Sydney Indigenous leader Mick Mundine arrested over historical child sex allegations

Prominent Sydney Indigenous elder, businessman and advocate Mick Mundine has been arrested over allegations of historical child sexual assault.

Mundine, who is chief executive of the Aboriginal Housing Company, was arrested on Thursday in Redfern and taken to Newtown Police Station, where he is being questioned over alleged historical sexual assaults on a then 15-year-old girl in Redfern in June 1986.

Mundine, 79, is the brother of legendary boxer Tony Mundine OAM, who died in August, and uncle to Anthony Mundine, Tony’s son, a former professional rugby player and boxer. He is also related to political strategist, businessman and former politician Warren Mundine.

Mundine is a Bundjalung man from Baryulgil in northern NSW. He has worked in the Redfern community for decades and has been the chief executive of the Aboriginal Housing Company for most of its 53-year history.