First Nations

Traditional PCR testing has been axed to ease the burden on taxpayers, a top doctor has revealed. As the federal government announced those looking to get a PCR test will now require a referral from their GP, one of the country’s leading…

A Queensland-based women-led Indigenous project to protect the Great Barrier Reef has taken out a prestigious $1.8m environmental prize handed out by Prince William.The Queensland Indigenous Women’s Ranger Network was on Saturday morning…

One in three Australian workers have experienced sexual harassment in their workplace over the past five years, found a major survey from the Australian Human Rights Commission.However, reporting of workplace sexual harassment remains…

The federal government cannot blame its failure to improve First Nations emergency management on a lack of outreach from the communities themselves, Canada’s auditor general said Monday. Ottawa should, “in the true spirit of…

The National Basketball League has thrown its weight behind the Voice to parliament, with the commissioner saying sports and politics can’t be unlinked. Jeremy Loeliger, who was at Parliament House on Tuesday to launch this year’s…

As parts of Australia are gripped by their seventh floods in a year, one of the country’s chief water bosses has warned that another drought will soon arrive. On the 10th anniversary of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, chief executive Andrew…

Health officials in northern Quebec say they are trying to hire more nurses and Inuit staff after a coroner’s report released last month linked the deaths of 10 infants in the region to overcrowding. A recruitment drive is underway to…

Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture is set to acquire Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal in a $1.1 billion deal that has sparked backlash from environmental groups and local residents.Tassal shareholders are set to vote in Melbourne on…

More young Aussies will be encouraged to become tradies as part of a billion-dollar push in Tuesday’s federal budget.Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Labor was seeking to address a long-term decline in trade apprenticeship numbers, adding skills…

Payouts for Covid-19 vaccine injuries are set to explode more than 80-fold to nearly $77 million by July next year, Tuesday’s budget papers reveal.The figure was quietly buried in the Services Australia portfolio budget statement, in a…