We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
To deepen our understanding of how storytelling shifts structures, narratives and power, Common Ground established the Systems Change Collective in early 2026 and created the Systems Change Collective: Toolkit for Centering First Nations Storytelling.
Systems thinking is to view the natural environment, human relationships and non-human relationships with a systems lens.
When you lose your language, a whole way of being, a whole cultural universe is lost forever.
Connection, not colour, is at the heart of First Nations identities.
First Nations fashion is taking a moment. A huge moment. And rightly so.
First Nations families whose loved ones have died in custody are leading the way for change. As the people most affected by deaths in custody, they are best placed to design solutions.
First Nations people didn't have a written language. Instead, we use symbols to record stories.
Talei Elu is a Saibai Koedal woman from Seisia — a small Torres Strait Islander community in remote Cape York. We yarned with Talei for our 5 Changemakers, 5 Days campaign.
First Nations communities have a unique and complex process to overcome grief.
Mililma May is a staunch Danggalaba Kulumbirigin Tiwi woman and co-founder of UP. We yarned with Mililma for our 5 Changemakers, 5 Days campaign.
Presented by MusicNT, Bush Bands is an annual program that brings together two of Central Australia’s biggest music events: the Bush Bands Bash and Bush Bands Business.
Celestial Emu is a short film project with Gamilaraay astrophysicist Karlie Noon and Gomeroi and Tongan dancer Daniel Mateo.