Stephanie Boltje

Aunty Ruth Hegarty lived through a cruel chapter in Australian history. Now aged 94, she's approaching the Voice vote with optimism for future generations.

Do you know what Country is or what it means to care for it? Ever heard of Songlines? Margo Ngawa Neale, senior Indigenous art and history curator at the National Museum of Australia, is here to help.

We travelled thousands of kilometres, navigated croc-filled waters and an encounter with a deadly taipan to record the stories of Indigenous Elders on Country for the ABC's One Plus One program.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders share stories and language, culture and wisdom, that have been passed down from generation to generation.

What do the LGBTQIA+ letters stand for – and what does it mean to identify with one (or more) of them? The Drum asked three people about their identity and why it is important to them.

Ukrainians living in Australia after fleeing the war still fear for the safety of their family and friends at home.

As students of the island's flood-damaged public school move into new temporary buildings, the people of Cabbage Tree Island hold out hope their community can be rebuilt.

Dementia patients are smelling and touching plants to engage and stimulate their brains, in a new pilot program at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden.

As the Joint Council on Closing the Gap meets in Adelaide, cases of trachoma in Aboriginal communities are declining as NT Health pop-up clinics teach kids how to clean their faces properly — but a new date for eradication has not been set.

In the Aboriginal town camp of Hidden Valley, power is in short supply. But plans are underway to secure electricity for residents through solar panels.

Indigenous Australians and Native Americans come together in the Red Centre to learn, from each other, how they can save their languages from extinction.

Around 180 Australians will develop signs of progressive supranuclear palsy each year – there's no cure, and researchers still don't know what causes it.

The Australian circus community is rallying to keep Ukrainian culture alive by bringing performing arts students down under to study. 

Two rare Aboriginal artworks go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York tonight – and William Barak's descendants want to buy them.

There is a link between domestic violence and natural disasters, say support organisations that are bracing for the fallout as they deal with their own resources and accommodation being decimated by floods.

Across Australia, where newspapers have closed or gone online, in some places others have taken their place, but many regional areas are missing out. 

As people gather to celebrate the festive season, health experts say there are measures everyone can take to limit the risk of COVID. 

Researchers are learning more and more about how COVID vaccines share protection from a pregnant mother to her unborn child.

Strict lockdown measures in New South Wales mean Minnie, 96, has not seen her family in months — and spent her birthday with staff.

Domestic violence services are reporting a pressure-cooker environment during the pandemic, issuing stark warnings about a rise in demand for help across New South Wales since the latest lockdown began. 

It's been over a year since Callum O'Dwyer caught COVID, but like other 'long COVID' sufferers, he's still feeling the effects. 

A new report finds little has changed for young people leaving out-of-home care in the past decade with many ending up homeless.

Australia's first openly transgender church minister is hoping her presence will inspire greater visibility for other transgender people in public roles.

With the funding scheme due to end late March, tourism operators are warning they may not survive without an extension.

The NSW Labor bill is the first attempt by a major party on the Australian mainland to criminalise the dangerous behaviours, which experts say generally form a pattern of humiliation and degradation.