The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Labor ‘cleaning up mess’ left by Peter Dutton on national security, Tony Burke says

New laws aim to give courts power to strip dual nationals convicted of terrorism of Australian citizenship

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2023

Tasmanian MP eyes lower house move at next election

Tasmanian MP Josh Willie will resign from the state's upper house if he wins preselection for a lower house seat as Labor prepares for an early election.

AAP · Nov 26, 2023

The fourth 'r' in schools: reconciliation in education

Innovative new ways of approaching reconciliation between First Nations and non-Indigenous peoples are being brought into the classroom.

AAP · Nov 25, 2023

Woodside boss in court over protest restraining orders

Woodside's chief executive has appeared in court over a series of violence restraining orders taken out against climate activists after a protest at her home.

AAP · Nov 24, 2023

Vincent Namatjira’s paintbrush is his weapon. With an infectious energy and wry humour, nothing is off limits

Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics.

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2023

Ex-Labor MP lured boys for sex with drugs, money

Former politician and convicted pedophile Milton Orkopoulos will spend the next decade behind bars for serious sex crimes against young boys.

AAP · Nov 24, 2023

Three parties, two deals, one government: the stress points within New Zealand's 'coalition of many colours'

It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand’s next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid…

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2023

Truth-telling, local voices still on government's radar

Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney says a consultative model featuring local and regional voices is a "very live discussion".

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

First Nations wisdom harnessed to protect environment

The government hopes to centre First Nations knowledge in environmental protection efforts by doubling the number of Indigenous rangers by 2030.

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

Past, present and future: was, is and always will be

Educators from across the country will gather at the National Museum of Australia for a day of discussion about reconciliation in education after the referendum

AAP · Nov 23, 2023