Deaths
Warning: This report contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. The first directions hearing in the Coroners Court was held on Thursday for Aboriginal man Joey Thurston, who die...
An investigation is underway after an Indigenous man died at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre on Tuesday. Northern Territory Police said at approximately 5:40pm they received reports that a 35-ye...
This report contains the first name of an Indigenous person who has died. A First Nations woman reported suicidal thoughts and complained multiple times that she was not receiving her usual mental hea...
This report is the first in a series looking at the performances of Australia's state, territory and federal governments on Indigenous policy since October 2023.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
There is a long-held legal maxim that justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done. It is as relevant in 2026 as it was when Lord Chief Justice Hewart coined the phrase more than a...
The Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions' (NT DPP) decision to hand the prosecution of Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling over to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) to av...
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on First Nations people has opened at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin as part of the 2026 Darwin Festiva...
There are two national tragedies that have claimed Australian lives for decades. Women continue to be killed through domestic and family violence.
Australia must count people who pass away in state care in data on Indigenous deaths in custody, the former ACT Indigenous children commissioner has said.
The death of a 23-year-old Aboriginal man in custody will be treated with the "utmost importance", South Australian Police say. The man, whose family reside on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyt...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name and/or image of an Indigenous person who has died.
The federal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act will be put to the test with a review recently announced into Wadjemup, also known as Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia...
