Signout

The Latest on The Point

Did you miss The Point? Here's the latest news and features from this agenda-setting program. 

Newly added
The Point

World Health Day: Joe Williams reveals how his years on the field almost stopped his present career

After having spent over 15 years in the sporting limelight, Joe Williams is now making a name for himself nationally and internationally as a motivational speaker,...
5 Apr 2017 - 3:24pm

'If you fix the spirit then you fix everything around you'

His ancestors protected him from taking his life when he was a young man, now at 43, The People's Mechanic is repaying the favour.
The Point

Cutting climate change at the roots

Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network, Seed, are hoping to build an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth movement for climate justice. Larissa...
The Point

New online tool to improve healthcare for people suffering from rare disease

A new online learning tool could be a game-changer for health professionals dealing with patients suffering from Machado Joseph Disease.
News

AllGrid Energy Puts Remote Indigenous Communities on the Grid

Indigenous company AllGrid Energy provides energy solutions for remote Indigenous communities, who often rely on diesel generators for power.
The Point

How Jandamarra went from resistance fighter to a Bunuba legend

At Tunnel Creek, 120 years ago, a Bunuba man was killed and a legend was born.
The Point

UN rapporteur slams the government’s record on Indigenous issues, but hopeful for change

A UN special investigator has criticised Australian political leaders for the high rate of Indigenous youth in detention, for failing to respect Indigenous...

More of The Point

The Point

Two stolen lives recovered through love

Merryn and Glen were taken as children of the Stolen Generation. Now, they’re healing their hearts together, by tying the knot.
The Point

2016: A stellar year for Indigenous current affairs… and that’s The Point

In 2016, NITV embarked on a bold new strategy: placing news and current affairs at the heart of its schedule, in order to lead the news agenda from an Indigenous...
The Point

A night at the shelter 'putting faith back in humanity'

NITV spent a night at the Murri Watch diversionary centre, a place for Brisbane's most vulnerable people to stay, sober up or just have a chat over a cup of tea.
NITV News

Indigenous Families want Bondi Mural to stay

A mural that honours five prominent Indigenous human rights activists located in Sydney's famous Bondi Beach has sparked a wave of controversy.
The Point

School kids teach themselves Noongar astronomy through self-published book

A small primary school in Perth is using the oldest stories from the Noongar people to teach year 2 students the wonders of the Universe.
The Point

Newly-found Indigenous ancestry sparks revitalisation project

One man's quest to discover his Indigenous heritage has triggered a grand revitalisation project led by UTS Design academics in two rural New South Wales...
The Point

Karina Lester weighs-in on SA nuclear dump referendum

NITV asks Karina Lester, the Aboriginal member on the Natural Resources Management Council, about her reaction to SA Premier's Jay Weatherill decision to take the...
The Point

Joe Williams takes the Aboriginal flag to Standing Rock

Former NRL star Joe Williams has visited the North Dakota pipeline protest site to show his solidarity.
The Point

First Peoples from across the world react to a Donald Trump presidency

NITV has asked leaders from Indigenous media around the world, for their take on Trump's electoral victory.
The Point

Controversial parliamentary inquiry into freedom of speech announced

Two months ago, the Prime Minister said any changes to Australia's race hate laws weren't a priority. But this changed today, with the announcement of an inquiry...
The Point

First Indigenous Canadian Justice Minister speaks to NITV ahead of Reconciliation Lecture

Jody Wilson-Raybould is the Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General. She's also a First Nations woman, and the first Aboriginal person to serve in those...
The Point

Blood and Pride: Meet the man behind the powerful story set to stun Sydney Festival

Narangga Kaurna man Jacob Boehme is no stranger to stigma: he's a gay, fair skinned, Aboriginal man with HIV. But now, he'll be sharing his story at next year's...
NITV News

Historic discovery places Adnyamathanha people in outback Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought

A team of archaeologists have uncovered a rock shelter in the Flinders Ranges with the earliest evidence of Aboriginal settlement in inland Australia.
The Point

Being stripped and beaten is ‘normal’ in NT prisons, former prisoner says

“'Blacks down the back', that’s the words they’d use to you,” David Japaljarri Dixon says as he reflects on his six years behind bars in the Northern Territory.
The Point

Aboriginal NGOs welcome major overhaul of Northern Territory Corrections

Aboriginal NGO’s in the Northern Territory have welcomed a report that recommended a complete overhaul of the Territory Corrections system to address a ...

Have your say #ThePointNITV