The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Foreign minister plans to visit Israel within weeks

Penny Wong will visit the Middle East within weeks, following a bipartisan delegation travelling to Israel.

AAP · Dec 8, 2023

Hanson COS Ashby to stand for One Nation at election

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's chief of staff James Ashby will stand for the party in the state seat of Keppel at next year's Queensland election.

AAP · Dec 7, 2023

Daniel Andrews still looms large over Victorian politics, but Jacinta Allan is trying to move on

Ombudsman’s report finds Andrews’ had same number of staff as PM’s and NSW premier’s office – combined

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023

Culture of fear in Victoria's public service exposed

A Victorian Ombudsman's report found the state's public service has been infected by creeping politicisation and a culture of fear.

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

High Court backs jury over 'unreliable' murder witness

A man jailed for life for murder claimed a jury was told to be prejudiced against a witness whose testimony could have proved him not guilty.

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

Higgins, Lehrmann 'quite touchy' before alleged rape

Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were touching each other and kissing passionately before her alleged rape on a senator's couch, a court has been told.

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

Labor down but still has large lead in federal Resolve poll; it's close in Queensland

A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted November 29 to December 3 from a sample of 1,605, gave Labor 35% of the primary vote (steady since November), the Coalition 34% (up four), the Greens 12% (down one), One Nation 5% (down two), the UAP 1% (down one), independents 9%…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

‘I only want the truth’: Queensland mother hopes for answers at inquest into young cyclist’s 1999 death

Brad Edwards was hit by a car while riding his bike in Gympie. Decades later, a coroner has reopened an inquiry into the cold case

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

New Zealand's Maori King calls for national unity talks

Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he "would never" call King Charles III "Kingi Harehare", meaning King Offensive, or King Skinrash.

AAP · Dec 5, 2023

King called a 'scab' by several Maori MPs in New Zealand parliament

THE King appears to have been branded a “scab” by Maori MPs ahead of his first visit to the country as monarch.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2023