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When asked to provide evidence that a tough-on-truancy campaign is working, a territory minister has blamed the weather for a drop in school attendance rates.

An inquest into the death of a young Aboriginal man forcibly restrained by police officers will consider hundreds of statements, including evidence from a pathologist engaged by his family.

A teenager has been arrested after a young man died from stab wounds following a series of violent confrontations in an outback town amid family feuding.

Zali Steggall's electorate office is the first in Australia to adopt a reconciliation action plan, the independent MP says, reflecting her seat's strong support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

When asked what drives her, longtime Aboriginal rights campaigner Pat Turner says it is a determination to achieve justice for her people. The 74-year-old has been appointed an Officer of the Order of...

A watershed moment in Australian history that paved the way for native land rights claims will be celebrated with a free concert on Mabo Day.

The first of hundreds of people evacuated from their outback homes are finally returning, months after fleeing their flood-hit community. Almost 400 people left Daly River, south of Darwin, in March a...