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The Latest Breaking News on Indigenous Australia

‘We just stopped using it’: bringing back an Indigenous language through children’s books

Wamba Wamba elder Aunty Jenny Crew wants to give kids the chance to learn stories in a language now rarely used

The Guardian - AU

NSW police reject suggestion ‘racism is rife’ in force and say ‘lessons learned’ after Bowraville murders

Police act ‘with respect’ to victims and people in custody, federal inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children hears

The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating’s criticism of Penny Wong labelled a ‘disgrace’ by Labor minister

Pat Conroy says former prime minister wrong on Australia’s strategic environment and military solutions

The Guardian - AU

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Politics in WA has suddenly got very interesting

Tomorrow’s byelection for former WA premier Mark McGowan’s seat of Rockingham has taken on great significance.

Crikey

On why it’s not too late to save Australia’s shrinking identity

‘The raw materials for a lively and vibrant culture are still there. The people’s nation may have shrunk but it hasn’t disappeared.’

Crikey

Pauline Hanson misleads with Voice claims about a new ‘Black state’

The One Nation senator is wrong in her assertions — the Parliament already has the constitutional powers to create new states.

Crikey

Reshuffle ‘in the court of King Wayne’ draws ire

It was musical chairs for Auckland Council committees this week, with one swap-out proving especially controversial.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government should be selling Voice as part of its wider framework for reducing Aboriginal disadvantage

A report this week from the Productivity Commission has exposed – without spelling it out – an odd shortcoming in the Albanese government’s sales pitch for its Voice proposal.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: tributes for Sinéad O’Connor; NSW police form taskforce to tackle gang war; and food companies shrinking products

‘What an amazing woman’ – Russell Crowe recalls meeting the Irish singer in Dublin

The Guardian - AU

David Hunter: British man to be sentenced in Cyprus for manslaughter of terminally ill wife

David Hunter, 76, will be sentenced over at least two days from Thursday.

Evening Standard

NSW Greens call for more transparency over settlement between PwC and ATO

Claim was not related to scandal involving misuse of confidential government tax plans, ATO says

The Guardian - AU

British man to be sentenced in Cyprus for manslaughter of terminally ill wife

David Hunter, 76, will be sentenced over at least two days from Thursday.

The Independent UK

'Racist garden gnome': Councillors vote for statue's heritage status

While some councillors said the statue is without a doubt historically significant to Maitland, others argued the statue has a racist history, and shouldn't be made a Heritage Item.

Newcastle Herald

Fusing traditional culture and the violin: how Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

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The Guardian - AU

‘For kin, family and country’: the Indigenous servicemen finally being recognised

More of Australia’s First Nations service personnel are being uncovered, with some having hidden their heritage due to stigma

The Independent UK

Being colonised by Britain was ‘luckiest thing’ for Australia, says former PM

‘You have to understand that in the 17th, 18th century, colonisation of the land mass of Australia was next to inevitable...’

The Independent UK

Man cleared of murdering wife in Cyprus ‘not getting hopes up’ ahead of sentence

David Hunter, 76, may be able to leave prison this week after being found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of premeditated murder.

Crikey

Year 7 students write to the environment minister. Then department heads turn up

Alice Springs students protested against a new water allocation plan. It spurred a visit from the NT Environment Department.

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Julie Bishop backs Indigenous voice as ‘step in the right direction’

Former Liberal deputy leader tells National Press Club she supports the referendum, but stops short of saying she will actively campaign for yes vote

The Conversation

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must be at the centre, not the margins, of LGBTQIA+ plans and policies

During Sydney World Pride the federal government committed to a ten-year action plan for LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing. This included A$26 million in health research.

Crikey

The Voice’s ‘liberal doom loop’ problem

The nation is now at a crossroads: there’s the path of ugly nationalism and the path of generous patriotism.

Crikey

Chewing on John Howard’s preferred cultural diet

The Australian continues its grand tradition of portraying John Howard as the human expression of mainstream Australia’s pre-political soul.

Crikey

Why the Productivity Commission thinks a Voice is needed to Close the Gap

In a Liberal-commissioned report into a Liberal government agreement, the Productivity Commission details why we need a Voice to Parliament.

The Guardian - AU

The yes voice campaign cannot afford to be drawn in to a rearguard battle with its opponents

To regain momentum it could return to the fundamental aims of the voice, and by appealing to Australians’ sense of honour and justice

Crikey

Referendum in 1967 did two things — but Indigenous recognition wasn’t one of them

Claims that Indigenous peoples are already recognised in the constitution are false, say a constitutional expert and historians.

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