Miriam Corowa co-hosts ABC News 24's Weekend Breakfast program. A broadcaster, reporter, presenter and producer, Miriam has worked in the media since 2000. Pairing an avid interest in Indigenous affairs with general news, she has worked at both SBS and the ABC across programs such as World News Australia and Message Stick. Among the many highlights of her career are her roles co-hosting the ABC's The Apology live broadcast in February 2008, hosting the ABC's Gallipoli Dawn Service broadcasts from 2009 to 2011. Miriam lives in Sydney. She was born in Adelaide, but calls the New South Wales Tweed Valley home.
A report has been tabled this week about child safety in the NT, following the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby. But its recommendations show a history of ignoring the real issues.
The ABC's inaugural Elder-in-residence, Professor Jackie Huggins, has come full circle after beginning at the broadcaster as a teenager and will now help lead responses to the Listen Loudly, Act Strongly report into racism.
The question about whether a woman can become the president of the United States has been asked time and again. Yet in other parts of the world, the question has already been answered with an emphatic "yes".
Barely 24 hours after the ABC committed to a suite of actions to stamp out racism experienced by their First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse staff, the broadcaster's Director News was again publicly calling it out.
Vincent Namatjira's latest exhibition, King Dingo, is designed to make people think about what a leader looks like.
Topic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
After fire, a new life cycle begins — and in the 10 months since the defeat of the Voice to Parliament referendum, the conditions are right for new ideas to germinate.
How is it that I, a middle-aged woman with career success living a life far more secure than that of many, can be feeling so reduced to nothingness by some of the discourse in the Voice debate, asks Miriam Corowa.
Miriam Corowa had been one of just a handful of Aboriginal students who graduated Year 12 at their high school. Miriam went on to become an established journalist and newsreader with more than 20 years of experience and says Indigenous stories matter more now than ever.
News presenter Miriam Corowa is part of the 2 per cent of Australian TV presenters, commentators and reporters identified as Indigenous. Her journey tells the story of seeking diversity on our screens.
One of the leading figures of the decade-long campaign for constitutional recognition, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, is remembered as a "striking presence" and "towering" figure within the Aboriginal and Islander communities.
