The woman responsible for some of the country’s most vulnerable children has seen a lot in her job, but still she sits in her Darwin ­office and shakes her head at some of the decisions being made in ...

South Australia’s first Aboriginal children’s commissioner has revealed she was racially targeted when she tried to leave ...

An exhibition of nearly 200 works at Washington’s National Gallery of Art offers an overly broad survey of Australian ...

The NT government's national anthem mandate in public schools made headlines this week — but little will be changing on the ...

Communities across the country are marking Australia Day with citizenship ceremonies, traditional dances, smoking ceremonies and fun runs, as the prime minister calls for "unity not division" during a ...

These ten change-makers, including Jessie Street and Charles Perkins, are just some of the key Australians who prodded the ...

A groundbreaking Australian play has come to New York for a few weeks. It’s called "The Visitors," and it tells an important ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Cathy Freeman thrilled Australians when she won the women's 400 meters gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, wearing a skin-tight, hooded running suit. She then excited controversy ...

While the beach and swimming culture might feel like an intrinsic part of “Australianness”, this hasn’t always been the case.

Aboriginal leaders in the Northern Territory have spoken out about the pain they feel on Australia Day as much of the nation ...

Just five years ago, in response to claims that referring to our country as “young and free” insulted Indigenous Australians, ...

Cook Government's comprehensive reform of Western Australia's Out of Home Care system successfully completedReform delivers greater stability for ...