First Nations
How can Australia reach a more equitable and just future for First Nations people?
15 December 2025
Remote First Nations communities face extreme heat and frequent disconnections from electricity when pre-paid credit runs out. Targeted policies could prevent life-threatening outages.



Tom Longden
Kathryn Thorburn
Lloyd Pigram
Putting First Nations people in the driver’s seat of community development isn’t just the right thing to do – it delivers better outcomes too.
Jasmine Miller and Colina Reuben
Closing – and exceeding – the gap on Indigenous employment outcomes means addressing discrimination and breaking down barriers to achievement.
Nareen Young and Joshua Gilbert
It’s 32 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. While progress has been slow – and in some cases retrograde – there is a path to better outcomes for Indigenous people if they are empowered to lead policy responses.
Krystal Lockwood and Heron Loban




