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Aboriginal people (Australia)

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Aboriginal Australians
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Strategy

From sorry to action: a plan to act on Bringing them home (2026–2028)


The action plan sets out the policy gaps, priorities and steps needed to advance long-standing recommendations from the 1997 Bringing them home report over the coming two years. It highlights the ongoing needs of Stolen Generations survivors across health, wellbeing, records access, redress, sector sustainability, education and research, that remain unmet.
Report

Snapshot: the impact of Reconciliation Action Plans in 2025


An annual report that measures the impact that organisations with Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) are having across Australia. The 2025 report shows the growing role of RAPs in driving change across workplaces, institutions and communities.
Report

Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – social and emotional wellbeing research report

Oscar Wycisk, Goeff Buchanan, Eleanor Malbon, Valerie Cooms, Jill Guthrie, Ben Edwards, Pattheera Somboonsin, Mandy Yap

This report on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth proposes and explores a novel approach to measuring social and emotional wellbeing, inspired by a holistic construct developed by a First Nations scholar-led team.
Report

National Elder Abuse Research Program: the abuse and mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander older people

Sarah Quillinan, Rachel Moody, Jessie Dunstan, Alba Granados, John De Maio

This report provides a nuanced understanding of the nature and dynamics of abuse and mistreatment experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander older people. It describes how this differs from the general population. The research identifies strategies and policy responses tailored to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing elder abuse.
Journal article

It affects everything: a national study exploring racism and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Kirsten Howard, Kate Anderson
This Indigenous-led analysis describes the ways racism disrupts the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The study underscores the need to move beyond individualised health models toward decolonial systems of care grounded in self-determination, truth-telling and structural change.