The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Western Sydney support officer returns to school after student protests about response to posts

Exclusive: Education department allows Sheikh Wesam Charkawi to return to Granville Boys high school, lawyer says, adding case highlights ‘ambiguity in what is required of public servants’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2025

Third-party groups join election fray with accusations Greens and teals threaten Australia’s ‘stability’

One initiative, Better Australia, claims in a draft flyer to have helped reduce Greens support in NSW local and Queensland state campaigns that focused on the party’s stance on Israel

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2025

Liberal candidate's climate comment drives donations

Climate 200, which donates to the political campaigns of pro-climate action independents, significantly boosted its war chest after comments by one Liberal.

AAP · Feb 27, 2025

The western Sydney cafe owner: ‘I don’t think any of the politicians truly represent us’

Ali El Kheir runs a cafe and gym in western Sydney. He says economic conditions have eased, but he has few expectations of local politicians and none of the media

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2025

Teen hit with stick as witness tells of death fear

A young man with Cassius Turvey on the day he was allegedly fatally attacked has told a murder trial he saw two men hitting the Indigenous teenager.

AAP · Feb 26, 2025

Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together

It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You’re The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Then, as he lowered his microphone, 36,000 voices belted it right back.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

No real risk Latham will repeat 'vulgar' MP comment

A judge has not banned Mark Latham from repeating a defamatory, sexually explicit remark about a rival MP after finding there was no real risk he would do so.

AAP · Feb 26, 2025

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching

We see the political parties’ frantic election campaigns, but behind the scenes the Australian Electoral Commisison is working just as hard.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

Reflecting on the Freedom Ride's legacy, 60 years later

As the students who toured regional NSW to shed light on segregation mark 60 years since their bus trip ended, they say the legacy of the Freedom Ride remains.

AAP · Feb 26, 2025

Officer stripped of security clearance still in ADF

An army officer is still in the Australian Defence Force after ASIO made an adverse assessment against him, in the belief he was more loyal to Israel.

AAP · Feb 26, 2025