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Aboriginal Australian ‘national treasure’ Yunupingu dies

Yunupingu played a pivotal role in Aboriginal Australians’ fight for ancestral land rights during the 1960s and 70s.

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NT chief minister refuses to clarify status of NT police commissioner's position, amid reports he has been asked to resign

The NT chief minister has today refused to clarify media reports that Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has been asked to resign, stating several times that the commissioner is on leave.

ABC News

Custodial Services review finds WA prisoner transports being conducted 'safely and efficiently'

A review has found the transport of prisoners in regional WA is being conducted "safely and efficiently", 15 years after the death of an Aboriginal elder due to severe heatstroke in a van that had broken air conditioning.

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Woman left in 'urine-soaked clothes' in prison van

West Australian authorities will review the experience of an Aboriginal woman who was allegedly left in urine-soaked clothes during a prison transfer.

AAP

Liberals to meet on Voice, with Julian Leeser favouring campaign freedom for senior figures

Opposition spokesman for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has delivered a detailed critique of the government’s Voice proposal, ahead of Wednesday’s special Liberal Party meeting to determine its stand.

The Conversation

Court hears former human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique allege husband's push left her with serious wrist injury

A former human rights lawyer tells a court her husband, a prominent Perth doctor, pushed her to the ground and left her screaming in pain during an argument over another woman.

ABC News

Afternoon Update: Yunupingu hailed as ‘one of the greatest Australians’; female cricketers get pay rise; and Paris to ban e-scooters

Nationwide tributes and respects paid to Yolŋu elder and Aboriginal leader who has died aged 74

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Yunupiŋu was a great clan leader, a great family man and very much loved. I wish Australian political leaders could have learned more from him

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Yunupiŋu’s family have given permission for his name and images to be used.

The Conversation

One Nation should sanction Latham: Nationals leader

Pauline Hanson needs to take control of her party and discipline firebrand One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham, Nationals leader David Littleproud says.

AAP

Yunupingu: Indigenous Australian 'national treasure' dies aged 74

Yunupingu, one of Australia's most influential Indigenous leaders has died aged 74, his family said on Monday, months before a referendum on whether to recognise the community for the first time in the country's constitution.

Reuters

Liberal Party to discuss Voice to Parliament position at party room meeting this week

The Voice would be a permanent body to advise parliament, representing First Nations people on policies that affect their lives.

ABC News

It's not easy, but history shows minority government has worked in NSW before. Here's what Chris Minns must do

Although Labor has returned to power in NSW, it will be in a minority government, with probably 45 seats, two short of a majority, to the Coalition’s 36 (assuming the Liberal Party wins the seat of Ryde, where it is currently ahead as counting continues).

The Conversation

David Littleproud calls on One Nation to take action against Mark Latham over tweet

Federal Nationals leader’s comments come as Latham announces he is on leave until NSW upper house results are finalised

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police’s lack of body camera footage of fatal Mareeba shooting labelled a ‘farce’

Civil liberties campaigner says if Australian SAS soldiers can wear body cameras, so should tactical police

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Yunupingu, ‘the rock that stands against time’, leaves an indelible mark in struggle for Indigenous rights

Deeply schooled in traditional law through language, song and dance, this extraordinary Aboriginal leader’s voice will not be forgotten

Newcastle Herald

'Improbable' Orkopoulos would party with skating teens, jury told

"Do you really seriously see the member for Swansea having ... a whole bunch of skateboarding teenagers coming down to the office for a party?"

AAP

'Improbable' ex-MP would party with skating teens

Milton Orkopoulos' lawyers have said it was unlikely the ex-MP would hang with skateboarding teens as they urge jurors to find him not guilty of sexual abuse.

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Tributes flow for Indigenous land rights activist and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leads the tributes for the Gumatj clan leader, remembering him as a man who "walked in two worlds with authority, power and grace".

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‘A great Australian’: Anthony Albanese leads tributes to Yunupingu

‘He now walks in another place, but he has left such great footsteps for us to follow’

AAP

Great sadness settles after Indigenous leader's death

Tributes following the death of Indigenous leader Yunupingu remember him as a great Australian whose legacy will live on for generations to come.

ABC News

A political warrior who walked tall in two worlds — how Yunupingu opened Australia's eyes

From a land rights "radical" to a steely elder who had the ear of successive prime ministers, the late northeast Arnhem Land leader, Yunupingu, leaves a powerful legacy.

The New Daily

Giant of the nation, Indigenous leader Yunupingu dies

Yunupingu's last name and image are used here in accordance with the wishes of his family Visionary land rights pioneer Yunupingu is being remembered by

ABC News

Aboriginal land rights champion Yunupingu dies in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory

One of Australia's most influential Aboriginal leaders, the trailblazing land rights fighter Yunupingu, has died in the Northern Territory aged 74.

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Yunupingu, Yolŋu leader and campaigner for Indigenous rights, dies aged 74

Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament

The Conversation

What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people?

This is the second article in our series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. Read the first article in the series here.

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