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Despite having Australia’s highest rates of domestic violence, particularly against Indigenous women, the NT only receives about 1% of federal funding, senators hearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShe was a domestic and family violence advocate; a leader in her community and the country. But in 2021 Kumarn Rubuntja was...

This blog is now closedHalf a million Victorian homes without power and trains cancelled as storm causes outage at state’s largest coal-fired plantGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastToday is the 16th anniversary of Rudd’s national apologyIt is National Apology Day, which marks the anniversary of the day the former prime minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to Indigenous...

A member of the stolen generations, the Yankunytjatjara leader was only reunited with her mother through a chance meeting 30 years laterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLowitja O’Donoghue, a Yankunytjatjara leader and activist, has died at the age of 91.The Lowitja Institute announced her death on Sunday. A pioneering...