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Laws flagged to deal with court decision on detention

The government is working on emergency legislation following the High Court's decision that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.

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'Petty': Greens MP punted from Queensland parliament

A Greens MP has spent a day in the sin bin after breaching the rules of the Queensland parliament, with the party leader also in strife.

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Rapist officer’s tenure at NSW women’s prison extended by governor despite ‘serious allegations’ from inmates

Shari Martin says she was aware of complaints at Dillwynia correction centre about Wayne Astill, who was later convicted of raping inmates

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‘None’ of 81 people released from immigration detention arrived during Albanese government, Labor says

Immigration minister Andrew Giles hits back at Peter Dutton, saying parties have ‘shared rejection and revulsion’ at criminal conduct of those released

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Serial rapist admits 'horrific' garden bed attack

A man extradited from Western Australia has admitted the "horrific" rape and assault of a 24-year-old woman in regional Victoria almost four decades ago.

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Shining a light on injustice: how an inquiry fought for LGBTIQ recognition

The New South Wales Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes has held its final public sitting in Sydney today.

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'My lucky star': Bob Carr farewells wife Helena

Helena Carr has been remembered as a loving partner and a successful businesswoman as political heavyweights gathered for her funeral.

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Billions of litres to be extracted from NT groundwater

The Northern Territory's largest water allocation plan has been released, angering environmentalists and traditional owners.

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Liberal maverick Russell Broadbent defects to crossbench after losing preselection

Long serving Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent has defected to the crossbench.

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Veteran MP Russell Broadbent quits Liberal party to sit on crossbench

Member for Monash will remain in parliament as independent after losing Liberal pre-selection for next election

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Our mapping project shows how extensive frontier violence was in Queensland. This is why truth-telling matters

First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

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Sonya was told her rapist would ‘never be free’. Then a high court decision saw him released into the Brisbane community

Exclusive: A woman raped by one of the 80 people freed from immigration detention after a landmark court decision says there has been too much emphasis on the ‘victimhood of the perpetrators’

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‘It’s Warlpiri identity’: Indigenous photos, drawings and sacred objects come home after 60 years

Anthropologist Nancy Munn studied the Warlpiri people from 1956 to 1958. Now, with the repatriation of her collection to Australia, a younger generation is reunited with its ancestral heritage

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Calls for crackdown amid report gambling lobbyists ‘wined and dined’ minister Michelle Rowland

MP Monique Ryan wants tougher laws around lobbying of politicians, saying current guidelines are ‘toothless and ineffective’

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Family of Perth man who died in custody demands justice

The grieving family of an Indigenous man who died in custody say the father of three begged prison officers for medical help.

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Climate protesters wait on challenge to parliament law

A group of 13 Extinction Rebellion protesters face up to three years in jail for allegedly disrupting parliament for three minutes with anti-fossil fuel chants.

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Morning Mail: First Nations remains at $3bn development; Hamas suspends hostage talks; regional road ‘disgrace’

Discovery of ‘burial site’ distresses the Kaurna people; situation at Gaza’s hospitals deteriorates; regional councils forced to waste repair money erecting signs in tribute to government grants

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Halfway through their term, the 'teal' MPs look here to stay – and may present a huge challenge in 2025

Halfway through the 47th federal parliament, we can begin cautiously to gauge the potential historical significance of the “teal” independents.

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First Nations remains discovered at site of $3bn Adelaide housing development

The discovery of what an archeological assessment has deemed a burial ground has distressed the Kaurna people, many of whom ‘know in our hearts that it’s probably a massacre site’, according to one activist

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I once sang Love Is in the Air to Labor’s Stephen Conroy – here’s what it taught me about Canberra lobbying

There is nothing wrong with lobbyists trying to influence the government. But we should know why they’re at Parliament House and who invited them

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ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigns

ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis will leave the party and parliament after he was stood down over allegations of sexual misconduct.

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Big fines on the books for religious vilification

The state's anti-discrimination act has been amended to make it unlawful to abusively disparage any person or group in speech or writing over their religion.

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‘It’s not viable any more’: global heating sparks first climate class action by Indigenous Australians

On Saibai Island in the Torres Strait, homes are already being inundated by king tides, the cemetery has been affected by erosion and sea walls have been built

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Letters to Vernon Marshall, a groundbreaking gay rights advocate in rural Australia

The Tamworth accountant set up a PO Box for his LGBTQ+ liberation movement in 1972. Fifty years later, the mailbox has been revived

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Australians aren’t joining in any more – and it appears to be having big political consequences

Participation in social, community and civic groups fell by between eight and 10 percentage points from 2006 to 2019

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