The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

The High Court has ruled an Aboriginal woman can pursue damages on some allegations of historical sexual and physical abuse while in state care in Queensland.

Media coverage in Australia of the US presidential election and of the Voice referendum in October 2023 offer some pointers to what we might expect during next year’s federal election campaign.

Christopher Luxon said people in care suffered ‘horrific’ and ‘heartbreaking’ abuse

Anthony Albanese prides himself on his eye for a good candidate.

Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on Nauru

A Supreme Court judge will resign after being found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing his then-partner and breaching a family violence order.

Today marks a long-awaited milestone for survivors of the state care system, with the formal apology by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon acknowledging the catastrophic abuse endured by at least 250,000 people at the hands of state and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 1999.

The NSW Labor government will introduce an addition to protest offences ahead of a looming blockade of the Port of Newcastle.

The chef has found himself at the centre of a number of controversies over the years. Claudia Cockerell looks back at all the times he has found himself in the hot seat