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Voice campaigner calls for overhaul of the National Indigenous Australians Agency ahead of Uluru Statement anniversary

The Uluru dialogue six years ago led to the Statement from the Heart and, ultimately, the upcoming referendum that could deliver constitutional change.

ABC News

Referendum working group returns to base camp at Uluru

Six years on from the First Nations National Constitutional Convention at Uluru, members of the referendum working group are gathering at base camp again.

AAP

Labor can’t count on Greens support for petroleum resource rent tax, warns Adam Bandt

Exclusive: Party leader says the reform is ‘weak’ and ‘not worth the napkin it was written on’, accusing government of bending to gas lobby

The Guardian - AU

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‘A gift to Australia’: Indigenous leaders return to Uluru to rally yes vote in voice referendum

Six years after the statement from the heart, Pat Anderson and Megan Davis warn against misinformation in fight for reform

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Labor's national conference looms but the party's rank and file has lost its bite

Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made sure he is out of parliament before it lands.

The Conversation

Stan Grant and Australian media’s racism reckoning

After a three-decade career, the respected Indigenous Australian broadcaster Stan Grant hosted his final TV show on Monday after announcing that he would be stepping down due to racist abuse by viewers.

The Week

Top ACT police investigator was concerned by 'perceptions' officers were colluding with Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers

Commander Joanne Cameron tells an ACT board of inquiry that she warned her officers not to contact Mr Lehrmann's lawyers during his trial.

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Former Bathurst mayor facing blackmail charges didn't think letter was threatening, court told

A district court has been shown a police interview with former Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke where he said an anonymous letter at the centre of a blackmail trial was not threatening.

ABC News

Hundreds of children charged for breaching bail in first two months of controversial Queensland law

State’s human rights commissioner says it is ‘troubling’ Palaszczuk government presents those numbers ‘as some sort of positive achievement’

The Guardian - AU

Ombudsman clears ABC over coronation broadcast

The ABC has been cleared over its controversial coronation broadcast, which led to broadcaster Stan Grant stepping away as host of the Q&A program.

AAP

NSW mayor wanted nothing to do with 'blackmail' letter

The former mayor of Bathurst, accused of misconduct in public office over an anonymous letter, told police he organised postage but didn't know what was inside.

AAP

PM makes plea to opponents to back Indigenous Voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged coalition MPs to back the Indigenous voice, saying the body would provide meaningful action.

The New Daily

Mount Gambier meth addict with penchant for first-aid kits sent back to jail after reoffending

A Mount Gambier man will spend another eight months in jail after stealing credit cards, a first aid kit, coins, and Easter eggs soon after being released for similar offending.

ABC News

Man charged with allegedly making threats against ABC journalist Stan Grant

National broadcaster confirms Q+A host made complaint to Sydney police before a 41-year-old man was charged with two counts of online harassment

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Sydney man charged after allegedly threatening ABC journalist Stan Grant online

A Fairfield Heights man is charged with making online threats towards Indigenous ABC journalist Stan Grant, who last week announced he was stepping aside from his media commitments indefinitely.

Reuters

Western Australia to compensate Aboriginal group for historic mining damage

Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments.

The Conversation

What can we learn from the marriage equality vote about supporting First Nations people during the Voice debate?

In recent months in Australia, we have seen vigilante racism in Rockhampton, booing, abuse and vitriol directed at First Nations footy players, and the appalling treatment of First Nations children jailed in adult prisons.

AAP

Islanders take Barossa gas fight to lender Westpac

Westpac has denied claims it has contributed to potential human rights harms via syndicated loans secured by Santos for its Barossa gas project.

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Family of Aboriginal man disappointed by coroner's findings from death in custody inquest

The family of an Aboriginal man who died in a Cessnock jail cell at 37 years of age in 2021 believe he would still be alive today if he had received correct medical treatment.

ABC News

Indigenous leader who runs social programs wants tougher consequences for parents of young offenders

An Indigenous organisation head who signed a joint letter to WA's leaders highlighting Kununurra's youth crime crisis wants child protection workers to come down harder on parents of children who roam the streets at night.

ABC News

Indigenous leader Fred Pascoe says the Voice is still mysterious to many people

Prominent Indigenous leaders from Australia's north are calling on the federal government to give people more information about the Voice to Parliament or risk a no vote.

ABC News

Samuel Angus Berron fined $2,000 for striking best friend's body after fatal car accident

A man who punched the body of his best friend after he was killed in a car crash is fined $2,000 and handed a good behaviour bond.

ABC News

Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly ramming police in stolen truck near Toowoomba

Police allege two detectives were trapped between the truck and a police car before being thrown across the bonnet and onto the road.

Newcastle Herald

Tensions rise as Cessnock councillors accused of racism in Voice, cultural policy debate

'Abuse is abuse, or I'll claim myself to be Aboriginal.'

AAP

PM makes plea to opponents to back Indigenous voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged coalition MPs to back the Indigenous voice, saying the body would provide meaningful action.

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