Shadeene Evans grew up like most of the kids in her remote community, kicking a football with bare feet on grass or red dust. Home to about 870 people in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Borroloola is more ...

It’s not easy to get to Goodooga. The tiny Australian town is about a nine hour drive from Sydney, and miles from the closest two-lane highway. But that didn’t stop COVID-19 from reaching the ...

Access to effective services and programs is necessary to improve wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Without genuine participation of Aboriginal ...

Poor environmental conditions and poor child health in remote Australian Aboriginal communities are a symptom of a disjuncture in the cultures of a disadvantaged (and only relatively recently ...

A new study has found that swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities can dramatically reduce rates of skin, ear and chest infections. Researchers from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health ...

The Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin in the Timor Sea, are home to several remote Aboriginal communities. There are around 2,500 people living on the islands, with 89% of residents being Aboriginal or ...

TORONTO (AP) – A remote aboriginal community in western Canada was left reeling from the unimaginable after a gunman opened fire at a school and a home, killing four people, including a teacher, and ...

For people living in metro areas, a broken hot water system or washing machine is a nuisance. But it can usually be sorted by a phone call for a same-day repair or a quick trip to the hardware store.

Thousands of people rallied in cities and towns around Australia on March 19 in opposition to the planned closure of around 150 remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. The issue was thrust ...

Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Community Services Research, Flinders University To take just one example: we interviewed a participant with an intermittent work history who borrowed A$18,000 ...

Shadeene Evans grew up like most of the kids in her remote community, kicking a football with bare feet on grass or red dust. Home to about 870 people in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Borroloola is more ...