Tanya Plibersek
A letter signed by more than 100 legal experts and community organisations criticising a bill that would give the federal Minister power to cancel welfare payments before a person is convicted of a cr...
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek has defended new legislation which would allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people accused of serious crimes, describing criticism of the move as "unbe...
A new program to build home and life skills for families and communities in Central Australia has been strengthen with Federal Government support.
Overrepresented in the out-of-home care and justice systems, Indigenous children will for the first time have a commissioner to represent their rights.
The federal government has appointed Australia's first permanent National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People.
Responsibility for First Nations heritage protection reform is in the Albanese government's hands after rival advocates reached agreement on proposed new terms for federal heritage law changes.
Arafura Swamp rangers in North East Arnhem Land look after more than 1.2 million hectares of land and sea Country, controlling feral animals and weeds and reducing destructive wildfires.
A new lease signed between Kakadu Traditional Owners and the Commonwealth will look to mend a sometimes-fractured relationship. Announced in last week's budget, the government committed to $55 million...
Traditional Owners want the Northern Territory government to prosecute gas explorers after a recent fracking spill at Beetaloo Basin caused lingering environmental damage.
The Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations has announced legal action, commencing in the Federal Court on Monday, to challenge the decision by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to a...
Ten remote communities across the Northern Territory will receive funding to enhance water security and infrastructure. The joint Federal and Northern Territory government announcement will see $34.
The Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation, which helped scuttle the controversial $1 billion McPhillamys Gold Project in central NSW, have been named as respondents in a Fed...
The Coalition took advice from the same 'rebel' Indigenous group Tanya Plibersek did in stalling a gold mine near the NSW town of Blayney. The Australian reports now deputy opposition leader Sussan Le...