The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Fatima Payman may resign from Labor party ‘in the coming days’, Anthony Albanese suggests

Prime minister says the Western Australian senator has made ‘decision to place herself outside the Labor party’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 3, 2024

'Life-long' Rebels bikie has murder conviction quashed

A court has overturned the murder conviction of one of six men found guilty over the fatal bashing of Clint Starkey in 2017.

AAP · Jul 3, 2024

Indigenous kids 'suffering in silence' with ear disease

More than 26 per cent of First Nations children suffer undiagnosed ear disease and one-in-five live with undetected hearing loss.

AAP · Jul 3, 2024

Muslim Vote group says it will target Labor ministers and whip at next federal election

First high-profile candidate due to be announced this week by ‘grassroots’ movement backing independents against Tony Burke and Jason Clare

The Guardian - AU · Jul 2, 2024

‘Egg on his face’: Wes Fang again blasts NSW Liberal leader just hours after Coalition peace deal

Fang launches fresh tirade against Mark Speakman after opposition leader questioned his Wagga Wagga credentials

The Guardian - AU · Jul 2, 2024

Greens on attack over Palestine after Payman suspension

Fatima Payman has been absent from the Senate after her Labor colleagues officially voted to suspend her as a consequence of crossing the floor on Palestine.

AAP · Jul 1, 2024

New Caledonia Activist Says He Is 'Political Prisoner' In France

An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held him in jail in mainland France pending charges over a wave of deadly rioting.

International Business Times · Jul 1, 2024

Oldest living culture: our new research shows an Indigenous ritual passed down for 500 generations

We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, “the oldest living cultures in the world”. But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry that goes back into the mists of time?

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?

The machinations of the Australian Labor Party machine are back in the spotlight this week, with Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor to support a Greens-backed motion calling for the Australian Senate to “recognise the State of Palestine”.

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

Coalition calls truce amid bickering over MP's sacking

The Liberal and National parties in NSW claim to have struck a peace deal but it didn't stop a tense back-and-forth between their leaders.

AAP · Jul 1, 2024