Bridget Brennan
Bridget Brennan began working for the ABC in 2010 as a cadet journalist. She has worked in the ABC’s Sydney and Darwin newsrooms in radio and television news. She graduated with a Bachelor of Communication from RMIT in Melbourne in 2007.
Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to World Heritage status
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An ancient Aboriginal settlement and aquaculture site in south-west Victoria is a step closer to being named a UNESCO World Heritage site, after the Federal Government submitted it to be included on a tentative list.
Topics: community-and-society, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, heywood-3304, vic, australia
How one school turned Indigenous performance on its head in two years
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This school turned its Indigenous students' performance around. Can the rest of the country follow suit?
Topics: education, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, government-and-politics, ipswich-4305, qld
30 years ago, Gerry dreamt up a service to give kids an equal start
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How one childcare service has been working — on a shoestring budget — to give Indigenous children an equal start in life.
Topics: indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, access-to-education, education, health, shepparton-3630
How important are your first 1,000 days on Earth?
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The Australian women running one of the world's largest studies of Indigenous mothers and babies know they're crucial.
Topics: indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, infant-health, health, tamworth-2340
Number of Indigenous children taken from families to triple
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The number of Indigenous children removed from their families is set to triple in the next two decades on current trends, a new report warns.
Topics: indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, canberra-2600
Victorian inquiry to address rise in Indigenous children in child protection services
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The man behind an inquiry into the number of Indigenous children in protective services in Victoria says more needs to be done to reduce the numbers of children coming into care and to connect Aboriginal children in care with their relatives.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, vic
Aboriginal man's death in custody remains a mystery, two years on
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Two years after the death of Aboriginal man Leister Ross in custody in Victoria, the coroner's findings do not determine a cause of death.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, black-deaths-in-custody, death, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, melbourne-3000
Female health professionals at greater risk of suicide, study finds
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Women working in health professions have a rate of suicide which is three times higher than those in other occupations, says a new Australian study.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, suicide, community-and-society, women, womens-health, health, work, medical-research, australia
Psychologists apologise for failing Indigenous Australians
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The Australian Psychological Society issues a landmark formal apology to Indigenous Australians, saying it has failed Aboriginal patients in the past.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, psychology, melbourne-3000, australia
Australians with lymphoma suffer highest financial stress: survey
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New global research shows Australians battling a common and deadly cancer are in a worse financial position than patients overseas — one of those people is Melbourne woman Melissa Baker.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, australia
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service hits out at Corrections Victoria
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The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service criticises Corrections Victoria after it was not immediately notified about a death in custody.
Topics: crime, prisons-and-punishment, drugs-and-substance-abuse, black-deaths-in-custody, vic, sale-3850
Scientists invent super thin fabric that can charge a mobile phone
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Imagine you are stuck out-and-about with low battery and no phone charger. How handy would it be if you could generate power from your T-shirt?
Topics: inventions, science-and-technology, electricity-energy-and-utilities, united-states, china, australia
5000 regional jobs at risk if Government guts ARENA: ACF
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The Australian Conservation Foundation warns more than 5,000 potential jobs in regional areas will be at risk if the Australian Renewable Energy Agency is gutted.
Topics: alternative-energy, rural, work, vic
Call to shake up classroom approach to boost NAPLAN results
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NAPLAN results show Australian student performances are not improving, despite more funding and students being put through their paces, and the Productivity Commission says it is time for a new approach.
Topics: education, education-associations, educational-resources, australia
COAG council to meet over 'unacceptable' IT setbacks in NDIS roll-out
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A draft communique from today's COAG Disability Reform Council meeting, seen by the ABC, concedes that the NDIS is behind schedule and that the delays have been "unacceptable".
Topics: health, disabilities, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, australia
Award-winning Aboriginal childcare centre battles for survival after funding loss
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An award-winning Melbourne Aboriginal childcare centre may start laying off staff in the coming weeks if it does not receive new funding from the Victorian Government.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-other-peoples, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, education, child-care, children, work
Research shows faulty equipment behind over 50 per cent of drone accidents
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Most small drones accidents are caused by faulty equipment rather than amateur operators, according to a world-first study looking at the causes behind civil drone accidents.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, science-and-technology, australia
Health expert unhappy with ABC's Swisse deal
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ABC International's advertising deal with vitamin brand Swisse Wellness is under fire, with one health expert saying he is disappointed by the move.
Topics: broadcasting, information-and-communication, media, australia
Review of contentious child protection law due to begin in Victoria
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Victoria's Commissioner for Children and Young People is preparing to review a contentious new child protection law which gives parents a strict time limit of 12 months in which to prove they can resume the care of their children.
Topics: children, law-crime-and-justice, family-law, vic
Squatters ordered out of vacant Melbourne properties
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Dozens of squatters in Melbourne are issued with eviction notices ordering them to leave properties made vacant after being acquired for the dumped East West Link project.
Topics: states-and-territories, homelessness, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
'Drain on productivity': Australian gaming industry held back by internet speeds
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Australian independent game studios are having incredible success marketing their games overseas, but they say Australia's internet speed is holding back productivity.
Topics: games, arts-and-entertainment, games-industry, games-industry-professional-gaming, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, australia
Ella Havelka's journey to become Australian Ballet's first Indigenous dancer
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As a little girl growing up in Dubbo, all it took was a glimpse of a Swan Lake performance on an old VHS tape for Ella Havelka to know that she was going to be a ballerina.
Topics: dance, arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, australia
Online gaming may boost school scores, study suggests
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In what could be music to the ears of many parents, teenagers who regularly play online games are more likely to get better school scores, an Australian study suggests.
Topics: schools, education, games, social-media, australia, melbourne-3000
Gorman denies ripping off independent designers
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Australian clothing brand Gorman denies accusations it has copied the work of independent designers, who say prints used by the company are "uncannily similar" to their own work.
Topics: company-news, fashion, design, copyright, information-and-communication, australia
Indigenous organisations push for royal commission into suicide rates
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A coalition of Indigenous organisations join together to call for a royal commission into the devastating rates of Indigenous suicide across Australia.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, suicide, community-and-society, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, australia, nt
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