News edition for 4 August 2026. Added to Nungya on 22 October 2026 as part of our retrospective news archive. Reporting reflects information available by the edition date.
Today’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day makes room for joy, identity and the voices of children. The 2026 theme, Living Our Truth, places cultural belonging and knowledge shared between generations at its heart.
SNAICC’s national flagship event is being held with Kummara Early Years Services in Tulmur/Ipswich, Queensland, on Yagara Country. Its announcement describes cultural performances, storytelling and activities bringing children, families and Elders together.
Kummara is also a Connected Beginnings site, bringing early childhood education, health and family support together within community. SNAICC says hundreds of child and family services around Australia are marking Children’s Day in their own settings.
Writer, presenter and sports commentator Marlee Silva, a Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman, is this year’s ambassador. Her involvement adds another platform for celebrating the lives and potential of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
The day has been observed annually since 1988. Its ongoing purpose is easy to recognise in this year’s program: children should see themselves, their families and their cultures celebrated around them.
That can happen at a national event or in the small, familiar spaces where children spend their days.
