• First Nations First

  • By: SBS
  • Podcast

First Nations First

By: SBS
  • Summary

  • Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.
    Copyright 2024, Special Broadcasting Services
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Episodes
  • German museums hand over Australian ancestral remains
    Dec 7 2024
    Five 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.
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    3 mins
  • Still a long way to go to close the digital gap, new report finds
    Dec 3 2024
    Internet 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.
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    6 mins
  • Echoes of the Stolen Generations as more First Nations children enter state care
    Dec 1 2024
    In 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.
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    11 mins

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