Government's housing pitch meets cynical response in remote WA
Advocates say overcrowding in government-owned houses in the Kimberley is straining resources, contributing to poor living conditions, and exacerbating health and social issues.
Advocates say overcrowding in government-owned houses in the Kimberley is straining resources, contributing to poor living conditions, and exacerbating health and social issues.
In 1968, a young Aboriginal woman was jailed for manslaughter when her baby died. It shone a light on the terrible living conditions of Indigenous people in this outback town.
How do millions of dollars worth of diamonds go missing on a beach? Most Australians have never heard of the Dakota diamonds mystery, but the drama is still unfolding on the remote north-west coast.
A man who covered up an Indigenous woman's hit-and-run death on a Darwin highway has had his sentence reduced on appeal, with the NT Court of Criminal Appeal finding the sentence was manifestly excessive.
Stepping outside the "comfort zone", a group of young First Nations women come together for a performance combining traditional art and contemporary modelling.
After losing his vision to an inherited degenerative eye disease, the father of five spiralled into a depression he only felt strong enough to face when he picked up a guitar.
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The man employed to implement changes to WA's youth justice system claims there was "institutional racism" at Banksia Hill youth detention centre.
Wirangu teen Mia Speed say she treasures the difference her book is making to empower and inspire her younger family members.
The financial regulator has taken action against a clothing retailer over concerns the store disputes about exposing vulnerable Aboriginal customers to financial risk.
Hundreds of Indigenous doctors have converged from across the globe to share their tips for good health.
The state's civil and administrative tribunal has found that a pro-brumby group racially vilified the former chief executive of an Aboriginal corporation through social media posts and posters.
The man who had been tasked with overhauling WA's troubled youth justice system tells a coronial inquest a "dysfunctionally toxic" culture was the root cause of all problems behind bars.
Council workers were excavating a gravel pit near Longreach in Queensland when they came across a human skull which traditional custodians say will remain in place.
A national company appears to walk back a reported notice to venue managers about celebrating Australia Day on January 26, saying in a statement its comments caused "concern and confusion".
Award-winning actor, educator and community leader Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, who starred in the film Manganinnie, is being remembered as a "national treasure" after her death at the age of 85.
Climbers say the Victorian government's decision to give more people a say on plans to better protect cultural land in a park in the state's west is nothing but a "charade".
The statue is in Atherton Gardens, Fitzroy, known to many in Victoria's Aboriginal community as a gathering place and where members of the Stolen Generations reunited with their families.
The Indigenous community that lost almost $1 million to disgraced leader Geoff Clark says it can start to rebuild now he's been jailed after a decade-long investigation.
Every day of the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, a sign reading "tell the truth" has stood outside the Alice Springs Local Court. Now, with final submissions heard, the NT coroner faces the task of finding that truth.
SA Police say Greens MP Tammy Franks's allegations — made under parliamentary privilege — that the man suffered a broken rib and fractured skull and was not provided with sufficient medical treatment were "not supported by evidence". WARNING: This story contains footage of an incident that readers may find distressing.
Krystal says she had one baby removed by South Australia's Department for Child Protection at the hospital, making her 'petrified' to go anywhere near a hospital the next time she got pregnant. She had a breached labour at home without any assistance. Three months later, police kicked in her door and took the newborn.
The Northern Territory's Legal Aid Commission has been handed an almost $4 million funding boost, which will prevent looming service cuts that threatened to bring the territory's strapped justice system to its knees.
An inquest into the death of Gomeroi man Michael Peachey in 2021 finds he died as a result of a police operation in which he was tasered, pepper sprayed and held face-down after he had stopped struggling.
Lawyers for the NT Police Force have described one of their former officers as an alleged "racist", "misogynist" and "narcissist, with grandiose ideas about his own abilities", at the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.
The father of Victorian 14-year-old Krystal Cain says forensic testing has confirmed that human remains found six weeks ago near Booubyjan are his daughter's.