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2 days ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler |David Prestipino |Callan Morse
New Zealand's parliament has voted to enact record suspensions for three Māori MPs who performed a haka to protest a controversial bill. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, received a seven-day ban and her colleagues from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, are barred for 21 days.
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3 days ago | 
nit.com.au | Callan Morse |Dechlan Brennan |Giovanni Torre
On an ordinary day, arriving home from school, a 15-year-old Gail Mabo was told by her father "one day, everyone will know my name". Naarm gathered on Tuesday night to celebrate Torres Strait culture and the legacy of Eddie Mabo. Mr Mabo passed six months before the High Court of Australia's landmark determination overturning terra nullius in 1992, recognising the Meriam people's rights to their land after a 15-year fight, and setting the foundations for the Native Title Act.
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5 days ago | 
nit.com.au | Callan Morse |Brendan Foster |Dechlan Brennan
A new guide for doctors offices around Australia reinforces the case that culturally safe and clinically sound health care is a must in order to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for Indigenous people. Leading into Reconciliation Week, the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners in Primary Health Care – Guide for General Practice was launched.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Giovanni Torre |Callan Morse
Stolen Generations survivor support organisations have responded to the WA government's redress scheme announcement, calling it a "powerful moment of truth-telling", while noting that nothing can undo what has been done. At the Reconciliation Week Breakfast in Boorloo (Perth) on Tuesday, WA Premier Roger Cook announced a fund allowing for $85,000 per person, for living Stolen Generations survivors removed from their families before July 1st, 1972.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse |Giovanni Torre
WAFL great Stephen Michael's career in football speaks for itself, so much so the Noongar man is the 2025 Sir Doug Nicholls Round honouree. Across 243 games for South Fremantle, Michael collected two Sandover Medals, five best and fairests and a flag alongside 17 appearances for his state, ending with a Simpson Medal as State of Origin's best player in 1983 - the same he was named captain of the All Australian side, without ever crossing to Victoria.
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2 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse
The World Health Organisation says circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 has been detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in Papua New Guinea on May 9. The detection of wild poliovirus or vaccine-derived poliovirus, including from samples taken from healthy children, is considered a serious public health event, the WHO said in a statement. It added that the detection of circulating type 2 poliovirus was classified as a "polio outbreak".
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3 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse
A public monument of James Cook will be permanently removed from an inner-Melbourne park after a council voted unanimously on the decision. The monument depicting the colonial figure at Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North had been repeatedly targeted with vandalism, most recently on January 28, 2024. It has since not returned after being removed by Yarra City Council shortly after for assessment and possible repairs.
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3 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Callan Morse |Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre
Backing the Indigenous Voice to Parliament was Peter Dutton's "best chance of transforming himself into a supportable prime minister", Noel Pearson says - and a longtime Coalition strategist agrees. In his 2022 election night speech, now re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signalled his commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart "in-full" and pursuit of a "gracious call for a voice enshrined in our constitution".
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Callan Morse
Defiant Gold Coast Titans coach Des Hasler is adamant dumped powerhouse David Fifita is a "big part of our plans" and was adamant he could lift the club off the bottom of the NRL ladder. The Titans are second-last after nine rounds and reports have emerged that Hasler needs his team to make the finals to guarantee he stays in charge for the third year of his contract in 2026.
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Andrew Mathieson |Callan Morse |Giovanni Torre
Over the past 25 years of engaging with community, industry, academia, and government, I have strongly argued that substantive reconciliation involves a number of critical components, including recognising Indigenous rights, including self-determination, challenging racism and white fragility, addressing truth-telling and education, respecting Indigenous cultures and knowledges, and achieving distributive and reparative justice.
