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Berejiklian ICAC probe drives integrity changes for MPs

The NSW ministerial code of conduct will be amended with MPs making more frequent disclosures about potential conflicts of interest under the proposed changes.

AAP · Feb 7, 2024

NZ PM Luxon kills contentious Treaty Principles bill

The contentious Treaty Principles bill is effectively dead after NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon said definitively his party will vote it down at second reading.

AAP · Feb 7, 2024

High Court backs traditional owners over mine project

Native title holders in the Northern Territory have won a High Court appeal preserving their rights over a development for a major lead and zinc mine.

AAP · Feb 7, 2024

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Chris Minns warns against use of antisemitic tropes after Greens MP apologises for Jewish lobby comments

Jenny Leong says she didn’t intend to reference cartoon depicting Jews as an octopus during a pro-Palestine forum in December

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

The treatment by police of a 13-year-old autistic boy is shocking – but it fits an appalling pattern

Our marginalised youth, those living with disability and First Nations people are policed in a way the majority of us would not recognise, nor tolerate

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

Morning Mail: Closing the Gap failing, no immunity for Trump, homelessness deaths ‘unacceptable’

Fundamental reform needed if scheme is to be succeed, says scathing report; former US president loses appeal on right to avoid prosecution

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2024

Urgent power shift needed to achieve Indigenous equity

The Productivity Commission has called on all Australian governments to honour their obligations under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

AAP · Feb 6, 2024

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NSW government launches review after court hears Aboriginal baby’s aunt refused as carer due to same-sex relationship

Court told Anglicare Sydney refused to assess woman as a long-term carer and sought to have baby adopted to non-Indigenous couple

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2024

Wong walks tightrope over top court's Israel ruling

The Greens and coalition want the foreign minister to be more resolute in her stance on the world court's ruling on allegations of genocide in Gaza.

AAP · Feb 6, 2024

Amid jeers and boos, strained Māori relations with government dominate national holiday

Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchanges

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2024

Reform call after baby's gay aunt refused as carer

Advocacy groups want legal changes after an adoption agency refused to consider an Aboriginal baby's aunt as a carer because she was in same-sex relationship.

AAP · Feb 6, 2024

Judge accused of assault too unwell to appear in court

A Tasmanian judge accused of emotional abuse or intimidation, as well as assault, has failed to appear in court because he was feeling unwell.

AAP · Feb 6, 2024

Morning Mail: King Charles diagnosed with cancer, charity accused over Aboriginal care, school attendance falls

Monarch will step back from public duties during treatment, palace says; Anglicare refused family member as carer ‘because of same-sex relationship’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2024

Labor factional tensions play out in council preselection battle

It's personal, factional, historic and bitter.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 5, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2024

Anglicare Sydney refused to assess Aboriginal baby’s aunt as carer because she was in same-sex relationship, court hears

Magistrate says orders ‘would have robbed’ the nine-month-old girl, who has complex needs, of being raised by her family

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024

Met Black Police Association chair facing gross misconduct charge over 'inappropriate WhatsApps'

Inspector Charles Ehikioya could be dismissed without notice if his behaviour alleged between 2017 and 2020 is found proven

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2024

Indigenous man called out ‘I’m dying’ with no response from prison staff in hours before death, Victorian inquest hears

Joshua Kerr, 32, was ‘visibly unresponsive’ for 17 minutes before getting medical treatment, counsel assisting the coroner said

AAP · Feb 5, 2024

Prison staff watch on as Aboriginal man dies in custody

Prison staff watched an Aboriginal prisoner as he died and did not enter his cell for 17 minutes after be became unconscious, a coroner has been told.

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AAP · Feb 4, 2024

Indigenous women at risk from lack of DV legal funding

First Nations women face appallingly high rates of domestic and family violence, with stretched specialist legal services having to turn away clients or close.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

Homeless Australians are dying at age 44 on average in hidden crisis

Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation lifts the veil on shocking life expectancy gap and the system failures fuelling deaths

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

One in five Australians lack ‘basic’ electricity protections against issues such as disconnections during heatwaves

Remote and Indigenous communities disproportionately energy insecure, with inequities to become more apparent due to climate change, study co-author says

AAP · Feb 4, 2024

Waitangi flashpoint arrives for NZ's Luxon government

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for NZ's national day as the government is interrogated over policy for Maori.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

Lowitja O’Donoghue: formidable advocate for Aboriginal Australians who overcame adversity and prejudice

Stolen from her mother at the age of two, O’Donoghue became a nationally admired leader and champion for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4, 2024

Lowitja O’Donoghue, celebrated campaigner for Aboriginal Australians, dies aged 91

A member of the stolen generations, the Yankunytjatjara leader was only reunited with her mother through a chance meeting 30 years later

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2024

‘Always a bed in prison’: Australia’s housing crisis blamed for rise in unsentenced prisoners

The number of people held on remand is rising rapidly – and Indigenous Australians are significantly overrepresented

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