The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Clive Palmer’s mining company tops political donors list again as Liberals beat Labor on receipts

Political donations for previous financial year, released by the AEC, show major parties received $210.7m in donations and other receipts

The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2024

Labor luminary and longest-serving NSW treasurer dies

Michael Egan, who held the purse strings in NSW longer than anyone else and paved a controversial path to privatisation of public assets, has died aged 75.

AAP · Feb 1, 2024

Morning Mail: Jim Chalmers fires tax salvo, Georgie Purcell speaks out, Mark Zuckerberg’s apology

Treasurer say Coalition idea would ‘smash the budget’ with $40bn hit; Victorian MP vows to ‘keep fighting’ for women and animal rights

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

Plea for return of two Aboriginal children stranded in UK without passports

Boy and girl travelled to the UK with their British foster parents in 2019 and became ‘trapped in limbo’ there after pandemic lockdowns

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024

Reynolds and Higgins defamation case returns to court

Lawyers for Senator Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and her partner have appeared in court to sort out key dates in preparation for a joint defamation trial.

AAP · Jan 30, 2024

Jai Kalani Wright: criminal charges to be considered in death of Aboriginal teenager killed in collision with police car

Coroner suspends inquest into death of Dunghutti boy, which only started on Monday, and refers case to DPP

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024

Melbourne council considers permanent removal of Captain Cook memorial after vandalism

The stone memorial at Edinburgh Gardens, in Fitzroy North, was toppled and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’ on Sunday

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024

Teen death inquest halted as charges mulled against cop

Prosecutors will examine potential charges against a sergeant whose unmarked police car was involved in a fatal crash with an Indigenous teen on a trail bike.

AAP · Jan 30, 2024

Alarm sounded over long-term effects of tax cuts

Concerns are being raised new tax cuts will put a dent in the pocket of Australians in the long-term as the issue of bracket creep remains.

AAP · Jan 29, 2024

'Shameful': Indigenous deaths in police custody double

Indigenous people account for one in four deaths in police custody, with grieving families and legal experts demanding a different approach to law enforcement.

AAP · Jan 29, 2024