Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Fears for increased First Nations incarceration grow as Indigenous legal services cut

There are concerns innocent people will end up in jail as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services are withdrawn in Queensland and New South Wales amid claims of a funding shortfall, leaving more people to represent themselves in court.

ABC News

WA Premier Mark McGowan says Banksia Hill damage bill could reach $30 million after latest disturbance

The WA premier reveals an astronomical damage bill after the latest disturbance at Banksia Hill Detention Centre, conduct he described as "appalling".

ABC News

Queensland court quashes First Nations woman’s lawsuit due to length of time since alleged sexual abuse

Joanne Willmot alleges she suffered a decade of abuse, starting at the hands of her foster carer at age three or four

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Court rejects native title defence for NSW Aboriginal man over illegal abalone haul

A magistrate finds an Aboriginal man caught fishing abalone is not protected by native title because he harvested them for a party to which non-Aboriginal people were invited.

ABC News

Murujuga's rock art is being destroyed – where is the outrage?

Three rock art panels were this month removed from Murujuga/Burrup in Western Australia to make way for a new A$6.4 billion fertiliser factory.

The Conversation

Woolworths probes shopper’s accusation of racial profiling at Queensland self-checkout

‘This is the third time I’ve walked through and been accused of something,’ shopper tells staff member in video

The Guardian - AU

Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people

The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Traditional Aboriginal healing teams with Western medicine amid youth suicide crisis in WA's north

Traditional ochre paint, sacred songs and massage complement Western medicine at a health service in WA's north — and there are hopes this "sacred knowledge" can be passed on to the region's young people.

ABC News

Clean energy transition strategy could keep the lights on in Australia's Indigenous communities

Billions of dollars is poured into mining in remote Australia, so why don't the lights stay on in nearby communities?

ABC News

Why Tarrkarri, a 'jewel in the crown' in Adelaide's east, is still just a hole in the ground

It was supposed to be a "globally significant" cultural institution, but five years after an Aboriginal art gallery was first promised, the project remains on hold.

ABC News

Warragamba Dam walls may need to be raised for ‘safety reasons’ despite Labor’s vow to drop plan

Exclusive: Controversial plan to raise wall at Sydney’s main reservoir threatens to spill over into Minns government’s first term

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s cashless welfare bill criticised as disproportionately affecting First Nations people

Critics claim the bill could see government further expand income management policies

The Guardian - AU

Launceston Mayor Danny Gibson resigns following 'vile attacks, stemming from media reports'

Tasmanian mayor Danny Gibson resigns, saying "vile attacks" in media reports have taken a toll on his mental health and have become "a distraction from the important work of the City of Launceston".

ABC News

Man charged with attempted rape of girl, 13, in Adelaide's inner-north found not guilty by mental incompetence

Anthony James Stengewis had been accused of attempting to rape a schoolgirl at a bus stop at Gilberton, but the prosecution and defence agree he is mentally unfit to stand trial after reviewing medical reports.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Dinesh Palipana, Cameron Caldwell nominate for Liberal Party preselection for Fadden

Stuart Robert's resignation announcement has prompted high-profile candidates to chase Liberal Party pre-selection for his safe Gold Coast seat.

ABC News

Bruce Lehrmann's barrister Steve Whybrow says he was angered by suggestion he colluded with Linda Reynolds during trial

Bruce Lehrmann's defence barrister Steve Whybrow tells an inquiry into the case that he was angered by the suggestion he colluded with Senator Linda Reynolds during the trial.

ABC News

Daniel Badcock, Osiah Pilton and Antonio David Mene escape from Palen Creek Correctional Centre

A major manhunt is underway for a man who disappeared from the rural, low-security Palen Creek Correctional Centre with two other men yesterday afternoon.

ABC News

Premier Jeremy Rockliff 'only has himself to blame' for turmoil, says rogue MP Lara Alexander

Newly independent MP Lara Alexander says a "huge weight" has been lifted from her shoulders, while the Tasmanian Greens' push to axe Hobart's new stadium look set for failure without Labor's support.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Aboriginal Legal Service halts work in 13 NSW courts to 'stem bleeding' of workload crisis

From today, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal service for NSW will temporarily suspend its work in 13 regional courts.

The Guardian - AU

The startling evidence of racism Queensland police couldn’t shrug off

Leaked audio from Brisbane’s watch house outraged Australia. Reporters Eden Gillespie and Ben Smee reflect on the game-changing scoop – and a ‘blue wall of silence’

The Guardian - AU

Breaking the cycle: protesters demand solutions for youth detainees of Banksia Hill

Advocates say system is broken and government needs to work with local community to support young people

ABC News

Protesters rally outside Banksia Hill Detention Centre to call for better conditions for detainees

Tensions flare as dozens of protesters voice concern over the treatment of inmates at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Perth following last week's riot.

The New Daily

WA Premier Mark McGowan steps up his condemnation of juvenile ‘terrorists’ at Banksia Hill detention centre

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has doubled down on his criticism of young inmates involved in a riot at the Banksia Hill centre

The New Daily

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth ‘not afraid’ to take Voice advice

frontbencher Amanda Rishworth has declared she won't be afraid to receive advice on her portfolio from an Indigenous Voice to parliament

ABC News

Coolamon Community charity packing essentials for expectant First Nations mums

Impacted by the Stolen Generations, mother and daughter Jennifer and Evie Wood launched the Coolamon Community initiative after finding out Indigenous babies are 10 times more likely to be removed by child protection services.

1 … 264 265 266 267

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Australian Research Council

474 stories

the Liberal Party

404 stories

Queensland Police Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.