The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism

Former Australian prime minister tells right-wing conference that immigrants should ‘adopt the values and practices’ of their new country

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2023

No back door for 5 years: remote community's High Court win is good news for renters everywhere

It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday.

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2023

Victoria’s yearly document ‘dump day’ reveals a mix of good, bad and ugly

Among the 241 annual reports released all at once are 45 children’s deaths, triple-zero success and a fish ‘misadventure’ at the zoo

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2023

'Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive': how a police program targeted Indigenous kids

“Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or improperly discriminatory in its effect on children and young people.”

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

Youth placed in spit hood, isolated in Victorian prison

The use of spit hoods on children in Victorian adult prisons will be banned after one was placed on a youth despite him never spitting at staff.

AAP · Oct 31, 2023

Labor recovers in Morgan after post-referendum slump; LNP leads in Queensland

A federal Morgan poll, conducted October 22–29 from a sample of 1,375, gave Labor a 53–47 lead, a 3.5-point gain for Labor since the previous week. An earlier poll, taken in the week after the Voice referendum was heavily defeated, was the first by any pollster this term to give…

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

Man charged with murder of Bendigo woman Analyn Osias after she was found dying near children

The 44-year-old man, who Victoria police say was known to the mother, will face court on Thursday

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023

Australian MPs walk a difficult line on Israel-Hamas conflict

The failure of the Voice referendum appeared to confirm Australians broadly reject propositions they believe to be characterised by divisiveness. There are few geopolitical circumstances more polarising than the drastic flaring of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

Victorian government scrambling to prepare for long-planned end of public drunkenness laws

Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023

Doctor claims damning Veronica Nelson findings unfair

A doctor is appealing against findings made by a coroner who tarnished his reputation over his care of Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson while in custody.

AAP · Oct 31, 2023