The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

'Sense of belonging' helps Indigenous kids at school

Support for Indigenous students including cultural activities, mentoring and connection with Elders is making a difference to attendance, grades and confidence.

AAP · Jul 2, 2025

‘A young fella like me doesn’t want to make traditional paintings’: how Indigenous art swept the UK

From distinctive dot paintings to ‘unflattering’ portraits of billionaires, via bloodstained reindeer skulls piled up outside parliament, the diverse work of Indigenous artists is thrilling the art world

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Woodside activists vow to fight on despite jail terms

Two climate activists have been handed suspended prison terms for their "harmful" act of letting off stench gas at Woodside's headquarters.

AAP · Jul 2, 2025

Yoorrook inquiry's call for redress not off the table

None of the mountain of recommendations made by a landmark truth-telling inquiry are off the table, a state government says.

AAP · Jul 1, 2025

Hannah Thomas’s injury sparks questions over NSW protester rights. What does the law say?

The altercation has brought into focus the slew of legislation brought in to restrict the right to protest

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Victoria’s Indigenous people experienced ‘genocide’, truth-telling inquiry says

Yoorrook Justice Commission splits on final report but makes 100 recommendations aimed at healing and reconciliation

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Youth justice in crisis before teen's death: coroner

A coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention says he might recommend another inquiry into the facility.

AAP · Jul 1, 2025

Truth-telling inquiry splits on final report findings

Three of the five leaders of an Indigenous truth-telling inquiry did not endorse the key findings in one of its two final reports.

AAP · Jul 1, 2025

Federal court orders Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media

Wissam Haddad was sued by two members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry over lectures in 2023 recorded in Bankstown

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Police heavy on checking bailed Aboriginal youth: group

Police conduct bail checks on Aboriginal young people at a higher rate than non-Indigenous youth, says a legal group that claims they are being targeted.

AAP · Jul 1, 2025