The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

‘We were the frontline’: Australia’s only all-Indigenous battalion remembered as last Torres Strait digger dies

They were underpaid and trained with broom handles, but that didn’t stop the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion fighting for their country

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2023

Appointment of former Labor staffer as NSW transport chief labelled ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’

Liberal deputy leader Natalie Ward says opposition will scrutinise appointment of Josh Murray after minister intervened to select him

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2023

Further legal fight for ex-miner as Cypriot attorney general files appeal

British expat David Hunter was released from custody on July 31 after a court sentenced him to two years in jail for the manslaughter of wife Janice.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Aboriginal man dies in custody after advice to move him to mental health facility was ignored

Indigenous advocates are calling for a joint ACT-NSW inquiry into another death in custody

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming fined $20,000 for Facebook posts that breached electoral law

Laming failed to put his name to three posts and deliberately disguised his identity in one case, court finds

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

'No' to the Voice takes lead in Essential poll; huge swing to Libs at WA state byelection

A national Essential poll, conducted August 2–6 from a sample of 1,150, gave “no” to the Indigenous Voice to parliament a 47–43 lead, reversing a 47–43 lead for “yes” in this poll in early July. While Newspoll and Resolve polls had given “no” a lead in June, this is the…

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2023

Rift emerges over voice to parliament in Victoria’s newly elected First Peoples’ Assembly

Exclusive: Some members believe the treaty body’s formal endorsement of the voice should be revisited

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023

Western Australia to scrap new law protecting Aboriginal heritage sites

The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act came into force on July 1 and is now being dropped after protests by landowners.

Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023

Afternoon Update: Sofronoff pulls out of event; Melbourne’s mystery ‘meteor’; and the brilliance of a Matildas star

Head of ACT inquiry into handling of Bruce Lehrmann prosecution will no longer attend event to discuss ‘presumption of innocence’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023

Australia to officially resume use of term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, reversing Coalition stance

Labor is vowing to strengthen its objections to ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements ahead of next week’s national conference

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023