The launch of the Young Men's Academy (YMA) at Ballina Coast High School is set to empower young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men to be the best they can be, according to NASCA, an Indigenous-led organisation with over thirty years experience, following the local success of their Young Women's Academy.

A new study reveals the scale of road trauma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in NSW, highlights factors that help keep travellers safe, and urges greater investment in community-led road safety initiatives.

This year the Kinship Festival will celebrate its 10-Year Anniversary in Knox Park, Murwillumbah.

Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), the National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP) and Rural Doctors Network (RDN) are proud to announce that applications for the 2026 Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship (PHMSS) round are now open.

Recently the Mullumbimby community come out in support for local Indigenous teacher Uncle Scotty who has just received a double lung transplant.

On the weekend, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese returned to the Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land, where he spoke for the fourth time in as many years. This year's focus was less on symbolism and voice, and more on education and empowerment, as the gap between Indigenous and other Australians remains achingly wide.

More police resources to address youth crime in regional NSW were announced last week, after another program aimed at educating young Indigenous people on the North Coast was quietly axed by the federal Labor government late last year.

The NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty David Harris has announced a new Aboriginal Business Taskforce to lead the growth of the state’s Aboriginal business sector at the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce in Redfern.

Our contemporary Christmas has evolved from northern hemisphere seasonal celebrations, including the pagan harvest festivals and winter solstice celebrations encrusted with Christianity.

The first and only Aboriginal councillor to be voted onto Byron Shire Council was Jimmy Budd, who was elected in 1991.