The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Top End theatrics as leaders go head-to-head in debate

The Northern Territory's political leaders have gone head-to-head in a debate a month out from their election.

AAP · Jul 18, 2024

LNP hopes clock ticking on Labor in Qld vote countdown

Queensland's opposition is trying to call time on the long-serving Labor government while the treasurer questions how their rivals will fund election promises.

AAP · Jul 18, 2024

Albanese denies candidate drive a sign of early poll

Labor has revealed another federal candidate in a crucial Queensland seat as it plays down murmurs it is planning for an early election.

AAP · Jul 18, 2024

‘Unscrupulous’ businesses abused Centrepay to take welfare money from dead Australians, advocacy groups claim

Advocates also detail flaws in automated debit system that prevented clients stopping their deductions

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024

WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman

Exclusive: Two officeholders quit, with one claiming the party has ‘become a spineless jellyfish’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024

Afternoon Update: AFP asked to investigate CFMEU; arrest made over resort deaths; and grocery swaps to help the planet

Tony Burke asks federal police to investigate corruption allegations against union

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024

Mum and son accused of murdering teen in 'retribution'

A mother and her son ran down and killed an Indigenous teen south of Sydney as a series of violent incidents between them escalated, jurors have heard.

AAP · Jul 17, 2024

Elizabeth Struhs death: murder accused father agreed to testify against wife, trial hears

Jason Struhs said he had been ‘furious’ with his wife after discovering how seriously ill Elizabeth had become, Queensland court hears

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024

Screaming, freezing, struggling to breathe: confronting Queensland watch house footage exposes anguish of children locked in isolation cells

Exclusive: Cache of videos obtained by Guardian Australia and SBS’s The Feed lays bare distressing treatment of teenagers – many of them disabled – in police custody

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024

Man jailed over 'toolbox' killings wins verdict appeal

A man jailed over the killing of two drug dealers who likely drowned while trapped in a toolbox south of Brisbane has been acquitted on appeal.

AAP · Jul 17, 2024