The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Indigenous teenager dies at WA’s Banksia Hill youth detention centre

The 17-year-old is the second child to die in custody in Western Australia in less than a year

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2024

Charles ‘profoundly saddened’ as New Zealand’s Maori King Tuhetia dies aged 69

Charles calls news a ‘particular shock’ and says he last spoke to his friend Tuheitia just a few weeks ago

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024

New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia dies aged 69

Tributes pour in after the king’s death in hospital where he was recovering from heart surgery.

Al Jazeera · Aug 30, 2024

Land council 'put on notice' after independent review

The minister for Indigenous Australians has put a land council's board and management on notice over governance, operations and decision-making issues.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024

Indigenous woman's death in custody to go unpunished

Victoria's workplace safety regulator has declined to launch a prosecution over the death of an Indigenous woman in custody, citing insufficient evidence.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024

Woman who alleges she was raped by high-profile Sydney man denies she ‘made up’ claims, court hears

Defence counsel for man, who can not be named, says woman fabricated that she had rejected his sexual advances more than once to make sex sound ‘more nonconsensual’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024

Body found under rubbish, accused killer's trial told

A police officer searching the home of a missing man found his body under a pile of rubbish, the trial of an alleged killer has been told.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024

‘Not too much to ask for people to be counted’: Josh Burns breaks ranks on gender and sexuality census questions

Burns becomes first Labor MP to speak against Albanese government decision, saying ‘we need as few blind spots as possible’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024

Hiring more locals could improve remote health care

Training more Aboriginal healthcare workers could reduce the high staff turnover rates in Indigenous medical clinics and improve care, researchers say.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024

NSW Liberals branch calls for federal administration after ‘catastrophic failure’ of state division

Northern Beaches Liberals unanimously support motion as some observers say conservative faction ‘keen’ to oust moderates after council elections nominations error

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024