Australia’s multicultural policies are creaking and in need of repair. While the government has voiced “in principle” support for its own Multicultural Framework Review, it’s time to ensure the ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners. The decision, denounced by Indigenous ...

Australians are pondering an uncertain future after voters overwhelmingly rejected the "Voice" – a referendum on giving greater political rights to Indigenous people. The proposal, to recognise ...

Aboriginal sacred sites have come under the global spotlight since Rio Tinto Ltd legally blew up ancient rock shelters showing human history stretching back at least 46,000 years to expand an iron ore ...

A new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its ...

The Australian national anthem was sung in a local indigenous language for the first time at an international sporting event before Australia's Tri-Nations test against Argentina at Western Sydney ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: You may remember that school curriculum was a political flashpoint during the midterms around the country ...

"If we act now and move with common purpose, then we can do more than just guard against the very worst. We can protect our environment and build a stronger and fairer economy for the next generation.

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful.” Its ...

Aboriginal people are over-represented in Australia's criminal system. David Dungay Jr. was forcibly removed from his Long Bay jail cell in Sydney in December 2015 because he wouldn't stop eating ...