Keira Jenkins

4 days ago | canberratimes.com.au | Keira Jenkins

Asbestos contamination prevents traditional owners from accessing thousands of hectares of Country. Photo: HANDOUT/SYDNEY FILM FESTIVALTraditional Owners call this place 'poison Country'. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

6 days ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Keira Jenkins

A program that started as a way for young men to work off their fines now gives back to the community in more ways than one. Indigenous-led repairs, maintenance and construction company Warrama-li is providing skills and employment for local youth and giving them options for the future, chief executive Darrel Smith told AAP. "If school or further education isn't an option for them they can get into doing something with their hands," he said of the business at Moree in northern NSW.

2 weeks ago | canberratimes.com.au | Keira Jenkins

Kuku Yalanji guide Uncle Skip leads visitors on walks at Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest. Photo: Keira Jenkins/AAP PHOTOSKuku Yalanji people have safeguarded the Daintree Rainforest for thousands of years. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

2 weeks ago | canberratimes.com.au | Keira Jenkins

A kangaroo tooth headband has been returned to the Larrakia people from a US museum. Photo: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies/AAP PHOTOSTen glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband are being returned to Australia after almost a century away from Country. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

4 weeks ago | theleader.com.au | Keira Jenkins

Carol Thompson's artwork adorns a CT scanner to make the process feel safer for Indigenous clients. Photo: HANDOUT/HAVAS PRHaving to travel hundreds of kilometres for medical care is a common occurrence in many of Australia's regional and remote regions.