Family won't give up on missing mum and sibling The children of Veronica Lockyer, who vanished in WA more than 20 years ago with their baby sister, say they'll never give up looking for the pair. AAP · Jun 28, 2023
The Architecture AU Award for Social Impact announces its joint winners The Architecture AU Award for Social Impact 2023 announces joint winners: the Fulcrum Agency and Kaunitz Yeung Architecture Wallpaper · Jun 27, 2023
The Voice alone won't solve the issues facing Indigenous people. Everyone has to do that work During this year’s Reconciliation Week I asked the group of non-Indigenous students I was teaching “who is responsible for doing Reconciliation work?”. The Conversation · Jun 27, 2023
Williams advocates for Voice in Hall of Fame speech Port Adelaide AFL premiership coach Mark Williams has delivered a stirring and passionate Hall of Fame induction speech to advocate for Indigenous footballers. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Concerns flagged over reforms to ban hate symbols Proposed reform to ban Nazi and Islamic State symbols has raised concerns among collectors, historical societies and faith groups over unintended consequences. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Calls for Victorian government to scrap Covid fines as data shows minority groups more likely to be penalised Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
Afternoon Update: drug kingpin shot dead; Victoria police accused of racial profiling; and Kyrgios backs Saudi tennis push The ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade has been killed in his car in an underground car park in Bondi Junction The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
Albanese hits campaign trail ahead of by-election Voters in the federal seat of Fadden have 13 candidates to choose from, including a councillor, a health educator and an Aboriginal community worker. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Advocates slam politicians for failure on homelessness The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released Census data estimating more than one in five people experiencing homelessness identifies as Indigenous. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Daryl Maguire visa fraud case delayed by new evidence A visa fraud case against Daryl Maguire has stalled while the former NSW Liberal MP awaits ICAC's findings into his relationship with Gladys Berejiklian. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Media must not confuse voters about Indigenous support for voice, Anthony Albanese says PM reels off names of prominent yes campaigners backing ‘a moment of national unity’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
Court prods attorney-general over Section 112 push The Constitutional Court has asked the attorney-general for an update on a petition lodged against the Move Forward Party (MFP) and its leader Pita Limjaroenrat over their policy to amend the lese majeste law. Bangkok Post · Jun 26, 2023
Morning Mail: Putin says mutiny leaders ‘betrayed their country’, Albanese’s approval falls, women win Ashes Test Russian president makes appearance in late-night TV address, and Australian government ministers to tour country to drum up voice support as PM’s approval ratings slump The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023
A new study of Warlpiri language shows how 'baby talk' helps little kids learn to speak Parents and other caregivers typically modify their speech when they talk to babies and young children. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023
AAP · Jun 26, 2023 'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation An Aboriginal teen who spent more than two years on remand in a Queensland youth detention centre was in solitary confinement for much of that time.
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023 Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask themselves when covering stories about Māori There is little evidence to suggest Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream news media critically evaluate their own reporting on issues about or affecting Māori and te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi). This is concerning, given the negative framing of so much coverage, past and present.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023 I remain undecided on the Indigenous voice to parliament. And I’m exhausted As an Arrernte woman, I feel stuck with a choice between systems I do not trust and the fear of giving in to rabid racists
The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023 Case of Queensland teenager who likely spent 500 days in solitary ‘most egregious’ on record Treatment of disabled Indigenous youth who was regularly kept in room for more than 20 hours a day may amount to torture, advocates say
The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023 Matt Kean lashes Icac for ‘public political lynching’ of Gladys Berejiklian as report release looms Findings of prolonged investigation into former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire and the former NSW premier will be released on Thursday
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023 Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023 This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review – black and British… and a world apart In this passionate and timely if sometimes tetchy study, the cultural critic argues that Britain should consider race from its own perspective rather than adopt America’s battles
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023 Support for the Voice to Parliament slumps in Newspoll, along with Albanese's ratings In this week’s federal Newspoll, conducted with a longer-than-usual fieldwork period (June 16–24) from a larger-than-usual sample of 2,303 people, the “no” vote to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament took the lead by 47–43%, reversing a “yes” lead of 46–43% three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2023 Deputy PM says Russia uprising ‘a crack in the edifice’ – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2023 Morning Mail: tributes follow sudden death of Simon Crean, teen’s 500 days in solitary, Australia on top in Ashes Australia’s political leaders honour the legacy of the former Labor leader following his shock death, aged 74
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2023 Between nostalgia and amnesia: the legacy of Julia Gillard as PM, 10 years after her ousting On June 26 2013, as she fronted the press gallery in Canberra after her removal as leader of the Labor Party, Julia Gillard was determined not to cry. In her prime ministerial resignation speech, she asked not for pity, but rather for a meaningful national conversation about gender and politics,…