The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

ACT needs a bigger Assembly and it'd be cheaper than adding a local council: review

A bigger Assembly is 'more cost-effective' than local councils.

The Canberra Times · Jul 26

'Pro-Israel forces': union explains conference backdown

Labor powerbrokers believe a show of unity at its conference is a sign of the party's strength, but some members say a lack of debate is damaging long term.

AAP · Jul 26

'Win for all' as Hanson loses appeal over racist tweet

A Greens senator has declared she will always stand up to bullies after a court confirmed she had been racially vilified by Pauline Hanson.

AAP · Jul 26

Former Labor senator Nova Peris accused of ‘amplifying’ anti-Muslim social media posts

Olympian and Labor Friends of Israel patron shared posts about Palestinians that were ‘dehumanising’, Muslim advocacy group alleges

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25

'My life burnt down': the cost of leaving violence

Two women have revealed the economic impact of starting their lives over as the financial cost of escaping domestic violence soars by 71 per cent in a decade.

AAP · Jul 24

Labor summit 'most united' but Israel debate quashed

Anthony Albanese has singled out unity among Labor delegates at the party's triennial policy summit but contentious issues remained off the conference floor.

AAP · Jul 24

Bennelong in London review – Indigenous warrior meets the actor playing him in this funny, clever play

Jane Harrison’s play is alive to the challenge of telling Bennelong’s story, teasing out tensions between past and present perspectives on a contested figure

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24

Pauline Hanson’s domestic violence comments were no stumble

The One Nation leader has allied herself with men’s rights activists for years, consistently suggesting women routinely make false allegations of violence

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24

Bishop visited his abuse accuser in jail, jury told

A senior Catholic cleric accused of giving a young Aboriginal man alcohol before coercing him to have sex repeatedly visited his alleged victim in prison.

AAP · Jul 24

Anti-racism measures bolstered after One Nation rise

Labor members have committed to implementing national anti-racism plans, while speaking out against the threat One Nation poses to multicultural communities.

AAP · Jul 24