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Why some people lose their accents but others don't – linguistic expert

The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities.

The Conversation

Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton’s future in their hands

A loss or even a narrow win will spell trouble for the leader and the party as a whole, which has taken a beating in the past year

The Guardian - AU

Greens senator Nick McKim says climate groups are too afraid to push for change against ‘ecocidal’ government

Australia’s environment movement needs to ‘collectively get its shit together’, senator says

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Fewer kids in detention but more support needed

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare youth justice report shows the number of kids in contact with the criminal justice system is falling.

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Obama event organisers apologise for removing ‘too difficult’ Aboriginal woman from Australia event

‘I am 78 years of age. I have never been treated or spoken to in this way in the past’

The Independent UK

Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don't ask the major parties how we'll get it

Teal candidates again fell short in the NSW election. Only one who was so labelled was successful, and she rejects the terminology. This followed the Victorian state election in which no teal won.

The Conversation

New powers for Qld police in knife crackdown

New Queensland laws expanding random search powers by police have been passed by state parliament.

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Hanson slams Latham’s ‘disgusting’ tweet

Pauline Hanson has labelled one-time Labor leader turned One Nation MP Mark Latham's homophobic slur toward a fellow MP "disgusting", and urged him to

The New Daily

Police confirm officers who shot dead Mareeba man were not wearing body cameras

Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Wheeler says the specialist police who fired the lethal shots "generally don't" wear body cameras, which are standard for first responder QPS officers.

ABC News

One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham under fire for graphic tweet directed at Alex Greenwich

One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham is condemned by the prime minister and party founder Pauline Hanson for making a homophobic remark aimed at independent MP Alex Greenwich.

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Minister ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ with young boys

Milton Orkopoulos used his position as a councillor and government minister to gain the trust of young boys before giving them drugs and sexually abusing

The New Daily

Head of inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann trial expresses despair at meeting deadline after uncovering loophole with police evidence

Walter Sofronoff, who was appointed to run the board of inquiry, expressed despair at meeting his June deadline as a result of a delay in obtaining documents from police.

ABC News

Pauline Hanson slams Mark Latham for homophobic tweet

Pauline Hanson has rebuked NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham after a homophobic tweet directed at fellow MP Alex Greenwich.

AAP

NT government opens voluntary buy-backs for grocery store liquor licences in move to reduce alcohol sales

The voluntary buy-back scheme comes after the introduction of a range of other policy measures by the NT government following the fatal stabbing of a young bottle shop worker last week.

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Human rights commissioner’s view of Indigenous voice ‘likely to mislead voters’, five predecessors say

Exclusive: In joint statement former Australian human rights commissioners say opinion piece by Lorraine Finlay made ‘serious error’

The Guardian - AU

Pauline Hanson calls on Mark Latham to apologise for ‘disgusting’ homophobic tweet

Independent Alex Greenwich does ‘not intend to engage’ with One Nation MP’s comment aimed at him, but others spring to his defence

The New Daily

Dutton misses historic moment in Parliament. You won’t believe why.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has refused to say if he was making a political statement against the Indigenous Voice when he and most of his Coalition

Reuters

Factbox-Five things to know about Australia's planned Indigenous referendum

The Australian government on Thursday took the first formal step towards a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an Indigenous "Voice to Parliament" to advise lawmakers on matters that impact their lives.

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3 reasons you should never view or share videos showing children being assaulted – even if you think it helps 'raise awareness'

Australians have been shocked by an incident on the Sunshine Coast this month in which a 13-year-old girl was imprisoned, assaulted and tortured over many hours, allegedly by three girls aged 12, 13 and 14.

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Milton Orkopoulos allegedly pressured accuser to retract allegations, court hears

A court hears a child who was allegedly abused by Milton Orkopoulos was forced to sign a document retracting his allegations.

ABC News

Ben Dawkins enters WA parliament as Labor seeks expulsion amid family violence order case

Lawyer Ben Dawkins is sworn into parliament as WA's newest MP and promises to support Labor's legislation as the party moves to expel him over allegations he breached 42 family violence restraining orders.

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Minister 'wolf in sheep's clothing' with young boys

Milton Orkopoulos lured young boys in as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" before sexually abusing them in exchange for cash and drugs, a jury has heard.

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Alice Springs Hospital sees sharp fall in domestic violence cases since return of alcohol bans

The Central Australian town of Alice Springs had, for months, been dealing with high levels of assaults and alcohol-related hospital presentations, but new figures suggest that's begun to ease since the Northern Territory government reinstated liquor bans.

AAP

Gordon's historic stint in Qld politics remembered

Queensland politicians have recalled former Cook MP Billy Gordon's impact when he held the deciding vote in a hung parliament for almost three years.

The Conversation

What happened to the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women?

The Australian Senate’s inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women was briefly on the political agenda late last year, with little media coverage.

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