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The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, today delivered an apology to the state’s First Peoples in parliament for the many separate harms caused by colonisation, acknowledging the “past laws, policies and practices that have contributed to systematic injustice”.
“We know that words alone are not enough,” the premier said. “This is why the state of Victoria has pursued treaty to create the enduring change that must follow.”
The apology motion passed Victoria’s lower house 56 votes to 27. The Coalition called for a division on the motion, meaning each vote had to be counted, to cries of “shame” from the Labor benches.
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“[There’s] no escaping the fact that Graham’s life was very colourful. [With a] rogue’s charm and an instinctive capacity to disarm. It’s no secret that he played his politics hard, very hard.” – Anthony Albanese
The prime minister delivered a eulogy for former Labor minister and political kingmaker Graham Richardson in Sydney earlier.
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Who is behind Australia’s new rightwing political group?
At an anti-immigration rally in Sydney late last month, pamphlets for a new populist political venture were being handed out to the crowd bearing the name and the colours of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
Nour Haydar speaks with investigations reporter Ariel Bogle and political reporter Sarah Basford Canales about who’s behind the rightwing group.
Before bed read
“I looked at the forecast and I was like: ‘Oh no.’”
Big-wall climber Sasha DiGiulian, 33, hit rain, lightning, snow and ice in Yosemite – and still became the first woman to ascend El Capitán’s Platinum route, spending 23 days scaling a wall of rock that stretches nearly 800 metres. Reporter Roque Planas finds out how.
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