Kumanjayi Walker's family members have welcomed the Northern Territory coroner's findings after six years of waiting for answers. As they mourn the death of another loved one, they say the fight for justice isn't over.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has warned Australia is at risk of "losing another generation" of First Nations people to the criminal justice system without urgent action from all levels of government.
Governments have been unable to reduce the rates of First Nations children in out-of-care and youth detention. Advocates say the new children's commissioner needs the power to hold them to account.
Aunty Thelma lived through the mission era, stolen children and forced assimilation. As she witnessed the signing of the country's first treaty, her thoughts were on those who came before.
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Federal parliament officially condemns the attempted bomb attack at Perth's Invasion Day rally on its first sitting day, acknowledging the harm caused to the First Nations community.