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WA town stops using Wiggles song to deter homeless people; Paul Keating lauds Bill Hayden at state funeral – as it happened

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Family's case over forest worker's death fails

A rare private health and safety prosecution over the death of a young Ngāti Porou forestry worker has been dismissed by the court.

Newsroom.co.nz

Scrap blue cards for First Nations kinship carers, Queensland family and child commissioner says

Damning report finds state’s blue card screening system creates unnecessary barriers to placing children with their families

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Potential misconduct intel not shared with premier

Tasmania's premier says intelligence was provided by a child abuse inquiry about potential public servant misconduct to a state lawyer but not shared with him.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Adelaide family tell of ‘nerve-racking’ Gaza escape; cricketers ridicule ‘Bazball’ dictionary inclusion; and sign up for a blind date

The family are among 20 Australians who have managed to escape Gaza via the Rafah crossing

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’

Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times

The Guardian - AU

SA youth prison only adequately recorded half of hospitalisations, damning watchdog report finds

Shona Reid says ‘gaps in information’ in Kurlana Tapa youth justice centre’s records are hurting transparency and oversight

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NZ PM Luxon unlikely for Pacific Islands Forum

Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he won't be able to form a government in time to attend next week's Pacific Islands Forum.

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Class action probe into Indigenous public housing

Lawyers are investigating the potential for class action on behalf of Indigenous tenants living in "substandard" public housing in remote WA communities.

AAP

Regulating political misinformation isn't easy, but it's necessary to protect democracy

The recent open letter to the prime minister and parliamentarians broke the week-long silence from Indigenous leaders after the country rejected the proposed First Nations Voice to Parliament. The letter emphasised the damage caused by the “lies in political advertising and communication” prevalent in the recent campaign.

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John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism

Former Australian prime minister tells right-wing conference that immigrants should ‘adopt the values and practices’ of their new country

The Guardian - AU

No back door for 5 years: remote community's High Court win is good news for renters everywhere

It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday.

The Conversation

Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire

A referendum on Te Tiriti o Waitangi would be corrosive and unfair, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but there is room for a new government to initiate a mana-enhancing inquiry into recent interpretations of the treaty

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Victoria’s yearly document ‘dump day’ reveals a mix of good, bad and ugly

Among the 241 annual reports released all at once are 45 children’s deaths, triple-zero success and a fish ‘misadventure’ at the zoo

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Young Aboriginal voices key to improving outcomes

A Victorian commissioner says governments and organisations need to listen to the experiences of Indigenous young people if they want to improve their lives.

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No misconduct notices sent to public servants: premier

An MP's claim under parliamentary privilege, that public servants were issued misconduct notices by a child abuse inquiry, has been rejected by the premier.

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Nationals MP defection to Libs sparks leadership talks

A change of leadership for the opposition in Western Australia is on the cards after a Nationals MP swapped camps to join the Liberals.

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Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika could be released after winning high court battle for Australian citizenship

Court rules that another aspect of Coalition-era laws to strip citizenship is invalid

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The Conversation

'Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive': how a police program targeted Indigenous kids

“Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or improperly discriminatory in its effect on children and young people.”

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Youth placed in spit hood, isolated in Victorian prison

The use of spit hoods on children in Victorian adult prisons will be banned after one was placed on a youth despite him never spitting at staff.

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Labor recovers in Morgan after post-referendum slump; LNP leads in Queensland

A federal Morgan poll, conducted October 22–29 from a sample of 1,375, gave Labor a 53–47 lead, a 3.5-point gain for Labor since the previous week. An earlier poll, taken in the week after the Voice referendum was heavily defeated, was the first by any pollster this term to give…

The Guardian - AU

Man charged with murder of Bendigo woman Analyn Osias after she was found dying near children

The 44-year-old man, who Victoria police say was known to the mother, will face court on Thursday

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Australian MPs walk a difficult line on Israel-Hamas conflict

The failure of the Voice referendum appeared to confirm Australians broadly reject propositions they believe to be characterised by divisiveness. There are few geopolitical circumstances more polarising than the drastic flaring of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian government scrambling to prepare for long-planned end of public drunkenness laws

Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day

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Doctor claims damning Veronica Nelson findings unfair

A doctor is appealing against findings made by a coroner who tarnished his reputation over his care of Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson while in custody.

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