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First Peoples

Report

National Reconciliation in Education Forum: bridging now to next


This report captures the key insights, priorities and recommendations identified by participants in a forum held to help advance reconciliation across education systems. Focused on truth-telling, cultural responsiveness and shared responsibility, the report highlights three key recommendations that must be acted on at all levels to support genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination in...
Strategy

Framework for the governance of Indigenous data: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Indigenous Research Data Commons


This framework has been developed to guide ethical, inclusive and culturally grounded data practices across the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Indigenous Research Data Commons. The framework recognises that all data, whether held by governments, institutions or communities, must be governed in ways that respect Indigenous rights, laws and relational worldviews.
Report

Counting on connectivity: regional and remote towns research

Scott Winch

This report presents findings from 729 surveys of digital inclusion, communications and media use among First Nations Australians in ten regional towns. It highlights barriers to digital access in rural and remote areas and provides site-specific profiles alongside aggregated analysis. Produced for Closing the Gap Target 17, it contributes to ongoing efforts to measure and...
Report

Place-based and culturally responsive VET for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners


This report considers how place-based and culturally responsive teaching can be integrated into vocational education and training (VET) more effectively, leading to more meaningful outcomes for First Nations learners. The report identifies key elements of good practice in culturally responsive training delivered through place-based approaches, finding that effective approaches are Aboriginal led.
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.