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First Nations First

First Nations First

By: SBS
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Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The life and work of Aunty Rhoda Roberts honoured on Bundjalung country

    The life and work of Aunty Rhoda Roberts honoured on Bundjalung country
    Mar 31 2026
    A trailblazer of Australia's arts and cultural landscape, Aunty Rhoda Roberts has been laid to rest on Country in her hometown of Lismore. Hundreds gathered to honour a life dedicated to the arts and elevating Indigenous voices.
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    4 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Could First Nations methods improve mental health treatment?

    INTERVIEW: Could First Nations methods improve mental health treatment?
    Mar 28 2026
    The latest report on Closing the Gap Targets, released last month, found just four of nineteen targets are on track. Among those targets Australia is failing to meet, the country is moving backward when it comes to reducing suicide rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which are now more than three times higher than for non-Indigenous Australians.First Nations health advocates and practitioners are urgently calling for investment in new approaches to preventative mental health support that are led by First Nations wisdom and experience. SBS reporter Angelica Waite, has speaking with Clinton Schultz, a Gomeroi Gamilaroi man, and Director of First Nations Strategy and Partnerships with Black Dog Institute. For more than a decade, he's been a pioneering voice when it comes to finding new models for preventative care that reflect the depth, complexity and connectedness of First Nations ways of knowing, being and doing. She started by asking Mr Schultz how he came to study and work in the field of psychology.
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    13 mins
  • Could First Nations wisdom and experience improve mental health and wellbeing?

    Could First Nations wisdom and experience improve mental health and wellbeing?
    Mar 25 2026
    The latest report on Closing the Gap Targets, released last month, found just four of the nineteen targets are on track. Among those targets Australia is failing to meet, the country is moving backward when it comes to reducing suicide rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people , which are now more than three times higher than for non-Indigenous Australians. First Nations health advocates and practitioners are urgently calling for investment in new approaches to preventative mental health led by First Nations wisdom and experience.
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    8 mins
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