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Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.... more
FAQs about First Nations First:How many episodes does First Nations First have?The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.
March 27, 2025Tasmania's muttonbirds - and muttonbirders - face uncertain futureFor thousands of years, Aboriginal people in Tasmania have harvested yula, also known as muttonbirds, a short-tailed shearwater. The harvest is one of the oldest cultural practices for Tasmanian Aboriginal people. But as another season is looming, it's facing a number of threats....more4minPlay
March 17, 2025Compensation for traditional owners possible after High Court ruling on Arnhem Land mine siteA High Court decision has cleared the way for "significant" compensation for the Gumatj people of the Northern Territory. The Court has upheld an earlier Federal Court ruling that a site at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land was not acquired in the 1960s for bauxite mining on just terms....more5minPlay
March 07, 2025'No safe space': report highlights increase in racism after failed Voice referendumThe second annual Call it Out report has been released by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. The report maps incidents of racism experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Australians are most commonly experiencing widespread stereotyping and discrimination - and nowhere is safe for them from racist abuse....more7minPlay
February 13, 2025Stolen Generations survivors: 'It's time to move beyond imagining'The anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations has been commemorated in Federal Parliament. It has been 17 years since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a historic apology for racial discrimination against First Nations people. It is estimated that between one in three, and one in 10, Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their parents in the period between 1910 and 1970....more4minPlay
January 29, 2025Overcrowding takes a toll on staff and inmates in NT prisonsThe Northern Territory's soaring prison population has broken a grim new record. More than four and half thousand people are now crammed into prisons and police watch-houses. Police and justice advocates say chronic over-crowding and extended lock downs are taking a toll a toll on officers and inmates alike....more3minPlay
December 07, 2024German museums hand over Australian ancestral remainsFive sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century have been handed back at a ceremony that a community representative described as a sad but "very joyful" moment. The restitution is part of ongoing efforts by German museums and authorities to return human remains and cultural artefacts that were taken during colonial times....more4minPlay
December 03, 2024Still a long way to go to close the digital gap, new report findsInternet use is growing in remote First Nations communities, but cost is still a barrier. A new study from RMIT University has revealed that even though progress is being made, there is still a long way to go to close the digital gap for communities....more7minPlay
December 01, 2024Echoes of the Stolen Generations as more First Nations children enter state careIn South Australia, a public inquiry has found the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families is approaching levels equivalent to the Stolen Generations. One in every ten First Nations children is in state care, and that figure is expected to increase to 14 in every 100 within seven years if not addressed. This is the story of how one grandmother took on the state department of child protection to bring her grandkids home....more11minPlay
November 25, 2024A "national shame": landmark Northern Territory inquest shines light on DVThe Northern Territory Coroner has handed down her findings into the killing of four Aboriginal women by their partners. After a year-long inquiry, Elisabeth Armitage has painted a bleak picture of 'relentless violence' against women and children, with frontline agencies overwhelmed and underfunded. She has now made 35 recommendations calling for change....more7minPlay
November 22, 2024New project challenges Australia's colonial-lens historical viewsA new million-dollar project from the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University is compiling the largest ever documentary history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective. Ngura Ninti, which means 'knowing home', is the first of its kind and aims to challenge the common understanding of Australian history as told through a colonial lens....more8minPlay
FAQs about First Nations First:How many episodes does First Nations First have?The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.