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WA Premier Roger Cook says 'sorry' as he dumps Aboriginal cultural heritage law

The Western Australian government, announcing it is backing down on its controversial law to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, has apologised to the people of the state for getting it “wrong”.

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Lehrmann case shouldn’t shake faith in justice system, police union says

Association chief urges community to come forward with complaints as fallout from Sofronoff inquiry into ACT prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann continues

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Walter Sofronoff cancels Queensland Media Club event discussing ‘presumption of innocence’

Head of ACT inquiry was scheduled to front ‘Politics, journalism and social media v The presumption of innocence’ event alongside News Corp journalist

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Mark Latham to argue homophobic tweet about Alex Greenwich was ‘honest opinion’ in defamation defence

NSW One Nation leader will defend himself against action brought by Greenwich, who says he has been subjected to ‘threats’ since Latham’s comments

The Guardian - AU

No vote overtakes yes in all states except Victoria, Guardian Essential poll shows

‘Hard no’ opposition to the Indigenous voice rose in July but young people, women remain strong supporters

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Dark Noon review – extraordinary outsider vision of American history

South African actors replay the brutal events of the US’s formation as a catalogue of poverty, struggle, violence and pain

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ACT chief minister accuses Walter Sofronoff of breaching ‘good faith’ by speaking to journalists during Lehrmann inquiry

Andrew Barr accuses head of inquiry of a ‘lapse of judgment’ and raises prospect of prosecution over leaks

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New report into Lehrmann prosecution mires case in yet more controversy

The ACT government on Monday officially released the report from the inquiry into the prosecution of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann over the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019. Lehrmann has consistently denied the allegation.

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Owners on notice: burnt out eyesore faces demolition threat

A ramshackle house at Awaba has become such an eyesore that the local council plans to make an order for the owner to demolish it.

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Peter Dutton says voice no campaign spokesperson Jacinta Price ‘misspoke’ by saying he attended the Garma festival

The opposition leader is under fire for not attending the festival, calling it ‘a love-in for the yes advocates’

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Bruce Lehrmann trial judge says criticism of lawyers has become ‘oppressive and unfair’ in rare warning

ACT supreme court chief justice Lucy McCallum’s statement comes as government prepares to release report into Lehrmann’s prosecution

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How does the South Australian Voice to Parliament work and what does it tell us about how a national Voice might work?

Australia will go to the polls later this year to decide whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution. Meanwhile, South Australia created its own First Nations Voice in March.

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Too many school students are falling behind: how do we help those most at risk?

There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy.

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In 1951, corroboree dancers in Darwin went on strike: their actions would reverberate as far as Melbourne

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

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Shane Drumgold resigns after sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the Lehrmann case

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, has resigned in the wake of an independent inquiry’s sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

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Former Nationals MP Andrew Gee accuses opposition of using case against voice as fundraiser for the LNP

The Member for Calare, who quit the Nationals over referendum, also told Garma festival Coalition had ‘rocks in its head’ and would be seen as ‘reconciliation wreckers’

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Garma festival: Yunupingu’s legacy, the Indigenous voice and the fight for ‘a world that is better than the past’

Djawa Yunupingu says Yolngu have hope for the future and the referendum is a chance to unite Australia

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Labor faces push to triple number of NT and ACT senators and give territorians a bigger say in referendums

Exclusive: Under national conference proposal, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory would have six senators

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Noel Pearson says Indigenous voice is not about ‘party politics’ and will cut wasteful spending

Pearson says referendum is not a competition ‘between blue and red’ after Anthony Albanese’s Garma festival speech

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Australian Christian Lobby says plans to combat social media misinformation will ‘cancel Christian posts’

Claim comes despite draft of bill explaining media regulator will not be empowered to request specific content be removed from digital platforms

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PM accuses Coalition of ‘creating noise and confusion’ over voice – as it happened

Australia has ‘nothing to fear and everything to gain’ from a yes vote, Anthony Albanese says

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What is the Sofronoff report and why has it caused such a scandal?

An inquiry’s report into the ACT prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann was prematurely released to journalists. Here’s everything you need to know

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Anthony Albanese vows ‘no delaying or deferring’ of Indigenous voice vote

In Garma speech, PM says there is ‘nothing to fear and everything to gain’ and no vote in referendum would only lead to ‘more of the same’

The Guardian - AU

Voice, treaty … and T-shirts: why Anthony Albanese is struggling to sidestep the referendum scare campaign

The prime minister began his week with a joke about his Midnight Oil T-shirt – but it got less and less funny as the days went by

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‘An opportunity to be lifted up’: Anthony Albanese hails local clan council as model of Indigenous voice at Garma festival

The event began with a solemn and loving tribute to beloved late Gumatj leader Yunupingu

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