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'Too much money is spent on jails and policing': what Aboriginal communities told us about funding justice reinvestment to keep people out of prison

Justice reinvestment emerged in the United States more than 20 years ago as a way to reduce mass incarceration and its vast costs by addressing the social drivers of imprisonment.

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Nhulunbuy in the remote NT hit by crime wave, as long-term residents lament 'disheartening' surge

A wave of destructive crime hitting the Northern Territory has found its way to the beachside town of Nhulunbuy, where businesses and residents are reeling from the damage.

ABC News

From 'technicolour yawn' to 'draining the dragon': how Barry Humphries breathed new life into Australian slang

If slang is the people’s poetry, then Australia lost a poet last week.

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Calls for Australia Post to improve its 'essential service' after five-month wait for mail in outback

Mail posted in November finally arrives in a rural Queensland town that was isolated by flooding, with local leaders calling for urgent road upgrades and Australia Post to improve its services.

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Paul Bongiorno: King Charles’ coronation is a last hurrah for Australian monarchy

Central to the coronation will be the out of sight anointing of the King as God’s chosen, a medieval remnant of the Divine Right of Kings.

The New Daily

NSW government moves on election promise to make temporary public school teachers permanent

More than 1,000 temporary public school teachers are expected to be made permanent by term 3, in what the NSW government says is the first stage of its promised 10,000 conversions.

ABC News

‘We need help’: Northern Territory community racked by violence as residents claim government has abandoned them

Peppimenarti locals say they are living in fear without effective government support as police minister’s visit cancelled due to ‘unrest'

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Family of man shot dead by police question why they weren't called in to help

Desley Ketchup believes her son might still be alive if police had let her or his siblings speak to him during a siege. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of people who have died.

ABC News

New Zealand will ‘ideally’ become a republic one day, says Chris Hipkins

Ahead of King Charles III’s coronation, prime minister voices support for separating from monarchy but says it is not a priority

The Guardian - AU

While the Voice has a large poll lead now, history of past referendums indicates it may struggle

Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has dropped since the first polls that asked about it in late 2022. Analyst Kevin Bonham has plotted all the poll results, and the average Voice support is down from 65% in August 2022 to 57% now.

The Conversation

Tony Abbott hits out at proposed Voice to Parliament, attracting a rebuke from Noel Pearson

Former prime minister Tony Abbott offers a staunch criticism of a proposed constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, just hours after getting into a spat with a parliamentary committee investigating the looming referendum.

ABC News

Fair representation in news makes multicultural Australians feel more at home: new research

Belonging can be defined as a settled feeling. It is about feeling attached to the community and society you live in. Not only does belonging make people feel at home, but it can also help people participate in society.

The Conversation

Heartbreak as slain Sydney paramedic farewelled

Slain Sydney paramedic Steven Tougher has been remembered as a "young man of limitless potential" who was taken too soon, in a moving memorial service.

The New Daily

Why the king’s coronation will be a muted affair in Australia

As Charles III is crowned in London, only one state – Western Australia – is considering a public holiday and republicanism is resurgent

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Australians should be wary of scare stories comparing the Voice with New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong.

ABC News

NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has retired after reaching a settlement with the NT government. How did we get here?

Jamie Chalker retired from his position as the Northern Territory's top cop this weekend, six months before his contract was due to expire. It came after weeks of uncertainty about his employment future.

Newcastle Herald

Expectations of Hunter ministers are high

The wait for big ideas to turn into big-ticket items begins.

ABC News

Leisl Smith's mother pleads for law change allowing dead man's murder trial verdict to be released

The mother of Central Coast woman Leisl Smith who vanished in 2012 calls for laws to be amended to allow a verdict for the man who stood trial for her murder — but died — to be released.

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Old Wynnum Hospital to be converted into aged care facility tailored to First Nations residents, with plans to expand into wellbeing hub

The former Wynnum Hospital site has been handed over to a local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander group, beginning the process of its conversion into a dedicated Indigenous health and aged care facility.

The New Daily

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of our main centre-right party. Could The Voice hasten a sixth?

Peter Dutton’s defensive posture of just appealing to "the base’" and trying to hold the Liberals together may prove the losing gambit.

The Conversation

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of Australia's main centre-right party. Could the Voice campaign hasten a sixth?

Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberals unlikely to bind state MPs to a policy on Indigenous voice, insiders say

Shadow cabinet meets Monday to discuss whether to bind Coalition MPs to a possible future policy position

The New Daily

Voice campaign puts Victorian Liberals’ split in the spotlight

Victorian Coalition MPs are set to decide on a free vote on the Voice, potentially placing them in conflict with a binding federal stance.

The New Daily

Secret settlement oils the exit of NT’s embattled top cop

The NT's top cop has stepped down after reaching a private settlement with the government following weeks of speculation about his future.

Al Jazeera

Caring for the half-wild dogs of Yuendumu’s Aboriginal community

Gloria Morales has spent decades looking after the dogs of a remote Indigenous community in central Australia.

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