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Aboriginal leader and Australian senator Patrick Dodson was reduced to tears as he spoke about the late Queen and how for the first time in his life he felt treated like a human being.

11 Indigenous representatives are now in federal parliament, most of them women. The Labor party is doing far better than the Liberals.

The idea of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution has gone through many iterations. Here’s what the government is proposing

Anthony Albanese foreshadowed potential ‘misinformation and fear campaigns’ on the road to enshrining a voice in the constitution

Anthony Albanese is first prime minister to visit Arnhem Land festival since Malcolm Turnbull in 2017

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told Indigenous leaders he will walk with them on their journey towards reconciliation, as Australia prepares to write a new chap...

More than any other figure in our democracy, a prime minister can influence the direction of the nation. Anthony Albanese knows it, and he is not allowing the most difficult economic and strategic circumstance in more than three decades to deter him from forging new pathways.

The PM will attend Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering, as he works towards enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the nation’s constitution.

Australian Christian Lobby says it is ‘… completely inappropriate for the new government to prioritise a controversial bill such as this’

Private member’s bill will be first conscience vote of Albanese government, designed to reverse 25-year-old, Howard-era legislation