TODAYS HEADLINES:

* The Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has reaffirmed the sentiment behind the Barunga Statement, 30 years after it was given to the then Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke…

* The Shadow Minister for Human Services and the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Representatives, Linda Burney says we are entering a new era of understanding of First nation culture and issues…

* A new scholarship scheme has awarded a total of twenty-five thousand dollars to First Nations people studying oral hygiene and dentistry in university.