The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Rolfe police unit 'definitely a paramilitary group'

A specialist NT police unit sent to arrest Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker was "definitely a paramilitary group", an inquest has been told.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Bail law changes not good enough, legal groups say

Legal groups are cautiously optimistic about the Victorian government's plans to overhaul the state's bail laws.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Teal MP Monique Ryan's chief of staff to learn job fate

Monique Ryan's chief of staff will soon learn whether she can keep working for the independent federal MP, as a judge is due to hand down her decision.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Racism in NT police ‘systemic’, senior Indigenous public servant tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest

NT Australian of the Year Leanne Liddle describes consultations to develop an Aboriginal justice agreement as ‘devastating’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2023

Former Miss Australia accused of domestic violence

A one-time Miss Australia and former politician is facing accusations she abused or intimidated her partner over more than a decade.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Peter Dutton criticised over claim it is ‘racist’ to suggest Indigenous are affected by policies differently

Opposition leader suggests it’s racist to say that public policy affects First Nations people differently to other Australians

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2023

Court hears Milton Orkopoulos allegedly plied boys with drugs, alcohol at 1999 state election party

A friend of a boy allegedly abused by Milton Orkopolous has told a court he used to smoke "pot" with the former New South Wales MP two or three times a week.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65

Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, has died

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

Ryder puts controversy aside in return to Essendon

Paddy Ryder left Essendon at the end of 2014 seeking a fresh start following the Bombers' supplements scandal, but he is now back at the AFL club.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Coroner recommends improvements to cross-border policing following death of psychiatric patient

An inquest into a 25-year-old psychiatric patient's death has resulted in recommendations for police on both sides of the Victoria-NSW border to improve coordination on missing persons cases.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023