Canberra Institute of Technology is running a new program for Indigenous youth to learn practical skills and life skills. 

For four days per week the students work and learn on-the-job skills in Worldview's e-waste recycling warehouse in Fyshwick. 

On Sunday, Canada officially marked the abolishment of slavery nearly 200 years ago in its first nationwide Emancipation Day.

Canadian parliamentarians unanimously voted in March to recognise Emancipation Day across the country on August 1st, the same date in 1834 that an act came into effect banning slavery in former British colonies, including Canada.

UPDATE: The Ekka has now been cancelled.

The Royal Queensland Show at Brisbane’s Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association Showgrounds was put on hold on Sunday for another 24 hours due to health concerns related to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

As the second full day of lockdown begins for thousands of Queenslanders, the list of exposure sites has grown enormously.

While the main concern areas remain around Indooroopilly, Saint Lucia, and Parkwood, the close contact list has expanded as far as Caboolture, Mermaid Waters and Ipswich.

A new exhibition, led by Sunshine Coast photographer Megan Gill, aims at cutting male suicide rates by highlighting these men are not alone.

​​The ‘Portraits of Mankind’ exhibition puts faces to men’s mental health issues, showing that the problems are real and closeby.

Youtube has barred Sky News Australia for one week over COVID-19 misinformation concerns.

The ban comes after a review of online shared posts, with some questioning the reality of the pandemic and the efficacy of vaccines, have spread virus and vaccination misinformation.

Many reports including The Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria in 2020, show Immigrants and refugees reportedly represent a high majority among the homeless population.

The Centre for Multicultural Youth estimated that young people from refugee backgrounds are six to ten times more likely to be at risk of homelessness than Australian-born young people.

News Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, issues an apology to Pacific communities for the discriminatory 1970s dawn raids.

Ms Ardern says, "today, I stand on behalf of the New Zealand Government to offer a formal and unreserved apology to Pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970s that led to the dawn raids."