The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are vowing to fight the decision.

Police officer Alister Swift, 33, is found guilty of illegally handcuffing a woman and then assaulting her, including forcing her to the ground, dragging her across the floor and kicking her in the foot.

Duldong Deng armed himself to cope with his anxiety, but instead it led to the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yohana Apia in Melbourne in October 2021.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has labelled New Zealand "the place of global best practice" on First Nations issues on a visit to Wellington.

Peter Dutton has been accused of betraying the nation after confirming the Liberal Party won't support the Indigenous voice proposal.

South Australia's State Coroner has found the Department of Child Protection "missed opportunities" that "may well have prevented" the death of a 13-year-old boy who took his own life while in state care. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a…

Footpaths across the city have been targeted for harmful chalk graffiti, including outside the offices of local MPs and the City of Ballarat, and the local ABC bureau.

The Liberal Party’s decision to formally oppose the federal government’s model for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament amounts to a resounding “no” position – but perhaps not in the way party leader Peter Dutton thinks.

The electoral commissioner says he expects there to be more passion ahead of the voice referendum compared to federal elections.

Senior Indigenous leaders on Thursday criticised Australia's main opposition party's "Judas betrayal" for declaring it would campaign against a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Aboriginal and Torres Island people.

New state government statistics show the rate of serious crimes in Queensland has risen for consecutive years.