The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

The director of a northern NSW music festival has stood by his decision to book a controversial performer, after another band cancelled in protest.

Paediatric neurologist-turned MP Monique Ryan told the inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's convictions one of her sons likely died from an undiagnosed disorder.

Matthew Palmer, who replaces well-known Aboriginal rights advocate Kunmanara Hoosan following his sudden death late last year, used his maiden address to advocate for an First Nations Voice to Parliament.

An Illawarra man convicted of murdering his wife and three daughters maintains he did not kill his family, as a magistrate finds him not guilty of breaching his reporting obligations after being released from jail.

Janet Guthrie, 51, was found dead in her home in Bongaree just before 9pm last Thursday.

NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns says unifying his party in the lead up to the state election is about more than just securing a sweet political victory.

A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted February 15-19 from a sample of 1,604, gave Labor 40% of the primary vote (down two since January), the Coalition 31% (up two), the Greens 10% (down one), One Nation 5% (down one), the UAP 1% (down one), independents 9% (up one)…

An Aboriginal man has taken the Commonwealth to court, arguing he should have access to his age pension sooner because his life expectancy is shorter.

The21-year-old victim was "targeted" by the man while she was heavily intoxicated, the Northern Territory Supreme Court has heard, as he was sentenced to six years in prison over the attack.

This isn't the first time locals in Lajamanu, a community 560 kilometres south-west of Katherine on the northern edge of the Tanami Desert, have witnessed fish falling from the sky.

The South Australian opposition has criticised legislation to provide an Indigenous voice to state parliament and will opposed the bill.