Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Push to 'rush' through Lawyer X bill faces opposition

Victoria's opposition won't support a bill that would stop compensation claims over the use of police informants the government is trying to "rush" through.

AAP

Gold Coast mother charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter as police describe ‘incredibly confronting’ scene

Yingying Xu, 46, arrested and charged after Emmanuel College student Sophie Wang’s body discovered at home in Emerald Lakes area of Carrara

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s about-face on raising the age is its surrender to a fear campaign

The decision will calm the nightly news cycle about youth crime but it has forever damaged the relationship with First Nations communities

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

In Bathurst, memories of dispossession and war simmer beneath the surface

NSW town hopes to provide opportunity for reconciliation through a greater understanding of 1824 war between white settlers and local Wiradjuri people

The Guardian - AU

One in three students not meeting benchmarks

The latest NAPLAN results show Australian students are struggling with literacy and numeracy, and the City of Melbourne has banned e-scooters, saying they ‘create havoc’.

Crikey

Indigenous people over represented in youth crime data

As Victoria backflips on lowering the age of criminal responsibility, NSW data shows Indigenous children feature heavily in its state figures.

AAP

'Wake-up call': one in three kids fail basic standards

Calls to fully fund public schools are rising after the 2024 NAPLAN results showed thousands of students can't meet basic standards for literacy and numeracy.

AAP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Labor urges court to bin obligations so it can keep documents secret in event of ministry changes

Albanese government brings landmark appeal against original ruling on freedom of information that says documents remain official once portfolio changes hands

The Guardian - AU

One in three children not meeting reading or writing standards: latest Naplan results in six graphs

Results show divisions between genders, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and between students of varying socioeconomic backgrounds

The Guardian - AU

Dance and circus at Edinburgh fringe: high concepts and sky-scraping feats

This year’s offerings veer from visually stunning to ponderous as performers grapple with big ideas as well as each other’s bodies

The Guardian - UK

Jacinta Allan’s latest backflip has some MPs worried Labor is reacting ‘to every scare campaign’

Decision to walk away from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 prompts outcry from experts – and discontent among party’s progressives

The Guardian - AU

Victorian government accused of undermining rule of law in bid to avoid Lawyer X scandal payouts

Lawyers express concern over Labor’s proposed reforms to prevent ‘specified human sources’ suing government or police

The Guardian - AU

Age of criminality broken promise raises treaty fears

Indigenous leaders are raging at the Victorian government for breaking its promise to raise the age of criminality to 14 ahead of treaty talks.

AAP

Scott Morrison tells court opponents ‘weaponised’ Higgins allegations ‘for political purposes’

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has appeared as a witness in the defamation suit brought by Linda Reynolds against Brittany Higgins.

Crikey

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Mum and son guilty of murder after mowing down teen

A mother and son have been found guilty of murdering teenager Taj Jared Hart, who they deliberately hit with their ute before fleeing the scene.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: voters against treaty or truth-telling commission, baby foods flunk tests, UK anger at Elon Musk

Guardian Essential poll shows only one-third of voters back Indigenous treaty; all baby and infant foods fail to meet WHO standards; former Twitter boss calls for strengthened online safety laws

AAP

Ex-PM reveals huge attacks toll cost Reynolds ministry

Ex-prime minister Scott Morrison says Linda Reynolds was removed from the defence portfolio because Labor's prolonged political attack injured her.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: only one-third of voters want a treaty, truth-telling commission or Indigenous voice

Exclusive: But more than half of the 1,132 respondents say government should continue working with Australia’s First Nations peoples

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

‘Labor doesn’t care what we think’: doctor to take on Tony Burke in safe western Sydney seat

Dr Ziad Basyouny is the first of several independents expected to challenge federal Labor seats amid the Israel-Gaza war

AAP

Crackdown on foreign fighters in terror zones extended

The federal government is set to extend laws banning Australians from travelling to areas overseas known to be terror hotspots.

AAP

Hawks racism report author accused of stealing $779k

The author of Hawthorn's damning report into racism, Phil Egan, is accused of fleecing almost $800,000 from an Indigenous organisation he worked for.

The Guardian - AU

Amber Haigh’s body may have been put in Pajero and dumped on way to train station, murder trial hears

Robert and Anne Geeves are accused by the prosecution of conspiring to deliberately impregnate the teenager so they could take her baby. They deny the accusations and have pleaded not guilty

AAP

Ex-teacher denies historical child sexual offences

An-ex teacher has proclaimed his innocence when released on bail, charged with sexual crimes against 19 children at a Brisbane school from the late 1980s.

Crikey

Dutton’s never seen a division he didn’t think was worth stoking — but now he’s being sued for it

The opposition leader knows exactly which fears he is playing into.

The Conversation

Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening

The recent Closing the Gap report had some promising news for education, with a 25% increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in childcare over the past seven years.

1 … 40 41 42 43

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.