The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

A court hears a Perth police officer who allegedly dragged a handcuffed woman through her house and kicked her was told by his colleague he was "out of line" during the incident.

Dominic Perrottet says it is "not acceptable" that a New South Wales Liberal election volunteer hurled a racist slur at an Indigenous firefighter at a polling booth in south-west Sydney.

Former council CEO Lee Robertson has been granted a retrial, launching a successful appeal after being found guilty of fraud for transferring funds to a mayor.

The NT Chief Minister is expected to meet with liquor and hospitality industry representatives today to consider options for reducing alcohol-related crime, following the fatal stabbing of a young worker at a bottle shop in Darwin.

Peter Dutton has made a fiery parliamentary speech rejecting any suggestion he has been slow to condemn extreme right-wing behaviour.

Federal Labor is playing down suggestions the party is divided over the government's plans to spend up to $368 billion buying and building a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

Adelaide's District Court is preparing to sentence a man who fatally stabbed his son on the APY Lands after an argument over a computer game the teenager wanted.

There were blushes in NSW Labor on Tuesday, when leader Chris Minns' "zero-emissions" campaign bus ran flat.

A report from the ACT Human Rights Commission reveals racism is a pervasive problem for children and young people, outlining actions it says should be taken by the government, schools and sporting bodies.

A referendum will be held later this year to enshrine a First Nations’ Voice to Parliament into the Australian constitution. The draft question for the referendum is “Do you support an alteration to the Constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?”

Three key regional electorates will determine the makeup of the crossbench in the new parliament, yet campaign news seems to stop at Penrith