The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

Once a hero to politicians and civilians alike, a court found the 44-year-old's reputation is now so lowered that two unproven allegations of battlefield murder weren't enough to defame him.

In a week that is meant to promote relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, an amendment to a civic and ceremonial policy has upset the local Aboriginal community and divided Broken Hill City councillors.

South Australia's parliament has passed laws increasing the fine and adding jail time for obstructing a public place in response to Extinction Rebellion protests in Adelaide. But legal experts have raised questions about the wording of the law and its potential consequences.

Greens say removal would be ‘first step in correcting the official record’ after federal court dismisses defamation case

Draft changes to party’s platform replace commitment to strengthen laws with ‘almost meaningless’ clause to ‘develop policy’, advocates say

On the day a judge ruled the Victoria Cross winner had lost his defamation case and been proven to be a war criminal, Roberts-Smith didn’t turn up to court

The Northern Territory coroner is examining the actions of police during a pursuit that resulted in the fatal crash that killed a woman in Darwin’s northern suburbs in 2021.

A lawyer for police officer Jeannie Secrett's says the information his client allegedly revealed in the group chat, from an internal police email about COVID-19 mandates, is trivial and does not warrant a criminal sanction.

Parliament passes landmark legislation aimed at reducing number of Indigenous children entering care