The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

A former Labor candidate has used parliamentary privilege to accuse an ex-party colleague of spending ratepayer money on vodka and chicken nuggets.

New legal advice will allow addition as part of $500m expansion to be completed by 2028, chair says

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push for bipartisan support on a referendum that aims to set up an Indigenous consultative committee in parliament, when it meets on Monday for the first time this year.

Parliamentarians have paid tribute to the late senator and retired army general Jim Molan, who after a battle with cancer.

Players in the East Kimberley Football League travel staggering distances to play each other, but a proposal to split the league in half to improve player safety and women's participation is gaining traction.

Australians aged 16 and 17 years may be able to vote if the Greens are successful in their push to lower the voting age.

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A federal Newspoll, conducted February 1-4 from a sample of 1,512, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged on the previous Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 34% Coalition (down one), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (steady) and 11% for all Others (up two).

New Zealand is commemorating its national day - Waitangi Day - 183 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Greens will introduce a bill proposing an end to offshore detention for remaining asylum seekers, without forcing Labor to compromise on its immigration policy.

Support for embedding an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution has fallen. The polls provide good evidence once you work out how to find it.