The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Cultural burning expansion to reduce bushfire risk

Indigenous groups will conduct cultural burns across Victoria to reduce bushfire risk and protect habitat in an expansion of the practice across the

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Father broke bail conditions to continue sexual abuse

A man jailed for the persistent sexual abuse of his teenager daughter broke bail conditions to rape her after police initially pressed criminal charges.

AAP · Mar 31, 2023

Premier slams 'vile, shameful' homophobic Latham tweet

NSW Premier Chris Minns has strongly condemned a tweet from One Nation leader Mark Latham, saying it has unmasked him as a bigot.

AAP · Mar 30, 2023

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens won't release details about officers in misconduct matters, despite SA ombudsman's request

SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens agrees to release some of the information requested in the ABC's original Freedom of Information application, but does not approve the release of officers' ages and genders.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Hanson and attacked MP react to homophobic Latham tweet

Pauline Hanson has rebuked NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham after a homophobic tweet directed at fellow MP Alex Greenwich.

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023

Obamas under fire for climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge, causing traffic jams

The former president said he was not doing public appearances in Sydney because of the ‘100 selfies’ he would have to take

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

One Nation split as Pauline Hanson condemns 'disgusting' Mark Latham tweet

Mark Latham is embroiled in his second controversy over LGBT issues in as many weeks, just days after queer activists were allegedly bashed outside one of his pre-election speeches.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Why some people lose their accents but others don't – linguistic expert

The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton’s future in their hands

A loss or even a narrow win will spell trouble for the leader and the party as a whole, which has taken a beating in the past year

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

Greens senator Nick McKim says climate groups are too afraid to push for change against ‘ecocidal’ government

Australia’s environment movement needs to ‘collectively get its shit together’, senator says

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023