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Indigenous population reaches more than one million

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Australia has hit one million, comprising 3.8 per cent of the nation's population.

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Coroner warns top official to be 'truthful' at hearing

A coroner has reminded WA's deputy corrections commissioner she is under oath amid tough questions at an inquest for a teen who died in custody.

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Extremist groups exploit popular social media platforms

Neo-Nazi groups are exploiting mainstream social media sites to supercharge their audience numbers and fundraise to promote violent beliefs, an expert warns.

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Greens to call for inquiry into public funding of Exclusive Brethren schools

Advocacy group Save Our Schools also backs inquiry into funding for religious-linked institution that received more than $130m from taxpayers over five years

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Corporate regulator urges crackdown on Centrepay after more than 40% of businesses found to be non-compliant

Asic alarmed at commonwealth finding that almost half of companies investigated failed to follow standards

The Guardian - AU

Woman's bail revoked after faking Aboriginal heritage

A Supreme Court justice has revoked a woman's bail after she falsely claimed to be Aboriginal during her bail application.

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Woman who forced daughter to marry her killer should be jailed to deter others, Victorian court told

Sakina Muhammad Jan, 48, to be sentenced on Monday after becoming first person found guilty of forced marriage

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Mum forced daughter into two marriages: court hears

A mother who forced her daughter to marry a man who would go on to kill her should be jailed to send a message to the community, a court has been told.

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'Matter of time' before 16-year-old boy died in custody

The prison watchdog has told an inquest for the first juvenile to die in WA detention he had raised concerns about detainees dying in custody.

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Sydney council to take legal action over shutdown

One of Sydney's biggest councils will fight NSW government plans to appoint an administrator amid claims of maladministration.

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Labor has narrow Newspoll lead but behind in other polls; Labor doomed in Queensland

A national Newspoll, conducted July 15–19 from a sample of 1,258, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (up two), 33% Labor (up one), 13% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (down one) and 10% for all Others (down two).

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Compulsory voting in Australia is 100 years old. We should celebrate how special it makes our democracy

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

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Justice body urged to obey law, stop 'demonising' kids

An inquest into the custody death of an Indigenous teen has been told the government must act lawfully and stop locking youths in their cells for long periods.

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Three things with chef Mark Olive: ‘Those Y-shaped vegetable peelers? I hate them’

In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Bundjalung food figure shares his preference for peelers – and why he’s kept his primary school report cards

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‘Destiny in our hands’: the Indigenous Australians joining the renewable energy transition

Just 1% of renewables developments in Australia involve First Nations equity, compared with 20% in Canada. But some believe the sector offers a ‘new moment’ for Aboriginal people

Newcastle Herald

'Deadly' program at HMRI to help improve life for First Nations people

Research program to address 'historical mistrust' and stress.

AAP

Forging pathways for young mob to reach the sky

First Nations students across 29 remote and regional communities will have an opportunity to experience the aviation industry through an Indigenous-led program.

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Crime and nourishment: the Koori court giving help and hope to traumatised kids

Support and appropriate punishment can go hand in hand for children who are ready to make changes, magistrate Sue Duncombe says

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‘My God, how courageous’: the British choirboys taking on an Indigenous family’s painful story

Bpangerang poet Judith Nangala Crispin initially felt conflicted about the 583-year-old Choir of King’s College, Cambridge singing her verse – but she had a radical change of heart

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Teen died after entering 'impenetrable' forest: coroner

A First Nations teenager who has been missing since 2023 died after walking into a rainforest, a coroner has found, but the cause of his death remains unknown.

AAP

Corporate watchdog clears indigenous art centre

The ACCC has found no breaches of consumer law at the APY Art Centre Collective, but another regulator has told it to clean up its books.

AAP

Ex-deputy mayor jailed for theft from Aboriginal trust

An ex-deputy mayor has been sentenced to more than five years imprisonment for stealing $2.9 million from the Yugunga-Nya People's Trust while he was trustee.

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'Star' daughter mourned after brutal drug dealer murder

A drug dealer who murdered a woman in bushland before burning her body has said he was only a lieutenant for his boss who has also been convicted for the crime.

The Guardian - AU

Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet announces resignation from parliament

Liberal MP says he will formally resign next month after 13-year political career to take up a senior role with mining giant BHP in Washington

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PM tears down talk of rebuilding construction watchdog

Coalition plans to bring back a construction sector regulator if elected would not address issues in the embattled CFMEU, the prime minister says.

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