The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Retiring backbencher gifts a lump of coal for Christmas

A retiring backbencher known for his staunch opposition of a net-zero carbon emissions target has taken a swipe at his party leader on his way out the door.

AAP · Dec 20, 2024

Mum says she reported pedophile 13 years before arrest

A police ethical investigation team is reviewing claims a mother reported abuse by one of Australia's worst pedophiles more than a decade before his arrest.

AAP · Dec 19, 2024

After a decade of Labor government, will voters be convinced by Jacinta Allan’s ‘new’ cabinet?

With a new treasurer and a cabinet reset, Victoria’s premier has taken Tim Pallas’ advice to ‘renew’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2024

Latham fights for right to repeat 'disgusting' MP claim

A court has been asked to permanently restrain Mark Latham from again uttering a defamatory and sexually explicit remark about a political rival.

AAP · Dec 18, 2024

Most journalism fails Australians by failing in its reportage of Indigenous affairs. 7 changes would help

Much has been written about the longstanding failings of the Australian media in its reportage of Indigenous affairs.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2024

The government is spending millions on news, but crucial community media remains underfunded

The Australian government has launched its News Media Assistance Program, throwing a lifeline to public interest journalism and local news.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2024

Protest law crackdown to curb 'cancer' of anti-Semitism

Protests are set to be banned outside places of worship and demonstrators barred from wearing face masks and balaclavas after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.

AAP · Dec 17, 2024

I have followed the Bali Nine case for 20 years. This is not about taking sides, except the side of time

Could our children make the same mistake? And if they did, is a 20-year sentence too long?

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2024

'We erred': exiled MP bid dismissed as test of Lib head

One of five Liberal MPs behind a motion calling for a meeting to bring back exiled Moira Deeming says it's not an attack on party leader John Pesutto.

AAP · Dec 16, 2024

Harold Holt is a meme today, but when the prime minister went missing in December 1967, it was no laughing matter

At some point, Australians stopped grieving Harold Holt’s death and many started to laugh about it instead. The sudden disappearance of a prime minister at a Victorian beach in December 1967 has furnished many wisecracks and memes. Former Cronulla Sharks coach Jack Gibson famously said that waiting for the team…

The Conversation · Dec 16, 2024