Nine girls from Birpai Country designed their own jerseys and are about to make Mid North Coast football history in Dubbo. Now their families need the community behind them.
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Posted inArts, Feature, Indigenous, Lismore
Indigenous art award brings national finalists to Lismore
More than 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia have been named as finalists in the 2026 Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award in Lismore.
Posted inClarence Valley, Feature, Indigenous
Mudyala wins $1m to give Clarence Valley youth a voice
A community bus, on-country camps, and young people calling the shots. Mudyala has won $1 million for a new Clarence Valley youth program, and four more local clubs are celebrating too.
Posted inEducation, Grants and funding, Health, Indigenous, Local News
Mid North Coast cadet inspires health push
A Mid North Coast placement student says a hospital stay with her baby brother set her on the path to occupational therapy, as applications open for the next Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship intake.
Posted inIndigenous, Local News
NSW strategy aims to grow Aboriginal businesses and regional opportunities
A new five-year NSW strategy aims to help Aboriginal businesses overcome barriers, access funding and create opportunities across regional communities.
Posted inAlstonville, Grants and funding, Health, Indigenous
Alstonville healing service wins $20,000 cultural grant
A new healing service for Northern Rivers women and children just got a $20,000 boost, part of a statewide push to fund Aboriginal-led cultural projects.
Posted inIndigenous, Local News, Sport
Funding to prevent violence through Aboriginal sport
Aboriginal-led organisations can apply for new funding to tackle domestic, family and sexual violence through community sport programs.
Posted inIndigenous, Scotts Head
Fire returns to Country at Scotts Head for the first time in decades
Fire returned to Scotts Head for the first time in decades, as Traditional Owners and the RFS carried out a cultural burn along an ancient songline stretching back to Guyra.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Community development, Indigenous
Coffs Harbour fine-tunes Aboriginal heritage plan
Coffs Harbour has fine-tuned its Aboriginal heritage protections, easing the path for low-risk developments while keeping the framework that protects local cultural sites intact.
Posted inIndigenous, Local News
New initiative puts Aboriginal communities in the driver’s seat of licensing support
Transport for NSW is launching an Australian-first program training Aboriginal driving instructors to expand culturally safe licensing support statewide.