The rollout of low aromatic fuel has contributed to significant and sustained reduction in petrol sniffing and associated health problems in Indigenous communities, studies have found.
29 November 2017A program that engages rural Australian communities with science also boosts visibility and career development for women researchers, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
20 October 2017A maternity program designed to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
11 October 2017Unique data from the Tiwi Islands and trends in ages and causes of death shows that health outcomes for some remote Indigenous communities have improved at an astonishing rate.
15 September 2017Fifty-one years after the historic Wave Hill Walk-Off sparked the national land rights movement, an exhibition exploring the event is on show at the UQ Art Museum.
8 August 2017Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years – much longer than the 47,000 years believed by some archaeologists.
20 July 2017The implementation of an Indigenous-led suicide intervention program will begin in Queensland’s rural and remote communities in July.
26 June 2017Unfinished business: Adani, the State, and the indigenous rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners council
12 June 2017The launch of a new dental clinic in St George in south-west Queensland will ease the shortage of dental services available to the community.
9 June 2017A team of international archaeologists say evidence from a remote cave in Australia’s North West pushes back human occupation of Australia to around 50,000 years ago.
19 May 2017Two University of Queensland researchers have won the Queensland Women in STEM competition in recognition of their work paving the way for young women to enter science careers.
27 March 2017Mothers who develop diabetes during pregnancy will be the focus of a University of Queensland researcher’s work on a Visiting Professor Fellowship in Denmark.
17 February 2017Leading Indigenous architects will come together for a free public lecture in Brisbane, discussing state-of-the-art architecture designed for or by Indigenous people around the world.
13 January 2017