Bridget Brennan

Families of missing and murdered women had already told their traumas to coroners, magistrates, journalists and police officers. Was a procedural Senate inquiry — bound by time and budget constraints — ever going to be any different?

Victoria's first-of-its-kind treaty body has launched an official negotiations database, marking the state's first step on its nation-leading historic journey towards treaty.

Since it was established in 2022, Indigenous crisis line 13YARN has fielded 50,000 calls for help from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country.

It is an area servicing one of the fastest-growing Indigenous populations in the country. But in Dandenong, in Melbourne's south-east, a vital centre for Aboriginal health is falling apart.

For decades, Australia has covered its ears to the screams and cries of Indigenous women killed by their partners. What if we used this moment to listen to some of their stories, and put their needs at the centre of the national response?

The beloved blockbuster series Mad Max is back with a fifth installment — 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'. News Breakfast sat down with Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor-Joy and George Miller to hear how it came together.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has appeared at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, becoming the first leader of an Australian government to give evidence at a formal truth-telling inquiry.

For the first time, an Australian leader of a state or territory government has appeared before an Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry. Catch up on Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's evidence.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is set to become the first Australian head of state to appear at an Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry when she appears before the Yoorrook Justice Commission this week. 

Crime is just one symptom of the intractable tragedies unfolding in Central Australia. But as the media obsesses over this "crisis", the deeper issues are ignored, and it's First Nations communities that suffer.

This criminal case is at the heart of an unfolding crisis few Australians are aware of. This week there was an important breakthrough, writes Bridget Brennan.

Pat Dodson's departure from parliament will leave a cavernous hole in Canberra, as he takes with him a dignified approach to diplomacy and a lifetime of hard-won battles in the fight for his mob, writes Bridget Brennan. 

"Where to now" is a universal question being asked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the country in the wake of the failed Voice referendum. And there's another question that often runs alongside it: "What went wrong?"

Indigenous leaders who supported the Yes case at last week’s Voice referendum have written to the prime minister saying the No vote was a “shameful victory”.

Ask an Aboriginal person how they define reconciliation and the answers are not flags, morning teas and welcomes-to-country. Their answers are land rights, greater autonomy and treaties, writes Bridget Brennan.

Indigenous elders and community leaders are reacting to the weekend's No vote with shock, anger and sadness. Some say it'll be too late for them to see change in their lifetime, but are calling on Australia to do better by the next generation of First Nations people. 

We are witnessing a profound moment in the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's struggle with this nation, writes Bridget Brennan.

Many Yes campaigners have gone into "mourning", joining a collective week of silence, but others are speaking publicly for the first time on the failures of the multi-million-dollar campaign.

Karinda Taylor runs an Aboriginal-led health service, where short election cycles make it difficult to secure long-term funding. She believes the Voice could help achieve generational change.

As an Aboriginal person, it feels impossible to digest the freight train of messages coming towards us each day. Most of it is about us, without us, writes Bridget Brennan.

For Aboriginal activist Uncle Gary Murray, the 1967 referendum and the Voice boil down to the same crucial idea: Do the right thing by people.

Australians are familiar with the prominent Aboriginal faces fronting the conservative No campaign against the Voice. But there's a community-led "Vote No" campaign that hasn't captured as many headlines but aims to influence the outcome of the referendum.

The debate over the creation of a Indigenous advisory body has burst into a cacophony of noise, misinformation, confusion and abuse. We've been here before, writes Bridget Brennan.

Six years ago, while the sun crept up into the crevices of Uluru, history was being made by a few hundred First Nations people. Now, the rest of Australia can join in, writes Bridget Brennan.