The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Cancel Voice ‘con job’, Peter Dutton tells PM

Peter Dutton has launched an extraordinary attack on the Indigenous Voice, again urging Anthony Albanese to call off his year's referendum.

The New Daily · Jun 22, 2023

'I wish you nothing but pain and suffering': Teenager faces sentence hearing for murder of 16-year-old boy in Hunter

The boy's mother said her son was "the glue" holding the family together.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 22, 2023

Tom Calma says politicians deliberately ‘peddling misinformation’ on Indigenous voice

Key voice to parliament campaigner says MPs ‘should know better if they’ve got a conscience’ than to mislead the public on the referendum

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023

Don Dale: the children with profound disability held behind bars in the NT

At least 15 children with a diagnosed disability, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are being held in detention in the Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023

Who are the Windrush generation who rebuilt UK workforce and why we celebrate them

Empire Windrush brought one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, carrying 1,027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London in 1948

Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2023

View from The Hill: Linda Burney says the Voice won't be able to advise on Australia Day – but how could that be?

There was much celebration in the Albanese government this week at the passage through parliament of the bill to set up the referendum on the Voice. Anthony Albanese sent out a national rallying call ahead of the vote later this year: “I say to my fellow Australians: parliaments pass laws,…

The Conversation · Jun 21, 2023

DJ forced woman into sex on island getaway, jury told

A woman physically coerced into sex by Sydney DJ Felix Lara while in New Caledonia has experienced prolonged emotional distress as a result, a court has heard.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023

Calls for delay to 'shambolic' WA heritage laws

The WA opposition is tabling a petition with almost 30,000 signatures calling for the state's Indigenous heritage protection laws to be postponed.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023

Ancient Indigenous cutting tools found off WA coast

Indigenous leaders are urging increased funding for cultural dives, with 9000-year-old Aboriginal cutting tools discovered off the coast of Western Australia.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023

Long-awaited Berejiklian corruption probe report due

The NSW corruption watchdog is about to release its report into the conduct of former premier Gladys Berejiklian and her secret boyfriend Daryl Maguire.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023