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Government departments, including Social Services and Aged Care, will appear before a Senate inquiry into racism directed at First Nations people on Friday in Canberra, as evidence continues to mount...
Note: this article contains references to assault and abuse which some readers may find distressing. What happened to Kumanjayi Little Baby in Mpwarente / Alice Springs shocked the nation, and especia...
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says racism in the Senate is routine, arguing many in the chamber "consistently fail to recognise or call it out".
The French senate endorsed a constitutional amendment in Paris on Wednesday regarding the future independence of New Caledonia. An alliance between far-right conservative and centre-right political pa...
Indigenous scientists and land managers have told a Senate inquiry efforts to stop Australia's extinction crisis will continue to fail unless Aboriginal people are properly resourced to lead conservat...
A federal Senate committee examining the regulation and management of so-called "forever chemicals" has released its final report, calling for a full ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
Economic empowerment of Indigenous communities, much touted by the federal government, is hindered by the absence of constitutional recognition and constitutionally protected rights for First Nations...
The French parliament has rushed through an immediate timeline for the independence of New Caledonia. Paris' senate pushed through controversial legislation to postpone the date of upcoming New Caledo...
Yorta Yorta rapper Adam Briggs has told a Senate inquiry it would be hard to get the genie "back in the bottle" if Australia allows big tech companies to mine creative works without fair pay.
The federal opposition has condemned the government's decision to scrap a dedicated day of Senate estimates hearings on Indigenous affairs, accusing Labor of having "slammed the door on accountability...
A year after a landmark Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children, advocates say the federal government needs to decisively act on key recommendations.
First Nations women and children living in Darwin will be given support to leave violent intimate partner relationships through funding for an Indigenous legal organisation by the federal government.
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe has appeared to walk back on a previous pledge to leave federal politics at the end of her current parliamentary term, saying she will run again.