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Gold Coast mother charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter as police describe ‘incredibly confronting’ scene

Yingying Xu, 46, arrested and charged after Emmanuel College student Sophie Wang’s body discovered at home in Emerald Lakes area of Carrara

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s about-face on raising the age is its surrender to a fear campaign

The decision will calm the nightly news cycle about youth crime but it has forever damaged the relationship with First Nations communities

The Guardian - AU

In Bathurst, memories of dispossession and war simmer beneath the surface

NSW town hopes to provide opportunity for reconciliation through a greater understanding of 1824 war between white settlers and local Wiradjuri people

The Guardian - AU

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'Wake-up call': one in three kids fail basic standards

Calls to fully fund public schools are rising after the 2024 NAPLAN results showed thousands of students can't meet basic standards for literacy and numeracy.

AAP

Indigenous people over represented in youth crime data

As Victoria backflips on lowering the age of criminal responsibility, NSW data shows Indigenous children feature heavily in its state figures.

AAP

Labor urges court to bin obligations so it can keep documents secret in event of ministry changes

Albanese government brings landmark appeal against original ruling on freedom of information that says documents remain official once portfolio changes hands

The Guardian - AU

One in three children not meeting reading or writing standards: latest Naplan results in six graphs

Results show divisions between genders, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and between students of varying socioeconomic backgrounds

The Guardian - AU

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Dance and circus at Edinburgh fringe: high concepts and sky-scraping feats

This year’s offerings veer from visually stunning to ponderous as performers grapple with big ideas as well as each other’s bodies

The Guardian - UK

Jacinta Allan’s latest backflip has some MPs worried Labor is reacting ‘to every scare campaign’

Decision to walk away from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 prompts outcry from experts – and discontent among party’s progressives

The Guardian - AU

Victorian government accused of undermining rule of law in bid to avoid Lawyer X scandal payouts

Lawyers express concern over Labor’s proposed reforms to prevent ‘specified human sources’ suing government or police

The Guardian - AU

'They're failing my people': calls for climate trigger

A climate trigger is urgently needed to stop gas and mining projects destroying Australia's environment, activists and Indigenous people say.

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Dancing the story of the celestial emu for science week

A new film will be shown at the Sydney Observatory, representing the story of the Indigenous emu constellation for National Science Week.

AAP

Age of criminality broken promise raises treaty fears

Indigenous leaders are raging at the Victorian government for breaking its promise to raise the age of criminality to 14 ahead of treaty talks.

AAP

Mum and son guilty of murder after mowing down teen

A mother and son have been found guilty of murdering teenager Taj Jared Hart, who they deliberately hit with their ute before fleeing the scene.

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Morning Mail: voters against treaty or truth-telling commission, baby foods flunk tests, UK anger at Elon Musk

Guardian Essential poll shows only one-third of voters back Indigenous treaty; all baby and infant foods fail to meet WHO standards; former Twitter boss calls for strengthened online safety laws

AAP

Ex-PM reveals huge attacks toll cost Reynolds ministry

Ex-prime minister Scott Morrison says Linda Reynolds was removed from the defence portfolio because Labor's prolonged political attack injured her.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: only one-third of voters want a treaty, truth-telling commission or Indigenous voice

Exclusive: But more than half of the 1,132 respondents say government should continue working with Australia’s First Nations peoples

The Guardian - AU

‘Labor doesn’t care what we think’: doctor to take on Tony Burke in safe western Sydney seat

Dr Ziad Basyouny is the first of several independents expected to challenge federal Labor seats amid the Israel-Gaza war

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Crackdown on foreign fighters in terror zones extended

The federal government is set to extend laws banning Australians from travelling to areas overseas known to be terror hotspots.

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Hawks racism report author accused of stealing $779k

The author of Hawthorn's damning report into racism, Phil Egan, is accused of fleecing almost $800,000 from an Indigenous organisation he worked for.

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Amber Haigh’s body may have been put in Pajero and dumped on way to train station, murder trial hears

Robert and Anne Geeves are accused by the prosecution of conspiring to deliberately impregnate the teenager so they could take her baby. They deny the accusations and have pleaded not guilty

AAP

Ex-teacher denies historical child sexual offences

An-ex teacher has proclaimed his innocence when released on bail, charged with sexual crimes against 19 children at a Brisbane school from the late 1980s.

The Conversation

Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening

The recent Closing the Gap report had some promising news for education, with a 25% increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in childcare over the past seven years.

AAP

Indigenous knowledge priority for science and research

The science and research framework has made Indigenous knowledge a priority for guiding government, universities and the private sector.

AAP

Dutton undermined Reynolds, defamation trial told

Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins' defamation trial has heard the senator believed Peter Dutton undermined her and Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial was political.

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