Indigenous
Labor push for indigenous voters
Indigenous Labor MPs from federal, state and territory parliaments are meeting in Brisbane.
Give services respect they need
This week’s poor Closing the Gap result in child mortality has been met with despair by early childhood experts.
Wyatt keen on indigenous ministry
Ken Wyatt says he would leap at the chance of replacing Nigel Scullion in the indigenous affairs portfolio.
PM pushes for grassroots agenda
An air of optimism permeates Turnbull’s new advisory council on Aboriginal affairs.
Pearson claims ‘own goal’
An audit has cleared Noel Pearson’s organisation of any wrongdoing at the troubled Aurukun school.
Native title changes lauded
Indigenous groups are welcoming amendments to the Native Title Act, despite Labor protests it was blindsided by the move.
$60k raised for race case costs
Alex Wood, the student who was hit with a $41,336 legal bill, will not be out of pocket a cent.
Gap scheme ‘plagued from start’
Poor program execution and evaluation has plagued the Closing the Gap initiative ‘almost from the beginning’.
‘If you don’t like it, walk away’
PoliticsNow: Pauline Hanson has sent a blunt message to One Nation candidates upset about a preference deal in WA.
$5.9bn fails to close the gaps
Only one of seven Closing the Gap targets to reduce indigenous disadvantage is now projected to be met.
PM to condemn Christensen
PoliticsNow: The Senate passed a motion calling the PM to condemn a Queensland MP for attending an anti-Islam event.
‘Closing the Gap’ targets missed
Just one of seven Closing the Gap targets to reduce indigenous disadvantage is now on track to be met.
‘We get the scraps’
Que Kenny looks back on a decade’s worth of Close the Gap policies and sighs: “There’s been more negative than positive.”
Native Title Act changes ‘urgent’
Aboriginal groups are calling for bipartisan support of changes to the Native Title Act over land-use agreements.
Coolamon bowl carries hope
A timber vessel will deliver the hopes of indigenous Australia to the Prime Minister’s care.
Closing the Gap ‘a disaster’
Malcolm Turnbull is expected to deliver a bleak ninth annual Closing the Gap report.
‘Urgent’ move over land rights
Changes to the Native Title Act loom amid a freeze on land use agreements, including a $16bn Adani coal mine.
Brandis failed on rights warning
George Brandis was warned last year to take legislative action to pre-empt the freeze on indigenous land-use deals.
Shock land rights call stalls mine
A start to construction of a $16bn Adani coal mine has stalled after a stunning ruling froze a native-title agreement.
Out of the comfort zone
Slow down, put yourself in the hands of others and learn another culture with East Arnhem Land’s Yolngu people.
