The Latest Breaking News from Malarndirri McCarthy

Remote communities are set to get better access to wi-fi and phone services, months after research revealed the digital divide among Indigenous communities.

Progress on closing the gap for Indigenous people won't be impaired by the voice referendum failure, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.

Opposition leader says symbolic recognition in constitution is still Coalition policy but it will be ‘some time’ before a new referendum

Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice

Anthony Albanese says the government will walk away from future attempts at setting up an Indigenous voice if the referendum fails.

Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo is reported to have sent hundreds of encrypted messages to Liberal powerbroker Scott Briggs in which he denigrated his enemies and tried to protect his allies, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers will spend $41 million on six TAFE centres of excellence and higher apprenticeships.

Crikey analysed remote voter services in the NT to understand the split of Indigenous votes between Senators Price and McCarthy.

Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle spoke frankly about herself, her family and their shared fundamental belief that First Nations knowledge — ‘our knowledge’ — must stand alongside Western knowledge.

Aboriginal senator Malarndirri McCarthy says Australians can build a better country as research reveals the extent of discrimination against Indigenous people.

Debate on the Voice bill drew opposition and sometimes inflammatory rhetoric from opposite poles of the political spectrum. 

Politicians have passed legislation enabling the referendum, likely in October. Now it’s up to the general public to make history