long term detention in watchhouses

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INTERVIEW: SBS speaks to Travis Lovett on his 800km Walk for Truth

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Family, community mourns as outback search for missing girl ends in tragedy

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Fighting for a country that denied their rights: Remembering the service of Australia's Indigenous veterans

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The life and work of Aunty Rhoda Roberts honoured on Bundjalung country

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Rhoda Roberts AO: The cultural warrior who changed the nation

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Closing the Gap 'is just putting band-aids on' says Senator Lidia Thorpe

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Shark Bay: where Indigenous knowledge and marine science meet

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When power isn’t guaranteed: Indigenous families in northern Australia face deadly risks in extreme heat

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Traditional owners object to movement of 'Old Faithful' crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin

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Youth justice: Is jailing failing First Nations kids, inquiry asks

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At the edge of survival: report says half of uncontacted Indigenous peoples facing extinction

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INTERVIEW: Jill Gallagher, VACCHO, on the new Victorian treaty

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Victoria passes Australia’s first treaty law, creating permanent Indigenous voice in parliament

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‘Time for truth’: Western Australia Governor apologises for Pinjarra Massacre, nearly 200 years on

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Traditional owners mark 40th anniversary of Uluru handback in London

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Victorian government debates ground-breaking Treaty Bill

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Footy, culture, and so much more: welcome to the Koori knockout

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First Nations youth train as firefighters to defend Country and Community: 'I want to make a difference'

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NT hit-and-run case spotlights deep disparities in criminal justice system, advocates say

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Healing land and spirit through Noongar knowledge and regenerative land management

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Concerns over political extremism after rival rallies held across Australia

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Aboriginal Camp Sovereignty site attacked by anti-immigration protesters

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Gurindji people mark half century since land handback, a milestone for First Nations land rights

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Bush medicine program helping keep knowledge and culture alive for future generations

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Guiding Indigenous students to careers in science and technology

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INTERVIEW: Arrente artist Amunda Gorey on kinship, connection and deep listening

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What is Garma? And why is it important?

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Treasurer says government 'can do better' as report shows limited progress on First Nations outcomes

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Systemic barriers locking Australia's First Nations peoples out of superannuation

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Australia's ancient export brings new jobs to WA

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'Watershed moment': Kngwarray at the Tate Modern marks first major solo exhibition of the artist in Europe

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INTERVIEW: How Indigenous businesses are creating $42 billion in social value each year

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Traditional owners hope rock art heritage listing will attract eyes of the world

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Product makers taking home the chocolates in Indigenous business boom

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The historic Tasmanian site that's both sacred - and painful

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Coroner's report finds death of Kumanjayi Walker was 'avoidable', recognises 'years of grief and trauma'

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NAIDOC: Celebrating First Nations excellence

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12-year-old's first sale sparks international art career

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The Next Generation celebrated by First Nations Australians during NAIDOC Week 2025

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Meet the Indigenous chef stirring change in Australia’s $80 million native food industry

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Victoria embraces truth telling and treaty with state voice to parliament

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Nurturing biodiversity carries an ancient responsibility into the future

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First Nations graduates master the next generation of business leadership

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End of Walk for Truth begins closing chapter in Yoorrook truth-telling process

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'Coming together without division': Healing and reconciliation after the Myall Creek Massacre

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INTERVIEW: Stolen Generations survivor Tony Hansen on what it means to finally have a redress scheme in WA

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Reconciliation Week marked by new Stolen Generations redress scheme in WA

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Reconciliation Week is bridging the past and future for First Nations Australians

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Inside the anonymous group targeting Australia's colonial statues

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What are First Nations voters looking for in this election?

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High enrolment but low voter turnout - what effect will this have in remote seats?

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Water security a key issue for voters in Torres Strait Islands this federal election

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Calls grow for more assistance to repatriate remains of First Nations ancestors

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First Nations communities dismayed by selection of Brisbane's Victoria Park as Olympic stadium site

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Competing visions for closing the gap as campaigning continues in NT

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'It burns a hole in my heart': UN hears Australia's breaching obligations to First Nations children

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Tasmania's muttonbirds - and muttonbirders - face uncertain future

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Compensation for traditional owners possible after High Court ruling on Arnhem Land mine site

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'No safe space': report highlights increase in racism after failed Voice referendum

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Stolen Generations survivors: 'It's time to move beyond imagining'

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Overcrowding takes a toll on staff and inmates in NT prisons

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German museums hand over Australian ancestral remains

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Still a long way to go to close the digital gap, new report finds

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Echoes of the Stolen Generations as more First Nations children enter state care

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A "national shame": landmark Northern Territory inquest shines light on DV

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New project challenges Australia's colonial-lens historical views

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Why is Australia taking so long to sign a formal treaty with First Nations peoples?

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Record incarceration rates of Indigenous Australians prompt calls for community-led solutions

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Remembering one of the darkest chapters in Australian history

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Lawyer warns NT policies on legal aid are 'catastrophic, unsustainable, untenable, and dishonest'

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INTERVIEW: Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks to SBS about her protest to King Charles

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Tiwi people hold healing ceremony for bereaved US families

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Aboriginal tenants seek housing justice

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"Little, if any, justice": long-awaited report delivered into missing and murdered First Nations women

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Government announces Indigenous knowledge priority for science and research

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'Our Aboriginal children in crisis': survey reveals shocking homelessness numbers

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INTERVIEW: Senator Malarndirri McCarthy

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Harvesting traditional foods - with an eye to world markets

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Sacred Butterfly Cave saved for Awabakal women

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Small is beautiful: the Torres Strait island everyone wants to visit

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50 years strong: bilingual teaching is celebrated in Yirrkala

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Clever Country, Clever People: New research centre aims to share First Nations knowledge and solutions

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Stolen Generations survivors urge action on redress schemes

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'Long overdue' apology delivered to Stolen Generations on behalf of Victoria Police

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INTERVIEW: Federal budget measures for First Nations communities welcomed

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INTERVIEW: SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle on Indigenous kids and new national plan for early childhood

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Barayagal hitting the right notes in cross-cultural choir

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Funding scheme to boost First Nations athletes connecting to country at Olympic Games

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INTERVIEW: Garry Matthews speaks to SBS about truth-telling

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Report revives hope Indigenous stories can be truthfully told

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'Survivors from a moment in time': Ancient spears handed back

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Overcrowded housing under scrutiny amid influenza outbreak

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Indigenous-led businesses boosting Australia's economy

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The curfew in Alice Springs is over; but did it work?

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Who we are: How learning Wiradjuri helped saved Geoff's life

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Archaeologists upend what we thought we knew about early Indigenous Australians

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South Australian Voice to Parliament: 'A fresh bridge we can walk on'

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Eurovision 2024 sees Australia's First Nations heritage debut

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Indigenous-led maternity care keeping mums and babies together, research shows

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Calls for Inquiry after blackouts cause crippling debt levels for remote residents

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Doctors say prisoners are not being treated fairly by the health system

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'That strength-based approach of our culture': the ways First Nations Australians navigate grief

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QUT celebrates Indigenous wisdom with new faculty

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Can crime rates and re-offending be reduced without jail time?

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New opera looks at how colonisation changed life for First Nations people

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Yes campaigners break their silence over Voice referendum result

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Post-Voice referendum politicking emerges as parliament resumes

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Millions voting in referendum for first time - but democracy sausages a familiar sight

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Campaigns make final push to engage voters ahead of Voice referendum

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Voting on the Voice: what you can and can't do at polling places

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Revisiting a referendum divide - 56 years on

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AEC calls for respect as referendum polling day approaches

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Caring for country with cultural burns

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Stars come out to support 'Yes' - but 'No' campaigners are unmoved

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Multicultural communities grapple with Voice Referendum decision

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'The spirits of the ancestors are smiling': ancestral remains are coming home

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Voice campaigners out in force

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The Voice Referendum: Voting gets underway

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First Nations festival reconnects culture

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Yes, No campaigners out in force as leading lights meet the press

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Threats to AEC increase as preparations are completed for Voice referendum

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First Nations 'distressed and disgusted' over Price colonisation comments: Burney

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Long walk ends, intensified campaign begins on voice and national security

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An ancient solution to a modern problem

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Campaign tactics being questioned on both sides of the Voice to Parliament debate

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Putting on the writs: how to vote early in the Voice referendum

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Life after the referendum

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Professor Marcia Langton says the Voice is the 'barest measure imaginable'

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Manchester museum returns cultural items to Northern Territory community

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PM urged to cancel referendum; 'Ridiculous!' he says

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INTERVIEW: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says the 'Yes' campaign is targeted at "middle-class" Australians.

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The Voice Referendum in regional Australia

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Voice campaigners focus on 'battleground' states

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Yes and No: Voice Referendum volunteers take to the streets

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum: No campaigners confident they can win over undecided voters

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament: What do people in the streets think?

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament: October 14th announced for referendum

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum: How to make your vote count

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'It's killing our songlines' - traditional owners protest against logging

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NZ Politicians Debbie Ngarewa Packer and Andrew Little explain how the Treaty of Waitangi works

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Could NZ's experience help Australia with the Voice to Parliament?

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FIFA yet to score on Indigenous football funding

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Garma Festival opens with strong backing for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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School students embrace Indigenous culture

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Bringing the Torres Strait to Victoria

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What is Garma?

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament supported by LGBTIQ+ groups

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Why bark paintings were crucial to the milestone Yolngu sea rights decision

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War Memorial to recognise First Nations veterans of Korean War

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Traditional owners win legal challenge stopping construction of nuclear waste facility in South Australia

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The 'yes' and 'no' campaigns unveil their cases on Voice to Parliament referendum

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What is the Voice Referendum all about?