The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

ABC Alice Springs report breached impartiality standard

The ABC ombudsman has handed down a ruling that a radio report on an Alice Springs town hall meeting breached impartiality standards.

AAP · Feb 14, 2023

ABC breached impartiality guidelines in report presenting NT meeting as ‘racist’, ombudsman finds

Fiona Cameron describes Alice Springs radio report as ‘unduly favouring one perspective over all others’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2023

'Long time coming': APS employee census to ask cultural background of staff

APSC Commissioner Peter Woolcott said a the creation of a new CALD strategy was a priority for the Minister for the Public Service, Katy Gallagher, but there was no timeframe.

The Canberra Times · Feb 14, 2023

Paul Bongiorno: Aston by-election puts sharp focus on political faultlines

The by-election date for the Melbourne seat of Aston hasn’t been announced, but it is already having a significant impact on politics.

The New Daily · Feb 13, 2023

Greens flag support for proposed referendum law changes

Laws to modernise Australia's referendum laws will have support from the Greens, paving the way for a vote to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament.

AAP · Feb 13, 2023

Advocates call for national guarantee for children

Ahead of a summit on children's early years, more than 50 advocates have signed an open letter calling for a national guarantee for children.

AAP · Feb 13, 2023

Jeremy Choolum pleads not guilty murder of 48-year-old man in Alice Springs

A court in Alice Springs has heard a late-night quarrel between two men who did not know each other well ended with one fatally stabbing the other at least three times in the chest and throat.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

View from The Hill: Dutton apologises for missing Apology's symbolism but how will he see the Voice's symbolism?

It wasn’t the first time Peter Dutton had said he was sorry for boycotting Kevin Rudd’s 2008’s historic Apology to the Stolen Generations, but Monday’s reiteration was an important moment for the opposition leader.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2023

Peter Dutton finds the hardest words. But did he mean them?

Peter Dutton said perhaps the hardest words for any Opposition Leader on Monday.Kevin Rudd was right and he had been badly wrong.

The New Daily · Feb 13, 2023

Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge

Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament’s historic apology to its Indigenous people for past wrongs, the government is announcing roughly $300 million in new funding to improve the lives of Australia’s original inhabitants

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023