More than two years ago, 25 indigenous leaders gathered on the NSW central coast. As a group, we embodied the diversity of Aboriginal Australia, being that we came from and represented urban, regional and remote communities.

We were drawn…

The Barang Regional Alliance has now officially been established, with the inaugural Board appointed.

Barang is a new Central Coast organisation aimed at empowering the Aboriginal community of the Central Coast through a unified voice.

Docker River, Mutitjulu, Aputula (Finke) and Imanpa residents are a step closer to adopting a new plan that would give them more power to run their own communities.

The federal government is expected to s…

An economic round table in Shepparton yesterday brought together about 40 thinkers from across Australia to discuss ways to improve economic engagement in the Aboriginal community.

The first of its kind in the region, the Algabonyah Econo…

Aboriginal leaders are calling for a new wave of land rights reform to boost economic development in indigenous communities and build on the native title legislation they say has been undermined by bureaucracy.

In the opening address to t…

The recent ructions over the closure of remote communities in Western Australia left me yearning for the counsel of the late ­development economist Helen Hughes. The professor and development economist was a great friend of the remote communiti…