The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Family of young Indigenous woman who took her own life in Melbourne hospital call for investigation

Makalie Watts-Owens, a 24-year-old Tagalaka, Kukatja and Worimi woman, voluntarily admitted herself to St Vincent’s before her death

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2024

Morrison ally Alex Hawke faces push to expel him from NSW Liberals amid fresh party turmoil

State council will also consider motion pushed by the conservative faction to reopen preselection challenge against frontbencher Paul Fletcher

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2024

Car thief denies murdering police officer during arrest

A car thief has pleaded not guilty to murdering Constable Anthony Woods, who died after he was mowed down and dragged under a car during an arrest last year.

AAP · Feb 21, 2024

Commissioner treated unfairly: police union boss

The fallout over Katarina Carroll's decision to resign has gathered momentum, with the police union boss saying the Commissioner was treated unfairly.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

Stuck in limbo, Katarina Carroll was a scapegoat for Queensland’s anxieties over youth crime

Despite hand-wringing over youth crime, data shows domestic violence – which the outgoing police commissioner had hoped to tackle – is the real threat

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

The public wants clean energy – but this is Australia, where the climate wars never die

Voters have made its position clear but our politicians are still not talking about how we can change the way we live and work to ease the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

WA senator Louise Pratt to retire from federal politics

Labor senator for Western Australia, Louise Pratt, will step down from politics at the next national election, after more than a decade in federal parliament.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

Nationals senator blames slurring on medical condition

Nationals senator Perin Davey has denied alcohol was to blame for slurred speech at a hearing, saying it was from a medical condition.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

State funeral set for Lowitja O'Donoghue

Respected Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue will be honoured at a South Australian state funeral in March, a month after her death.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

Indigenous children in child protection on the rise

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system is increasing, the latest data shows.

AAP · Feb 20, 2024