Jedda Costa

A relative of Victorian Labor candidate Lauren O’Dwyer, who has described herself as a “proud Yorta Yorta woman” and is running in the seat of Richmond at Saturday’s state election, says their family has no Indigenous ancestry.

Actor, musician and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder Uncle Jack Charles is mourned as a cheeky, tenacious “father of black theatre”, after his death in Melbourne aged 79, following a stroke.

PM Anthony Albanese signals his intention to put forward a proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his speech at Garma Festival — as it happened.

Uncle Herb Patten has been making music from gumleaves since he was five years old and wants others to take it up.

Sarsfield in Gippsland has missed out on a $3.6 million recovery grant to build a hall at a local recreation reserve. Applicants say they were knocked back due to a technicality involving their Australian Business Number.

Gunaikurnai writer Veronica Gorrie has won two awards including to top gong at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, for her searing memoir Black and Blue.

A 30-year-old Sale man will face court in July following an incident that has left one man dead and another fighting for his life.

The head of Victoria's Rural Doctors Association accuses Gippsland MP Russell Broadbent of spreading untruths about COVID vaccines.

Victoria's first Aboriginal owned and operated solar farm is on track for completion in Gippsland by the end of 2022. The Gunaikurnai community hopes the project will encourage more Indigenous involvement in Australia's renewable energy sector.  

A woman in her 90s and two others were hospitalised after the apparent assault, while 10 others, including a staff member, were treated at the scene.