Australia’s prime minister has demanded the political scalp of the high-profile Liberal candidate Mal Brough over the “grossly sexist” wording of a menu for his federal election fundraiser.

A UN declaration on indigenous rights would have split Australia by giving Aborigines special privileges if the government accepted it, the Indigenous Affairs Minister said today.

AUSTRALIA’S Aborigines renewed calls for official recognition of past injustices yesterday after a court awarded an Aboriginal man A$525,000 (€329,500) for being taken from his family 50 years ago.

ABORIGINES fear police and troops will seize their children as part of a controversial clampdown aimed at preventing widespread sexual abuse, the Australian government admitted yesterday.