The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

A friend of a boy allegedly abused by Milton Orkopolous has told a court he used to smoke "pot" with the former New South Wales MP two or three times a week.

Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, has died

Paddy Ryder left Essendon at the end of 2014 seeking a fresh start following the Bombers' supplements scandal, but he is now back at the AFL club.

An inquest into a 25-year-old psychiatric patient's death has resulted in recommendations for police on both sides of the Victoria-NSW border to improve coordination on missing persons cases.

Northern Territory police intend to stand down Constable Zachary Rolfe based on psychological and risk assessments after he fatally shot an Indigenous teen.

The federal government has recommitted to funding a multi-million-dollar visitors centre in Kakadu National Park but says careful consultation is continuing with traditional owners.

A former Tasmanian government MP and Miss Australia is alleged to have punched her partner in the face, made throat-slitting gestures, and verbally abused him multiple times over a decade, according to court documents.

Kristen Leslie Olsen, accused of murdering baker Todd Mooney and his 10-year-old young daughter, Kirra, was not required to be present at Maryborough Courthouse.

Coalition ‘concerned government is putting fingers on the scales’ and independent David Pocock says information should be fact-checked

A move has been made to bring fairness and integrity back to high profile public appointments, through proposed legislation to outlaw jobs for mates.

A federal Newspoll, conducted March 1-4 from a sample of 1,530, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll in early February. Primary votes were 37% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (up one), 10% Greens (down one), 7% One Nation (up one) and…