The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Five Canberra schools to provide free breakfasts and lunches three days per week with Meals in Schools program pilot

The new ACT government-funded Meals in Schools pilot program will see thousands of Canberra kids fed throughout their school days when the free meals initiative rolls out later this year.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

NSW election: Voting comes down to the wire as Labor's leadership team poised to take over

Twelve seats remain in the balance with less than 60 per cent of the vote counted in NSW, as three prominent crossbenchers confirm they will "offer confidence and supply" if Labor fails to reach majority government.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

NSW Greens call on Labor to close Peabody-owned Metropolitan Mine at Helensburgh

The NSW Greens will push the new Labor government to close a major coal mine that has been operating in the northern Illawarra since 1887.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Protesters take to streets in Far North Queensland after Indigenous man shot dead by police in Mareeba

The protest in Mareeba comes after an Indigenous man was shot dead by police on Saturday.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Alarm over decision to exclude Queensland police from Indigenous truth-telling inquiry

Human rights commissioner says given role in ‘brutal colonisation’, it is ‘fundamentally important’ police participate in inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

South Australia's historic Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed, but what happens now?

South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas has conceded he does not expect the state's First Nations Voice to Parliament to lead to sudden improvements but hopes that "over years and decades to come, there is some positive change".

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Moira Deeming avoids being expelled by Victorian Liberal party room after leader buckles to pressure

Upper house MP was instead suspended for nine months after a two-hour meeting over her future

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

More division for Vic Libs as controversial MP survives expulsion motion

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has reportedly survived an expulsion bid – instead striking a compromise deal.

The New Daily · Mar 27, 2023

Albanese accuses Dutton of undermining Indigenous voice

The prime minister says Peter Dutton has been undermining Indigenous voice support, as the opposition calls for legal advice on the proposal to be released.

The New Daily · Mar 27, 2023

Quandong-flavoured coffee created by business owner as tribute to late daughter

A small WA business is using the native Australian fruit quandong as a key ingredient in its products, including a coffee blend created as a tribute to the owner's late daughter.

ABC News · Mar 26, 2023