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Albanese government announces $424 million to narrow a gap that is not closing fast enough

The Albanese government has unveiled a new implementation plan for Closing the Gap with $424 million over several years in additional money for “practical action”.

The Conversation

Nearly 20,000 refugees to get same rights as other permanent residents after being kept ‘in limbo’

Labor clears way for temporary protection and safe haven visa holders to apply for permanency

The Guardian - AU

Greens appoint Dorinda Cox as First Nations spokesperson to replace Lidia Thorpe

First female Indigenous senator from WA says she and her predecessor are ‘very different politicians’

The Guardian - AU

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Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney warns apology boycotters against repeating the same mistakes with the Voice

The minister for Indigenous Australians says those parliamentarians who walked out on the apology to the stolen generations should avoid taking similar actions against the Voice.

ABC News

NSW Labor promises to cap weekly toll bill at $60 if elected in March

The opposition says tolls are out of control, and they represent a secret tax for hundreds of thousands of people that live west of Parramatta.

ABC News

Western Australia's 1929 centenary celebrations were full of colonial pride, but festivities went awry

A poetry competition whose entries were so bad the judges got legal advice and a fireworks display "overrun by hooligans" were two of the ways Western Australia marked 100 years as a colony.

ABC News

Sisters in Chains project pays tribute to Kempsey's convict women ancestors

Previously untold stories of convict women and the harsh life they faced in New South Wales have been unearthed and honoured with a public display.

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Don't make same mistake on Voice: Burney

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney warns Peter Dutton against making the same mistake on the Voice to Parliament as he did with a pivotal apology.

AAP

Linda Burney warns MPs who walked out on apology not to ‘repeat the mistake’ with the voice

Those like Peter Dutton who regret boycotting the stolen generations apology should grasp opportunity offered by the Uluru statement, minister says

The Guardian - AU

‘Promise-a-thon’: NSW parties warned tough election talk on domestic violence not enough

Advocates welcome attention on the issue during the campaign but say long-term commitments are what’s needed

The Guardian - AU

In the year of the Voice, Australians must overcome a language barrier if we're to speak to each other, to hear the same truth

In a year when Indigenous Australians are seeking a Voice to Parliament, it would be good if we could actually speak to each other, writes Stan Grant.

ABC News

Three ousted South Australian mayors identified as costs set to mount for small councils

The mayors of Prospect, Whyalla and Tumby Bay have lost their jobs because they did not submit forms disclosing donations to their election campaigns, as the cost of holding by-elections in 36 councils — most of them outside of Adelaide — is set to mount.

ABC News

Coroner calls for changes to mental-health practices after Australian National University student's suicide on campus

A coronial inquest has urged mental-health authorities and university staff to cooperate more closely after a young student killed himself on campus in 2018.

ABC News

Kalgoorlie, Boulder Orange Sky Laundry service to support Aboriginal health services

Orange Sky Australia's mobile laundry service launched in Kalgoorlie this week and will be operated by local Aboriginal health service Bega Garnbirringu.

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Burrup's World Heritage nomination 'inconsistent' with heavy industry, Carmen Lawrence says

The former WA premier says past governments made mistakes approving heavy industry near ancient Aboriginal rock carvings in the Pilbara.

ABC News

Search for descendants of Aboriginal people who settled in Indonesia at least 150 years ago

There's growing evidence Aboriginal people moved to Indonesia at least 150 years ago and started families. These images are the first photographic proof of this community.

ABC News

Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Malarndirri McCarthy share truths of alcohol abuse amid Alice Springs crisis

A political whirly-whirly has spun from Central Australia into Canberra's Parliament House – now Australia has to once again reckon with the hard reality of alcohol abuse in the nation's red centre.

Newcastle Herald

Plea for 'decency and integrity' amid fear Voice vote will expose Aussie intolerance

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AAP

People will ask why voice wasn't delivered earlier: PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on people to not only vote "yes" for an Indigenous voice, but to actively campaign for it.

The Guardian - AU

If Dutton can ride the wave of blame building against Labor, he’s in with a shot in Aston

Knowing a byelection would be coming the Liberals arrived back from holidays armed with a question crafted for the mortgage belt: why does everything cost more under Labor?

The Guardian - AU

Former LNP leader calls for 72-hour limit on children being held in Queensland watch houses

Exclusive: Deb Frecklington says the ongoing practice of detaining youth in adult facilities for weeks is ‘barbaric’

ABC News

Justice project lawyer tells inquest state could have taken better care of Indigenous teen

The mother of a boy who was found dead while in state care in 2018 has told a coronial inquest into his death that she wants the Department of Community and Justice held accountable for any failures with her son's care.

AAP

Fine for protest against Woodside using art masterpiece

A woman has pleaded guilty to criminal damage and fined $2637 over an attack on an Australian masterpiece at the Art Gallery of WA.

AAP

Court's mass bail of youths triggers police appeal push

Queensland police are considering their legal options after a Townsville magistrate released more than a dozen youths from custody.

The Guardian - AU

‘Disgraceful and gutless’: Queensland deputy premier pilloried for attack on judiciary

Steven Miles said a magistrate’s decision to release children locked in Townsville watch house was ‘a media stunt’

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