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

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 11

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 · Jul 11

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 · Jul 10

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

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

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.

AAP · Jul 9

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…

The Times of India · Jul 9

'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.

AAP · Jul 9

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.

AAP · Jul 9

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.

AAP · Jul 8

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.

AAP · Jul 8