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NZ anti-Māori rights bill faces backlash

Māori opponents of a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill staged a haka in Parliament on Thursday

Salon

Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaul

Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights.

Al Jazeera

Labor and Coalition accused of cooking up ‘secret deal’ on electoral rules as Clive Palmer signals court challenge

Independent senator David Pocock ‘deeply concerned’ legislation designed to cap donations and electoral spending would lock out community independents

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Election money reforms dubbed a 'major-party stitch-up'

Independent MPs have blasted proposed electoral laws capping expenditure, saying while they agree with reform, the way it's being done favours major parties.

AAP

Morning Mail: Labor pushes for donations cap, Australia backs Palestine in UN vote, why e-bikes keep exploding

The Albanese government hopes bill could become law in next fortnight

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous designers hit the end of fashion week runway

With the future of Australian Fashion Week in doubt, the loss of the annual showcase would be a blow for Indigenous designers.

AAP

New Zealand Lawmakers Explode in Powerful Haka Chant on Parliament Floor to Protest Controversial Bill Threatening Māori Rights

The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the principle of equal rights."

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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand's parliament during fraught race relations debate

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown

The Independent UK

Clive Palmer-scale political donations to be blocked under new electoral spending caps

Candidates to receive $5 per vote from public funding, while parties and independents will receive $30,000 per MP and $15,000 per senator each

The Guardian - AU

No adverse findings in racism probe into elite NT cops

A corruption watchdog that found the NT's elite police unit issued racist awards has closed an investigation into the practice with no adverse findings.

AAP

Insults and a haka in New Zealand parliament as MPs debate Māori rights bill

Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Māori party MP ripping up a copy of the bill

The Guardian - AU

Fight brews over state treaty as key talks loom

Negotiations on Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people will begin within days as the state opposition demands the public has a say.

AAP

Indigenous deaths in custody reach 22 in 11 months as advocates say numbers ‘met with indifference’

Justice campaigners say 580 Aboriginal deaths since 1991 royal commission point to ongoing ‘gross overrepresentation’ in system

The Guardian - AU

Judge who assaulted ex-partner avoids jail sentence

A Tasmanian judge has been ordered to serve 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing a woman.

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Border enforcement call after men left on remote island

A Top End land council wants border protection bolstered after a foreign fishing vessel smuggled four men to a remote island.

The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal organisations call for urgent overhaul of beleaguered NSW child protection system

Review calls for independent child protection commission and a commissioner for Aboriginal children to hold government to account

AAP

High Court rejects church's liability for child abuse

A ruling by the High Court has decided the Catholic Church is not liable for the sexual abuse of a young boy by one of its priests more than 50 years ago.

AAP

High Court lets Indigenous woman pursue abuse damages

The High Court has ruled an Aboriginal woman can pursue damages on some allegations of historical sexual and physical abuse while in state care in Queensland.

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The Conversation

How should Australian media cover the next federal election? Lessons from the US presidential race

Media coverage in Australia of the US presidential election and of the Voice referendum in October 2023 offer some pointers to what we might expect during next year’s federal election campaign.

The Guardian - AU

Suspected postal vote tampering in two Melbourne council elections referred to police

Victorian Electoral Commission says high number of multiple returned votes detected in Knox and Whittlesea city councils

The Conversation

The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse

With the protest hikoi from the far north moving through Auckland on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty in our constitutional arrangements”.

Newcastle Herald

New partnership is a foot in the door for young Indigenous chefs

'We don't just help them get a job ... it's a full-life concept.'

AAP

Dutton supports abortion access, hits out at 'games'

Peter Dutton backs a woman's right to access abortion services, and has hit out at attempts to "play games" with a state-based issue.

Evening Standard

New Zealand's PM apologises to survivors of 'horrific' abuse in state care homes

Christopher Luxon said people in care suffered ‘horrific’ and ‘heartbreaking’ abuse

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Albanese plays ‘captain’s pick’ to maximise Labor’s election prospects in Tasmania

Anthony Albanese prides himself on his eye for a good candidate.

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