The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Josh Frydenberg rejects comeback calls

Josh Frydenberg will not contest his former seat at the next election after a push for him to re-enter politics, backing in the pre-selected female candidate.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Australians love diversity but say migration 'too high'

Though most people believe multiculturalism makes Australia a better place, almost half say the number of migrants - who bring cultural diversity - is too high.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Mixed emotions over possible Frydenberg revival

Former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg is reportedly reconsidering taking a tilt at the seat he lost at the last election despite a woman being pre-selected.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

‘I’m ready for everything and I don’t care’: the man refusing to turn up at an Australian ‘colonial’ court

Tasmanian logging protestor Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta is due in court on Monday. But as an Aboriginal ‘non-Australian citizen’, he doesn’t recognise its jurisdiction

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024

Queer Indigenous creative finds pride in hometown mural

From growing up queer and isolated to featuring in a mural with his husband, Indigenous performer Ben Graetz has come full circle in his home town.

AAP · May 31, 2024

View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison

It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor.

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions

The electoral commission today released draft boundaries from a federal redistribution of Victoria and Western Australia. In WA, the new seat of Bullwinkel was created, while in Victoria, Higgins was abolished.

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

Former cop insists NT police not 'genuine racists'

A former NT police officer says he has seen racist behaviour throughout the force but insists he has not met any "genuine racists" among its ranks.

AAP · May 31, 2024

Concern over greater police powers in violence reforms

As a regional city rolls out a new family violence prevention strategy, there are fears that expanded police powers could negatively impact Indigenous victims.

AAP · May 31, 2024

MP ire as seat faces axe and growing state eyes new one

A federal electorate in Melbourne is in line to be axed at the next election, while a nursing prisoner of war will be honoured in a new seat in another state.

AAP · May 31, 2024