The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

NSW Coalition accused of racism and paternalism after pledge to stop controversial development

Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council proposed building 450 homes at Sydney’s Lizard Rock

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023

British high commissioner to Australia says UK will do more to shake off legacy of colonialism

Vicki Treadell will set out a case that the UK has made progress on projecting a more modern multicultural history in speech to Press Club in Canberra

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023

Aussie basketball star 'gifted' baby by sister-in-law as part of ancient indigenous custom

Women's National Basketball League MVP Cayla George has opened up about the birth of her baby daughter Pearl, who was "gifted" to her by her sister-in-law after she and her husband Kailou were unable to conceive

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Aunty Sherry Tilberoo’s family call for ‘accountability’ over her death at Brisbane watch house

Indigenous woman’s relatives tell inquest they want to make sure ‘this never happens again’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023

Canberra woman suing Alexander Maconochie Centre says her human rights were violated in 'degrading' strip search

A former prisoner says it felt like she was being "pack raped" when officers removed her from her cell before a strip search that she says breached her human rights.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

Greens lawyers told me to say I dated bikie: Thorpe

Senator Lidia Thorpe says she only shared one kiss with a former bikie despite previously admitting the pair had been in a relationship.

AAP · Mar 7, 2023

Indigenous woman's death in custody was not 'inevitable or acceptable', sister tells inquest

Sister of woman who died in custody at a Brisbane watch house tells inquiry she should still be here today.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

Australia Post suspends mail delivery to hundreds of Alice Springs homes after alleged attacks

A series of alleged attacks against a veteran Alice Springs postie has prompted a letter telling some residents their mail will stay at the post office for collection.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

'Never again' says family at deaths in custody inquest

Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.

AAP · Mar 7, 2023

NT police unit involved in Kumanjayi Walker shooting was a ‘paramilitary group’, inquest told

Academic also tells coroner that texts sent by constable Zachary Rolfe showed a ‘cowboy’ mindset with a ‘sense of impunity’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023