Image: Aunty Munya Andrews with the late Uncle Jack Charles (NOTE: Uncle Jack Charles’s family have given permission for his name and image to be used.) Elders are highly respected senior members of the Aboriginal community, providing spiritual guidance, support,…

‘Cultural safety’ is defined by the cultural safety principles of awareness, sensitivity, competency, and humility. It describes an environment where members are self-reflective and respectful, especially towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; it’s a space where everyone can recognise…

‘Cultural bias’ refers to perspectives, attitudes, and behaviours based on the standards of one’s own culture. Examples of cultural bias include linguistic interpretation, understanding of right and wrong, and racial discrimination, among others.  These can manifest in multiple ways. For…

Every organisation that hopes to foster a culturally safe atmosphere must be grounded on the cultural safety principles of awareness, sensitivity, competency, and humility. These principles serve as the foundation of an environment where respect, knowledge, and experience are shared…

During the period from 2015 to 2017, the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was 71.6 years for men and 75.6 years for women, which was respectively 8.6 and 7.8 years lower than the life expectancy for…

Assimilation policy had a devastating impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia and continues to contribute to the many complex political issues affecting Aboriginal communities today. As the latest Closing the Gap campaign reports show, there remains…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face complex political issues, as demonstrated in the latest Closing the Gap report. This shows that since the campaign launched in 2007, it has failed to achieve targets around health equality and reducing disparities…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today speak around 120 different, distinct, and unique language groups and dialects. However, this is a fraction of the original breadth of Australian indigenous languages, many of which were lost following colonisation, resulting in…