first nations issues

A Senate committee has handed down its final report from an inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children.

Members of the group have accused Qld Police of trying to silence them.

A formal review by a Queensland Government department called their deaths “preventable”.

Early voting has opened to determine who will be included in South Australia’s Voice to Parliament.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said there had been a “collective effort across [political parties], across administrations, across levels of government,” to close the gap.

A new report says without significant intervention, Australian governments are at risk of failing to meet the ‘Closing the Gap’ targets.

Calls to First Nations crisis line 13Yarn increased after the Voice referendum was defeated, according to data given to TDA by the helpline.

13YARN has recorded an unprecedented number of calls in the lead-up to the Voice referendum.