The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Bruce Lehrmann trial judge says criticism of lawyers has become ‘oppressive and unfair’ in rare warning

ACT supreme court chief justice Lucy McCallum’s statement comes as government prepares to release report into Lehrmann’s prosecution

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7, 2023

How does the South Australian Voice to Parliament work and what does it tell us about how a national Voice might work?

Australia will go to the polls later this year to decide whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution. Meanwhile, South Australia created its own First Nations Voice in March.

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2023

Too many school students are falling behind: how do we help those most at risk?

There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy.

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2023

Garma festival: Yunupingu’s legacy, the Indigenous voice and the fight for ‘a world that is better than the past’

Djawa Yunupingu says Yolngu have hope for the future and the referendum is a chance to unite Australia

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2023

Noel Pearson says Indigenous voice is not about ‘party politics’ and will cut wasteful spending

Pearson says referendum is not a competition ‘between blue and red’ after Anthony Albanese’s Garma festival speech

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2023

Australian Christian Lobby says plans to combat social media misinformation will ‘cancel Christian posts’

Claim comes despite draft of bill explaining media regulator will not be empowered to request specific content be removed from digital platforms

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2023

PM accuses Coalition of ‘creating noise and confusion’ over voice – as it happened

Australia has ‘nothing to fear and everything to gain’ from a yes vote, Anthony Albanese says

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023

Voice, treaty … and T-shirts: why Anthony Albanese is struggling to sidestep the referendum scare campaign

The prime minister began his week with a joke about his Midnight Oil T-shirt – but it got less and less funny as the days went by

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023

What is the Sofronoff report and why has it caused such a scandal?

An inquiry’s report into the ACT prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann was prematurely released to journalists. Here’s everything you need to know

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023

Anthony Albanese vows ‘no delaying or deferring’ of Indigenous voice vote

In Garma speech, PM says there is ‘nothing to fear and everything to gain’ and no vote in referendum would only lead to ‘more of the same’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023