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Australia's leaders join the classroom activities in Dili
August 13, 2026A cross-party delegation of Australian federal politicians and international development leaders visited a preschool in Dili earlier this month to see Mary MacKillop Today’s EdTech for Early Learning project in action.
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A box of possibilities on the kitchen table
August 13, 2026For families in rural New South Wales, distance can quietly close doors. When programs are delivered online, a patchy internet connection or the cost of getting online can be enough to leave a family behind.
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Water conservation impact story
July 30, 2026You can help more families in Timor-Leste secure reliable water for generations to come.
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Australia's first education activist, and why there is still work to do
July 9, 2026Saint Mary MacKillop of the Cross, Australia’s first saint, was also, by any honest accounting, its first education activist.
- July 2, 2026
Mikayla is from the Yawuru and Bardi peoples, born and raised in Broome, and currently completing her Diploma in psychology.
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Part of the solution: Cameron - a journey from the Kimberley to the courtroom
July 2, 2026Today, Cameron is a scholarship recipient with Mary MacKillop Today’s First Nations Scholarship Program, studying paralegal studies through the Pilbara and Kimberley University Centres.
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Horses, Healing, and the Courage to Thrive: inside the Yawardani Jan-ga Program
July 2, 2026In the Kimberley region of Western Australia, a place of vast red plains, ancient saltpans, and sky that stretches further than you can imagine, something quietly extraordinary is happening. Young Aboriginal people, aged six to 25, are walking into a paddocks with horses, and beginning to heal.
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Australia's First Saint was also Australia's first Education Activist
June 29, 2026This August, as we celebrate the Feast Day of Australia’s first saint, let’s be clear: the injustices Mary MacKillop fought have never gone away.
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The problem isn't civil society but it's who holds the power
June 15, 2026Australian NGOs are listening and the system is beginning to shift
- June 11, 2026
Across the Kimberley, too many Aboriginal young people are growing up carrying the weight of trauma, disconnection and loss.
