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Indigenous sign languages will be taught alongside Auslan in NSW schools by 2026 as statistics show 43 per cent of First Nations Australians older than seven have some form of hearing loss.
A left-wing Aboriginal activist has suggested Australians who voted No have denied the existence of Indigenous people. Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, the chief executive of activist group GetUp!, said ...
Australia’s first people—known as Aboriginal Australians—have lived on the continent for over 65,000 years.Diverse and culturally distinctive, they are represented by more than 250 distinct ...
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander go back to at least 50,000 years. Some argue that it is longer than that and closer to 65,000 years.
In a sign of the two lawmakers’ surging influence, the referendum is widely expected to fail. Many voters see their stance as a sign of deeper divisions within the Aboriginal community ...
But when they hear their language in the app, it is a really strong sign that the people they are talking to are interested in communicating with them openly and accurately.” Yarning has enabled ...
After an effort to give Aboriginal Australians a modest voice to parliament was resoundingly rejected, many Indigenous peoples are mulling what they can do next.