The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

It is alleged energy companies deducted money from welfare payments of people, including Indigenous Australians, who were no longer customers

The LNP has its ‘adult time for adult crime’ policy and Labor touts its ‘toughest in the nation’ stance

One of Australia's most important female politicians has been commemorated for introducing a world-leading act that would protect millions of people.

Jess Fox defends Olympic canoe single title; old-school cheating still rampant at Australian universities; fears of regional war spread after Hamas leader’s death

The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in the year before full-time schooling, there has been a 25% increase in enrolments over the past seven years.

Just five of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to being met, a report says, leading to calls for the federal government to step in and do more.

The council’s first Aboriginal councillor in its 180-year history is driven by a passion to ‘cycle change’ the city

Malarndirri McCarthy suggests bipartisan approach needed for ‘positive change’ as report shows key Indigenous measures sliding backwards

The rate of suicide among Indigenous Australians is increasing, as is the rate of children in out-of-home care, according to the latest Closing the Gap report released by the Productivity Commission.