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'Ditch the Witch' billboard truck pulled off the road

A truck with a digital billboard calling for a state premier to be "ditched", which the prime minister has labelled sexist, has been taken off the road.

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Liberal leader has 'heavy heart' criticising One Nation

Angus Taylor has been accused of "appalling" attacks on Pauline Hanson's right-wing party but has refused to condemn her meeting with a notorious UK activist.

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Hunt goes on for botched kidnap, extortion masterminds

Police have made a string of arrests over the botched kidnapping and murder of an 85-year-old grandfather, with an alleged ringleader now charged.

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Layla Jeffery, 13, was ‘somewhat shy’ and ‘well-liked’. A Victorian town is struggling with her alleged murder

Donald – a small community about 280km from Melbourne – is grieving after a missing teenager was found dead

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‘We should be dead’: Perth’s Indigenous community felt ignored after alleged Invasion Day bombing attempt, inquiry told

Police were told of unspecified threats before the 26 January rally but did not meet with organisers until after, parliamentary inquiry into racism told

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Victims advocate to hold government agencies to account

Experience with tragedies including the Bondi shooting and a horrific wedding bus crash will help a new victims' advocate hold government agencies to account.

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'Losing battle': racism surge since voice vote defeat

Australia has gone backwards in its treatment of Indigenous people as online racist abuse surges since the voice referendum, an inquiry has been told.

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Hanson says Australia has a ‘language problem’ due to immigration. After arriving with little English, Marziyah is now a lawyer with a mission

If given the opportunity people ‘can learn English, just like myself, and they can contribute back to the community’, the 28-year-old says

The Guardian - AU

Victorian crossbench MP warns voting system overhaul must be backed by broader reform – as it happened

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As One Nation surges in the polls, why are the Greens being left behind?

Experts believe ‘Greens voters and One Nation voters have similar concerns’ and the party must capitalise on the emerging anti-establishment mood

The Guardian - AU

Child abuser who preyed on orphans housed at Christian Brothers property

Exclusive: Records obtained by the Guardian show property owned by Catholic order used to house at least two brothers with horrific histories of child sexual abuse

The Guardian - AU

'It's something you never get over': the enduring pain as family wait for answers

It is 35 years since Penny Hill was rushed to John Hunter Hospital with head and face injuries.

Newcastle Herald

'Failing us': commissioner quits over child safety laws

A children's commissioner has resigned in protest over a territory's controversial child protection reforms.

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Ex-staffer lands cabinet post, Indigenous MP overlooked

An ex-chief of staff to two premiers has been promoted to a mystery cabinet position as a state Labor caucus ignores calls for an Indigenous MP to get the job.

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The Guardian - AU

NT children’s commissioner resigns over child protection changes that remove Indigenous placement principle

Shahleena Musk says she is ‘increasingly concerned’ by NT government changes she claims ‘suggest a reduced commitment to transparency, accountability, and evidence-based decision making’

The Guardian - AU

A Short History of Longans by Mirandi Riwoe review – a moving family portrait devoured in one sitting

Riwoe’s commanding new book traces a Chinese Australian family across four generations – all connected by one old longan tree

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First Nations maternity care boosting health outcomes

Culturally tailored midwifery is helping close the gap between health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous babies, with almost half born healthier.

The Times of India

An aboriginal Australian community in northern Queensland speaks a language with no words for left or right, only north, south, east and west

Imagine asking someone to move their "left foot" and receiving a puzzled look, not because they misunderstood you, but because their language has no words for left or right. Instead, speakers of Guugu Yimithirr, an Aboriginal Australian language spoken in northern Queensland, would say "move your east foot" or "step…

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'Complex': man charged with 17-year-old girl's murder

Days after a girl was found unconscious, police have charged a man with the 17-year-old's murder, saying he was in a "domestic relationship" with the child.

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Suspected bikie captured days after escaping custody

Police have arrested a man who made a break for freedom while being escorted to an ambulance in the latest thwarted escape by alleged bikies.

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Indigenous activist 'obliged to save slaughtered kin'

An Aboriginal woman whose attempt to set up a court hearing on Country was unsuccessful has spoken about her obligation to protest forests.

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Massive kava haul seized by police after tip off

A tip off has led to police discovering a massive kava haul with a street value of more than $100,000 in a remote community about 500km east of Darwin.

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Big things: NAIDOC Week kicks off in 'deadly' style

A deadly piece of art has been chosen to celebrate National NAIDOC Week - although its creator uses a different word to describe it.

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Multiple child safety reports before little boy's death

Families gathered at a local community pool to remember a little boy allegedly murdered by his mother, leaving behind a teddy bear and a small blue unicorn.

The Guardian - AU

Child protection services contacted before four-year-old’s alleged murder as police investigate cannibalism claim

Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on Saturday

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