Blak Collective brings moments of hope and contemplation
10 May 2025
Section: News
Federation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members Conference is an annual event which takes place at Federation’s Conference Centre. The…
Kids belong in school, not jail
11 November 2024
Section: News
State Council, last Saturday, heard that Federation’s involvement in the Raise the Age NSW campaign continues to build, with a…
Majority of NSW private schools get more public funding than comparable public schools
6 September 2024
Section: Media Release
The extent of inequity in Australia’s school funding has been revealed in new research, showing that more than half of…
New NAIDOC committee
10 July 2024
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 10 2024 Federation has formed a NAIDOC committee, consisting of four staff (including three…
Patrick White NSW Young Indigenous Writers’ Competition
12 June 2024
Section: News
The Patrick White New South Wales Indigenous Writers Awards is an annual competition, open to NSW Australian Indigenous school aged students from…
Recommendations for inclusion
13 May 2024
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 9 2024 Members of Federation’s Aboriginal Members and Aboriginal Education committees welcome the Australian…
Moving forward
17 November 2023
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 8 2023 In 2018, Federation accepted the invitation issued to all Australians by the…
Teachers step out to support the Yes campaign
18 September 2023
Section: News
Federation members were among the tens of thousands of people who joined Yes walks in Sydney and regional areas at…
Voice date set: Let’s make history!
30 August 2023
Section: News
The Voice referendum has been set for Saturday, 14 October, meaning we now have only a matter of weeks to…
Walk together, write ‘yes’ on your ballot paper
1 August 2023
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 7 2023 The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation from Aboriginal and…
NAIDOC Week celebrates Elders
1 July 2023
Section: News
Over generations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders have played a significant role in bringing Australia to the point where…
Yes voters asked to speak with friends and family
31 May 2023
Section: News
“This referendum is going to be won with cups of tea,” Yes23 Northern NSW organiser Charline Emzin-Boyd told Federation’s annual…
Explainer makes a statement
28 May 2023
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 The Uluru Statement from the Heart Explainer Video (2019) produced by filmmaker…
National Reconciliation Week 27 May-3 June
27 May 2023
Section: News
Over many decades Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their allies have campaigned long and hard to address racism…
National Sorry Day, 26 May
26 May 2023
Section: News
Grief, suffering and injustice were the result of the ill-informed government policy that forcibly removed more than 100,000 Aboriginal and…
Referendum 2023: All you need to know
22 May 2023
Section: News
The referendum will propose to voters a simple change to the Australian Constitution, to provide an Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
If you don’t know, find out
19 May 2023
Section: Columns
Multicultural Matters: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 As teachers, we strive to inspire students to be informed and caring global…
Closing the next gap
17 May 2023
Section: News
Policymakers may have started understanding issues for LGBTIQA+ students in the school setting, but for gender and sexuality diverse Aboriginal…
Nation’s teacher unions back Yes for Voice vote
21 April 2023
Section: News
Federation has affirmed its commitment to the Yes campaign for the First Nations Voice referendum through a decision of the…
Web page advocates for important change to the Constitution
11 April 2023
Section: News
Federation has created a Yes23 web page, in support of the Yes campaign for the 2023 referendum. The referendum is…
Voice to Parliament: fact and fiction
6 March 2023
Section: Columns
Yarning In Progress: Education Quarterly, Issue 5 2023 It is time our nation formally recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…