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Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will switch the government’s focus in Indigenous affairs policy towards the economic empowerment of First Nations communities, in a speech at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Reynolds-Higgins defamation case begins; PwC chief’s $1.2m bonus; and a screaming Egyptian mummy

Liberal senator is suing former staffer over social media posts she alleges damaged her reputation

The Guardian - AU

Watchdog calls for cop phone taping after false claims

The case of an former premier's son who falsified details of a phone call has led a police watchdog to recommend better technology in stations.

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Peta Credlin nominated for Kennedy award despite Uluru statement report failing factcheck

Credlin’s report was removed by Facebook after RMIT factcheckers found its central claim was incorrect – a finding subsequently disputed by Sky

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous Australians want a seat at the table when it comes to conservation. Here’s how we might get there

Globally, many Indigenous people want to help protect their traditional lands and waters, drawing on knowledge stretching back millenia. Indigenous people have an obligation to look after species and habitats that are culturally important to them.

The Conversation

Senator labelled a villain in Higgins' 'fairytale'

Brittany Higgins made allegations of ill-treatment, ostracism, bullying and harassment but none of it was true, Senator Linda Reynolds' lawyer told a court.

AAP

Consumer watchdog urges crackdown on businesses using Centrepay to cause financial harm

It is alleged energy companies deducted money from welfare payments of people, including Indigenous Australians, who were no longer customers

The Guardian - AU

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Queensland police data shows youth crime at near-record lows. So why the ‘tough on crime’ election talk?

The LNP has its ‘adult time for adult crime’ policy and Labor touts its ‘toughest in the nation’ stance

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Welcome King Charles, farewell the republic as Albanese casts aside lost causes

Anthony Albanese can’t escape the powerful symbolism. In October he is due to greet King Charles on Australian soil – hard on the heels of formally burying Labor’s hopes of turning Australia into a republic.

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Labor’s first female frontbencher and feminist trailblazer immortalised in Canberra statue

Susan Ryan found it ‘intolerable’ that women were not treated equally, introducing world-leading legislation on sexual harassment

The Guardian - AU

‘Completely outrageous’: Indigenous leaders condemn worsening Closing the Gap data

Annual report finds only five of the 19 measures monitored are considered to be on track

The Guardian - AU

Lord's Prayer axing from parliament off the table

The Victorian government has walked away from an election pledge to work towards replacing the daily tradition of reciting the Lord's Prayer in parliament.

AAP

Women's rights pioneer honoured for life of advocacy

One of Australia's most important female politicians has been commemorated for introducing a world-leading act that would protect millions of people.

AAP

Morning Mail: Jess Fox snares second gold, university staff face violent threats, Matildas out of Olympics

Jess Fox defends Olympic canoe single title; old-school cheating still rampant at Australian universities; fears of regional war spread after Hamas leader’s death

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More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?

The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in the year before full-time schooling, there has been a 25% increase in enrolments over the past seven years.

AAP

Indigenous inequality not solvable overnight: PM

Just five of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to being met, a report says, leading to calls for the federal government to step in and do more.

The Guardian - AU

Yvonne Weldon has already made history. Now she’s out to shake up Sydney’s mayoral race

The council’s first Aboriginal councillor in its 180-year history is driven by a passion to ‘cycle change’ the city

The Guardian - AU

‘Deeply troubling’ trends found in first Closing the Gap report since voice referendum defeat

Malarndirri McCarthy suggests bipartisan approach needed for ‘positive change’ as report shows key Indigenous measures sliding backwards

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Indigenous suicide and incarceration are increasing, according to latest Closing the Gap report

The rate of suicide among Indigenous Australians is increasing, as is the rate of children in out-of-home care, according to the latest Closing the Gap report released by the Productivity Commission.

Newcastle Herald

'Men need to be accountable': domestic violence project's new approach

Men need to be 'responsible and visible' on domestic violence.

The Conversation

About half the Asian migrants we surveyed said they didn’t fully understand how our voting systems work. It’s bad for our democracy

When an election rolls around, most of us know what to do on voting day. With varying degrees of enthusiasm, we go to our closest polling place, give our details and cast our ballots. After a century of compulsory voting, it seems pretty straightforward.

The Guardian - AU

‘Walk with me’: new Indigenous Australians minister Malarndirri McCarthy wants a new kind of discourse

As she begins role, McCarthy vows to work collegially with all sides of politics to improve outcomes for First Nations people

AAP

Prisons boss says he was 'scapegoat' after teen died

A former corrective services boss says he was blamed for government failures after an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in custody.

The Guardian - AU

‘Preference whispering’: regularly exploited voting system should be scrapped, Victorian inquiry finds

Labor-led inquiry calls for end to group voting tickets that have benefited micro parties

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition’s home affairs experiment was doomed to fail. Tony Burke has a huge job on his hands

The vision of making immigration function as part of Australia’s national security and law enforcement apparatus is hopefully over

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