After the bushfires: The absence of First Nations’ voices

Although there is a broader interest in the value of First Nations’ cultural burning for bushfire prevention, there have been … More

Guest blog: RMIT ABC and APO: Making it easier to check the facts – by Sushi Das

Almost 500 fact checks published by RMIT ABC Fact Check will be available for the first time as a searchable … More

Regulation Policy & Practice Collection and monthly newsletter

The new Regulation Policy & Practice Collection and free monthly newsletter are the result of a fruitful partnership between APO … More

APO website: New and improved!

APO recently underwent a complete website upgrade. With more than 43,000 resource pages, 4,000 user profiles, 6,000 organisation pages and … More

Providing community-based pandemic healthcare for First Nations

Aboriginal-led health organisations are working to ensure First Nations communities’ health needs are being met during the COVID-19 pandemic. Carissa … More

Closing the Gap: A new partnership

The latest Closing the Gap Report shows that only two out of seven targets to improve Indigenous employment, health and … More

Garma 2019 Report: Including First Nations in future policies

The Garma 2019 Report urgently calls for First Nations people to be included in the Australian Government’s decisions affecting land, climate change … More

Keeping First Nations families together

Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor of APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, explores the new Family Matters report, produced by the Secretariat … More

Making Indigenous voices heard in climate change debate

Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor, APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, highlights the main findings from a United Nations (UN) report … More

Experiences of the cashless debit card from First Peoples of Ceduna

Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor, APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, presents key findings from a paper on the Federal Government’s … More

Guest blog: Introducing the Digital Health Systems Collection – by Simone Marangon

Digital health systems have been a critical topic of exploration and policy development across the globe in recent years. Simone … More

Economic independence through Indigenous art in Australia’s far north

Economic self-determination through art and culture can be empowering, but for some remote communities, it can be difficult to achieve. … More

Meet Xin – an APO intern with a passion for culture

Zhao Xin (Xin) is undertaking his Masters of Cultural and Creative Industries in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash … More

Guest blog: Creative industries in Industry 4.0 – by Dr Jessica Pacella

In recent years, ‘creative industries’ has become a politically charged issue across the globe. Dr Jess Pacella, Lecturer at the … More

Improving learning outcomes for Indigenous students

Indigenous ways of learning include deep listening and community-oriented activities, with family being a prominent element of First Peoples’ education. … More