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A CSIRO report has warned climate change will threaten the region's economy and security unless governments and aid agencies start preparing for its impacts.
The two-part CSIRO report was commissioned by a new coalition of aid, church and development groups.
It warns that a two degrees Celsius increase in temperature by 2030 will have a devastating impact in northern Pakistan, India and western China.
The head of a committee overseeing a push to clean up Alice Springs' town camps says it is progressing well.
The independent Member for Mildura, Russell Savage, says a new Koori court for children in the north-west Victorian city will only work if it is compulsory.
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says he supports the decision to stand aside a police officer who was found responsible for the death of a man in custody on Palm Island.
Lawyers and activists have praised the decision of a Queensland policeman, who has been blamed for the death in custody of an Aboriginal man, to step aside.
Pope Benedict XVI says there is still much to be achieved on the path to racial reconciliation between Aboriginal people and the rest of Australia.
The Queensland police officer blamed for the death of an Aboriginal man in custody on Palm Island two years ago has broken his silence.
The Queensland police officer found to be responsible for the death of a man on Palm Island two years ago will be suspended from duty.
The Western Australian Government says it remains committed to a hostel for children deemed to be at risk in Halls Creek.
The Northern Territory Government says it will begin warning Indigenous communities about some mobile phone plans after reports of people racking up crippling amounts of debt.
The Western Australian Government has reaffirmed its opposition to the Commonwealth's controversial no school, no welfare policy, amid efforts to revive the scheme.
Some Yunyuwa traditional owners have asked for consultation on the proposed changes to the permit system for Aboriginal land.
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 19 years for murdering his pregnant wife at a remote Aboriginal community near Laverton in Western Australia.
The Queensland Opposition says it does not believe protesting will help the cause of Indigenous leaders who are angry that a police officer has not been stood down in the wake of the Palm Island inquest in the state's north.
A group of teenagers from Roebourne, in north-west Western Australia, will travel to Sydney tomorrow to represent their town in Australia's first national Indigenous basketball competition.
A group of traditional owners from the Northern Territory say the Prime Minister has insulted them by coming out in support of the McArthur River Mine expansion near Borroloola.
Images of an Aboriginal spirit from the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia have been appearing in unexpected places around metropolitan Perth.
The federal Indigenous Affairs Minister has signalled the Government believes there is no future in some remote Indigenous communities.
It is feared Aboriginal communities will be exposed to child molesters and drug traffickers under a planned overhaul of the permit system restricting entry to some Indigenous communities.
The Federal Government has been accused of misleading the public about the impact that a native title decision over Perth could have on other major cities in Australia.
A former Liberal minister for Aboriginal affairs, Ian Viner, says the Federal Government should back off and not appeal against against the recent decision upholding a native title claim over Perth.
The Queensland Opposition has called on the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to make a "speedy decision" on whether to charge a policeman over the death in custody of a Palm Island man two years ago.
The Federal Government has announced it will appeal against a native title claim over Perth.
The federal Justice Minister says a national effort is needed to understand how widespread child abuse is in Indigenous communities.
The National Reconciliation Forum's director believes rescheduling the event will not affect the line-up of speakers.
A landmark agreement to be signed today will allow south-west Western Australian Aborigines to play a major role in protecting and enhancing the region's natural resources.
The archaeologist co-ordinating a project to profile rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in north-west Western Australia has defended a scholarship offered by oil giant Woodside.
The Australian Council for Civil Liberties says it will be asking the Queensland Attorney-General to charge Police Union president Gary Wilkinson over his scathing comments about a coroner's finding into an Aboriginal death in custody.
One of Australia's largest energy companies is to fund a three-year study into rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in north-west Western Australia.
The Northern Territory's Central Land Council (CLC) has joined the federal Member for Lingiari in slamming the proposed changes to the Indigenous land permit system.
The National Trust says it is pleased the heritage value of Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula and its ancient rock art is finally being recognised.
The Northern Territory Chief Minister says the Federal Government has failed to consult her about its proposal to reform the permit system governing entry to Aboriginal land.
A group of young artists from central Australian Indigenous communities is travelling to Melbourne to perform the world premiere of a play at next week's International Arts Festival.
A community-based environmental group in south-west Queensland is working to develop a cultural management plan to ensure Indigenous heritage is preserved and protected.
The permit system that controls access to Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory has been described as anachronistic and ineffective in a discussion paper released by the federal Indigenous Affairs Minister.
The Federal Government has intervened to prevent the sale of a New South Wales south coast Aboriginal cultural centre to a developer.
West Dubbo's Gordon Centre has reopened and plans to stay open until all public housing tenants are relocated.
Members of the Aboriginal community say today's hand-over of a parcel of crown land on Tasmania's Bruny Island will not be the last.
A defence lawyer has asked to withdraw from a domestic violence case involving a prominent Indigenous leader in the Northern Territory.
The recently retired Federal Court judge who ruled in favour of the Noongar people in their claim over Perth says states are sometimes too demanding in the burden of evidence they require for native title cases.
The president of Tangentyere Council in central Australia says competition for funding has pulled Aboriginal organisations away from each other.
An awareness campaign has been launched to try to curb the exploitation of Aboriginal artists in the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia.
Queensland's acting Premier Anna Bligh says it would be inappropriate for her to pressure the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the Palm Island inquest.
A forum on Indigenous issues in Central Australia has been told remote community services must be improved to stop the urban drift to Alice Springs.
Indonesia's Defence Minister has defended the military's presence in Papua as necessary to prevent a slide into tribal warfare, amid allegations the army has abused indigenous Papuans.
A remote health service on the Northern Territory-West Australian border says it is still without an air service to transport medical samples.
An Alice Springs native title holder has called for designated areas to be set up in the town for people to drink alcohol.
Two Queensland men have been granted bail on charges of possessing and supplying a commercial quantity of kava.
A senior Queensland Government Minister says Labor MP Mike Reynolds has a right to speak out about issues affecting his constituents.
The Northern Territory Government has come under fire over plans to make it more difficult for murder charges to be reduced to manslaughter.
Telstra says Aboriginal communities will not be affected by plans to remove 147 pay phones from across the Northern Territory.
A leading Indigenous expert says governments have been to slow to react to the growth in the Aboriginal population.
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says he is pleased the police union has heeded his warning to "cool it" over the Palm Island inquest findings. | 