SBS today called for applications for a career-enhancing mentorship award that will offer support, guidance and opportunities to emerging Indigenous talent in the Australian film and television industry. The winner of the annual SBS Indigenous TV Mentorship Award will receive sponsorship to travel to local and international festivals, conferences or markets, mentorship from experienced SBS […]
The all new National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3® – is coming to Swan Hill on Saturday February 28, 2009. This will be the first time the popular sport and music festival has visited the heart of the Murray region with the new ‘Super Saturday’ format. The Vibe 3on3® […]
Keeping Place/Eve of Apology event On the eve of the anniversary of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008, a group is gathering in Redfern to commemorate the one-year anniversary of this historic occasion. It also the eve of an ever approaching eviction for Uncle Gordon and Aunty Elaine Syron, who […]
NRL player Chris Sandow describes his first visit to a juvenile justice centre as “a privilege”. “Some of them might have done the wrong thing, but I felt really honoured to be invited to meet them and have a yarn to them,” says the young Rabbitohs star after visiting Indigenous youth at the Acmena Juvenile […]
Professor Mick Dodson has spoken about his passion to improve the education of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students during an emotional address to the National Press Club yesterday. The 2009 Australian of the Year promised to devote his one-year tenure to campaign for all Australian children to be “geared up and ready to go” for […]
style=”BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: auto 0cm”>New South Wales Australian Catholic University Yalbalinga Indigenous Education Unit Charles Sturt University Indigenous Support Service Macquarie University – Warawara – Department of Indigenous StudiesSouthern Cross University Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian PeoplesUniversity of Newcastle Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre Wollotuka School of Aboriginal StudiesUniversity of New England Oorala Centre […]
Over 500 students from around Victoria gathered in Mildura this week for Vibe Alive – an exciting new youth festival with a difference! Vibe Alive is a two day festival for young Australians of all backgrounds that promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and encourages tolerance and teamwork. Vibe Alive will be held in […]
One thousand students from around Western Australia gathered in Kalgoorlie last week for the most successful Vibe Alive festival yet. Vibe Alive – a national two day youth festival for young Australians of all backgrounds that incorporates singing, dancing, sport and health and literacy activities – is currently travelling around Australia as part of the […]
Over 800 students descended on the Rockhampton Showgrounds this week to take part in Vibe Alive – an exciting new youth festival that offers young people the opportunity to shine! Vibe Alive is a two day festival for young Australians of all backgrounds that incorporates music, sport, art, education and healthy living in a high-energy, […]
Port Augusta Parties! More than 700 students from across South Australia descended upon the city of Port Augusta this week, with young people from as far afield as Adelaide, Ceduna and Leigh Creek joining hundreds of local students to take part in the Port Augusta Vibe Alive Festival. Held over two days, from Wednesday, September […]
Fresh from his victory over Shannan Taylor, Anthony Mundine is looking forward to watching the next generation of Aboriginal boxing stars in action for the ‘Night of Black Stars’ at The Block tomorrow. “I did what I had to do, it got a bit desperate at times and got a bit dirty, but I knew […]
Anthony Mundine has passed his first test in the middleweight division with flying colors, outpointing fellow Australian and former world title challenger Shannon Taylor in Wollongong last night. In a scrappy bout that saw Taylor, known as the ‘Bulli Blaster’, resort to dirty tactics on a number of occasions, Mundine set the pace from the […]
One year on, schools acknowledge the apology to the Stolen Generations One small word changed the course of the nation. One year on, there is still much to be done in terms of reparation to the Stolen Generations and in addressing the social and economic inequities of Indigenous Australians. The power of Prime Minister Kevin […]
His own life experiences are the inspiration for Jack Manning-Bancroft’s plans for maximising Indigenous student retention across the nation. There is a simple clarity and matter-of-factness about everything Jack Manning-Bancroft says and does that is at the heart of his youthful success. The son of Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft and actor/playwright Ned Manning was fortunate […]
Compulsive, obsessive and excessive, that’s an addiction It is most commonly associated with drugs and alcohol, but addiction is something that can affect people from all walks of life, including those who have never tried alcohol or taken a drug in their lives. The word addiction is generally used to describe an obsession, compulsion or […]
Marijuana use has been linked to an extremely aggressive form of testicular cancer, scientists have said in a study published this week. After studying a group of 369 American men aged between 18 to 22 with testicular cancer, and 979 in the same age bracket without the diseases, it was found that marijuana users were […]
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