Rallies have been held in capital cities across Australia today, with thousands taking to the streets to protest against misogyny and violence against women.
The movement has been backed by Indigenous leaders, who have called for mandatory gendered violence and sexual assault training for all federal MPs and their staff, the enactment of a federal Gender Equality Act, and more government funding to combat the issues.
Gunnai-Gunditjmara senator Lidia Thorpe, present at the rally in Canberra, told NITV News that while the marches were a sign of solidarity, to properly stamp out sexist and racist behaviours, white Australia needed to stand in alliance with its Indigenous people.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are amongst the priority groups to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations as the federal government gets to work on a mammoth roll out.
The first priority group will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last month, with people needing two does taken 21 days apart to be protected.
The AstraZenaca vaccine was approved just days ago by the TGA and priority groups can expect the jab in a few weeks - with two doses given around one month to three months apart in order for it to be most effective.
For Ngunnawal Elder, Violet Sheridan, the height of the coronavirus pandemic was a frightening time - especially while caring full time for her school-aged grandchildren.
Diabetes Australia is prompting people living with the disease to get back on top of their care with a new campaign.
Titled Back on Track , the multi-platform campaign is urging those who may have fallen behind with their appointments throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, to get in touch with their local medical service.
Indigenous people are almost four times as likely to live with diabetes compared with other Australians.
Ngunnawal Elder Violet Sheridan, who is a diabetic, admitted that her management of the disease had dropped off.
She said her fear of COVID-19 was so great she was reluctant to go out into the community or to even engage with her health care providers.