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Extra $21m to keep Indigenous legal services operating

Following concerns from Indigenous legal services that they would be forced to freeze services, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced emergency funding.

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Man choked girl with sock in 'virgin sacrifice' attack

A man who raped a nine-year-old before choking her with a sock and leaving her to die has lost his attempt to have a sentence of life behind bars overturned.

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‘Horrific’ allegations by WA youth detainees detail sexually inappropriate behaviour and excessive force

Greens MP says letters tabled in parliament allege young people ‘enduring worse conditions than … farm animals’ at Banksia Hill and Casuarina facilities

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Fresh claims of violence, abuse in youth detention

Dozens of complaint letters allege youths in detention have been subjected to excessive use of force and sexualised language by custodial officers.

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Not caging children under 14 is the bare minimum we can do to not torture kids

I’ve watched smart, funny teenagers unravel behind bars. Australia needs to raise the age to keep young kids out of prison

The Guardian - AU

'Bedwetter': Indigenous leader's low blow over voice

Prominent Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has labelled another Indigenous voice campaigner a "bedwetter" for raising concerns the upcoming referendum could fail.

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New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?

As Australia prepares to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament later this year, what can we learn from similar models in our region?

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Noel Pearson swipes Mick Gooda after expressing fears Voice to Parliament losing popular support

Noel Pearson says fellow campaigner Mick Gooda's fears that the Voice to Parliament is losing support are unfounded, while launching a tirade against the former Indigenous social justice commissioner.

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Victoria's Indigenous voters choose champions for historic treaty talks

A special election is underway in Victoria to choose the next First Peoples' Assembly members, who will sit down opposite government to negotiate a statewide treaty.

ABC News

PM announces new sanctions – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Far North Queensland Aboriginal elder buried in wrong grave in 'serious oversight' in Cape York

Mayor Robbie Sands says he believes the funeral home sent the wrong body for the burial six weeks ago.

ABC News

Dozens of complaints against Banksia Hill Detention Centre staff tabled in WA parliament

Claims of sexual misconduct and excessive use of force by custodial officers against youth detainees at Banksia Hill Detention Centre are tabled in the WA parliament.

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'Habits of civilised life': how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship

Note of warning: This article refers to deceased Aboriginal people, their words, names and images. Words attributed to them and images in the article are already in the public domain. Also, historical language is used in this article that may cause offence. Individuals and communities should be warned that they…

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Four men accused of wounding NHS worker

Phillip Adams, Patrick James, Jordan McCarthy and Daniel Whereatt are all accused of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese governs on softly-softly catchee monkey formula. Would Plibersek or Chalmers have been bolder?

Reading Margaret Simons’ recently released biography of Tanya Plibersek brought to mind an interesting question. What sort of Labor government would we have if Plibersek, rather than Anthony Albanese, had become Labor leader in 2019, and then won the 2022 election?

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Anglican church body presiding over Peter Hollingworth misconduct case admits confusing identity of abuse survivors

Professional standards board says it misidentified one of the complainants due to a ‘misunderstanding’

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‘Eulogy for a giant’: Anthony Albanese leads tributes to Yunupingu at public memorial

Prime minister hails extraordinary Yolŋu statesman as a ‘national treasure’ while daughter calls her father a fierce leader

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NSW man who caused car crash that killed 56-year-old sentenced to more than 10 years in jail

A New South Wales man who killed another driver in a head-on collision during a 188-kilometre-per-hour police pursuit is sentenced to more than 10 years in jail.

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Students say vaping still an issue at school while state, federal government crackdowns continue

For 17-year-old Tyrone, vaping became such an issue in his South Australian high school that he felt the need to tell the country about it on ABC's Q+A.

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‘I have listened’: Palaszczuk reveals ‘refreshed’ cabinet

Annastacia Palaszczuk insists "I have listened" as she unveils her new-look cabinet after a reshuffle that moves around familiar faces.

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Police criticised for bungled investigation into possible gay hate death in Wollongong

An inquiry has heard a flawed police investigation into the death of a gay man in Wollongong in 1986 made it impossible to determine whether it was a hate crime.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins mourners at public memorial for Yunupingu

At a gathering of friends, family and political leaders on the tiny island of Gunyangara, Anthony Albanese remembers the highly influential land rights figure as a "giant" who "kept striving to have us rise to his level of integrity".

Reuters

Top Australian sporting bodies endorse Indigenous referendum as support dips

Two of Australia's top football codes on Thursday backed a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Indigenous population in a referendum, as latest opinion polls show public support for the government-backed plan dipping.

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Stuart Robert hands in official resignation, triggering byelection in Queensland seat

Former Coalition minister had been under pressure from Labor after failing to attend parliament during budget week, despite still being an MP

The Guardian - AU

‘Let’s get it over the line’: Rugby Australia and AFL back Indigenous voice to parliament

Rugby Australia and the AFL have become the latest Australian sporting codes to declare support for the yes vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum

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