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Halfway through their term, the 'teal' MPs look here to stay – and may present a huge challenge in 2025

Halfway through the 47th federal parliament, we can begin cautiously to gauge the potential historical significance of the “teal” independents.

The Conversation

I once sang Love Is in the Air to Labor’s Stephen Conroy – here’s what it taught me about Canberra lobbying

There is nothing wrong with lobbyists trying to influence the government. But we should know why they’re at Parliament House and who invited them

The Guardian - AU

First Nations remains discovered at site of $3bn Adelaide housing development

The discovery of what an archeological assessment has deemed a burial ground has distressed the Kaurna people, many of whom ‘know in our hearts that it’s probably a massacre site’, according to one activist

The Guardian - AU

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ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigns

ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis will leave the party and parliament after he was stood down over allegations of sexual misconduct.

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Big fines on the books for religious vilification

The state's anti-discrimination act has been amended to make it unlawful to abusively disparage any person or group in speech or writing over their religion.

AAP

‘It’s not viable any more’: global heating sparks first climate class action by Indigenous Australians

On Saibai Island in the Torres Strait, homes are already being inundated by king tides, the cemetery has been affected by erosion and sea walls have been built

The Guardian - AU

Letters to Vernon Marshall, a groundbreaking gay rights advocate in rural Australia

The Tamworth accountant set up a PO Box for his LGBTQ+ liberation movement in 1972. Fifty years later, the mailbox has been revived

The Guardian - AU

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Australians aren’t joining in any more – and it appears to be having big political consequences

Participation in social, community and civic groups fell by between eight and 10 percentage points from 2006 to 2019

The Guardian - AU

Crightons sing praises for little school with big heart

Twilight In The Valley is on December 8.

Newcastle Herald

Albanese has threaded a needle between the US and China. Now he needs to do the same on Israel-Hamas at home

Australia is not a player in Middle East politics – but the domestic fallout from the conflict has significant implications for social cohesion

The Guardian - AU

‘Red-hot anger’: Why Labor is on a ‘tightrope’ over its response to the Israel-Hamas war

Calls for ALP to support a ceasefire grow as rank and file members quit and migrant communities in heartland seats threaten to turn away

The Guardian - AU

Woman cleared of murdering missing 71-year-old lover

A woman has been acquitted of murdering her 71-year-old lover who went missing from his central-west NSW property in 2016.

AAP

‘Sea-country’ alliance could push traditional owners closer to mining industry, critics say

National Sea Country Alliance Summit told that the agendas of environmental groups do not always align with First Nations priorities

The Guardian - AU

Care home refuses to accept baby of 14-year-old resident, prompting magistrate to criticise Queensland authorities

Eoin Mac Giolla R’s judgment says child safety department failed to properly plan for arrival of baby

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'Fall from grace' as former Bathurst mayor sentenced

Former Bathurst mayor Robert "Bobby" Bourke has been sentenced over a blackmail plot involving an anonymous letter to a female councillor who voted against him.

The Guardian - AU

Advance Australia doubled donations to raise nearly $5m ahead of voice to parliament referendum

Documents lodged with corporate regulator also show the rightwing advocacy group spent $3.4m campaigning against Indigenous voice proposal

The Conversation

Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple

For almost ten years, debate has raged over the book Dark Emu by Aboriginal historian Bruce Pascoe. In it, Pascoe argues many pre-colonial Aboriginal groups were farmers, pointing to examples like eel aquaculture in Victoria, and grain planting and threshing of native millet in the arid centre.

The Guardian - AU

NSW dumps $2m ‘wellbeing’ survey that asked if immigrants were taking Australian jobs

Exclusive: Commissioned during the previous Coalition government, the study polled residents about government services as well as immigration and multiculturalism

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Aboriginal woman granted appeal over $1.8m abuse claim

An Aboriginal woman forced into state care decades ago has been granted leave to appeal in her fight for $1.8 million compensation over claims she was abused.

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Soldier denies pool party punch after being 'punk'd'

A magistrate has reserved her decision on an assault charge against former soldier Heston Russell after "quite conflicting evidence" was put before a court.

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'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice

The family of slain paramedic Steven Tougher have planted a fig in his memory in an emotional ceremony in Sydney.

AAP

NT government Middle Arm submission 'laughable': elders

Traditional owners and environmentalists have hit back at the Northern Territory government's submission to the Middle Arm Senate inquiry.

The Guardian - AU

Eric Abetz behind push to dump moderate Liberals, including Bridget Archer, party sources say

Veteran adviser criticises Tasmanian rightwing powerbroker’s ‘factional warfare’ to ‘blast Bridget out of the party’

The Guardian - AU

‘Dehumanising’: Aboriginal teen subjected to spit hood at Victorian prison

Exclusive: Now 18-year-old, who remains in detention, says the treatment was ‘like psychological torture’

AAP

Date set for Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins mediation

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds and former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her partner will meet face-to-face for mediation over their defamation cases.

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