Politics
The Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO) will examine the management of prisoners held in police cells following reports of people being detained beyond the recommended 14-day limit.
The Australian Federal Police's (AFP) warning of radicalisation among children has prompted advocates to call for community-led support over punitive laws and imprisonment.
With the child protection "crisis" facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children occurring nationwide, leading First Nations organisations and advocates say it is more important than ever that...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES) community projects are underway in more than 60 remote communities across Australia, the federal government says.
Two people have been arrested and a sacred tree cut down at the Djab Wurrung protest camp in western Victoria. The camp, which is protesting the logging of trees near Ararat, is a "site of vast cultur...
A Pacific leader turned activist has pleaded for empathy as he urges radical climate action to help save his island nation. Anote Tong says Kiribati is facing a growing threat from rising sea levels.
Jacqui Lambie has slammed far-right politician Pauline Hanson's "nastiness" after a cartoon by One Nation mocked her health condition. One Nation's latest instalment in its Please Explain series, a co...
The Northern Territory government will be to blame when there is an increase in the number of homeless people on the streets of the NT, a leading federal minister has said.
Fourteen new homes have been handed over to tenants in Arnhem Land, bringing the total number of homes delivered in the community under the Northern Territory Remote Housing Agreement to 34.
"Punitive shifts" in Victoria's youth justice system have led to worsening outcomes for Aboriginal children, who remain over-represented in the system, the state's First Nations Children's Commissione...
The two major political parties have teamed up to block bills calling for a ban on the shackling of women during childbirth and children being strip-searched.
Communities and First Nations leaders have felt an absence of national leadership in the Indigenous affairs space, one of the architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart says.