The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Labor made plenty of promises at the last election. Did they deliver?

Election promises are a mainstay of contemporary politics. Governments cite kept commitments as proof they can be trusted, while oppositions pounce on any failure to deliver.

The Conversation · Apr 9, 2025

Howard-style intervention ruled out in crime crackdown

Australians will be supported on the basis of need and not race, the coalition vows, as it pledges to rewrite how federal funding targets Indigenous people.

AAP · Apr 9, 2025

The Kamay spears come home to Dharawal land more than two centuries after James Cook took them

‘My great-grandmother would always talk … about the spears and artefacts that were in England,’ says Quaiden Williams Riley

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2025

Double murderer fails in bid to overturn Queensland’s no body, no parole laws

Rodney Cherry was found guilty of killing his wife and stepdaughter but argued no body, no parole became law after he was sentenced

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2025

Chinese-Australian voters were key to Labor’s win in 2022. Are some now swinging back to the Liberals?

Chinese-Australian voters were pivotal to Labor’s win in the 2022 election, with the swing against the Liberals in several key marginal seats almost twice that of other seats.

The Conversation · Apr 9, 2025

Dutton campaign rolls on with tribute to 'stoic' father

The opposition leader continues campaigning while paying tribute to his father, who had a heart attack hours before a leaders' debate with the prime minister.

AAP · Apr 9, 2025

Cards stacked against women contesting unwinnable seats

There are fewer women than men running in the federal election and those who manage to get their name on the ballot paper often face unwinnable contests.

AAP · Apr 8, 2025

Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks

Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He especially enjoyed the hecklers, gleefully telling them one by one to get out.

The Conversation · Apr 8, 2025

Liberals 'not here to line gas giants' pockets': Dutton

Despite anger from the gas sector, Peter Dutton has doubled down on plans for a domestic reserve armed with modelling on how much households willsave.

AAP · Apr 8, 2025

Greens say Facebook ad in Melbourne seat linking party to Hamas is ‘inflammatory and untruthful’

Exclusive: Online ad in marginal seat of Macnamara alleging party is a national security risk endorsed by two former Labor MPs

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2025