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How does the Liberal Party's Voice policy stack up against the proposed referendum?

Despite the political acrimony over the Voice referendum, what’s most striking is the similarities between the positions of the Coalition and the Labor government.

The Conversation

Wrong groupchat horror brings drama to NZ Greens

A New Zealand Greens MP as been called a "crybaby" in a message accidentally sent to the wrong groupchat by a fellow MP and party member.

AAP

Outcry as Australian opposition refuses to back constitutional recognition of Indigenous people

Leaders condemn the Liberal Party over ‘Judas betrayal’ after it said it would campaign against establishing an Indigenous ‘voice to parliament’

The Guardian - AU

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Mining giant Santos given approval to re-activate four coal seam gas wells in NSW

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are vowing to fight the decision.

ABC News

WA Police officer Alister Swift guilty of assaulting woman during Cloverdale arrest

Police officer Alister Swift, 33, is found guilty of illegally handcuffing a woman and then assaulting her, including forcing her to the ground, dragging her across the floor and kicking her in the foot.

ABC News

Anxious man armed himself to cope, stabbed victim

Duldong Deng armed himself to cope with his anxiety, but instead it led to the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yohana Apia in Melbourne in October 2021.

AAP

Marles: Australia can learn from NZ on Voice

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has labelled New Zealand "the place of global best practice" on First Nations issues on a visit to Wellington.

AAP

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Liberals accused of 'Judas betrayal' in opposing voice

Peter Dutton has been accused of betraying the nation after confirming the Liberal Party won't support the Indigenous voice proposal.

AAP

Coronial inquest reveals 'catastrophic' breakdown in teen's state care before suicide

South Australia's State Coroner has found the Department of Child Protection "missed opportunities" that "may well have prevented" the death of a 13-year-old boy who took his own life while in state care. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a…

ABC News

Anti-transgender chalk graffiti across Ballarat does not reflect wider community, advocates say

Footpaths across the city have been targeted for harmful chalk graffiti, including outside the offices of local MPs and the City of Ballarat, and the local ABC bureau.

ABC News

The Liberal Party's 'no' position on Voice signals it's primarily interested in speaking to a nation that no longer exists

The Liberal Party’s decision to formally oppose the federal government’s model for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament amounts to a resounding “no” position – but perhaps not in the way party leader Peter Dutton thinks.

The Conversation

Referendum will be 'generational issue': elections boss

The electoral commissioner says he expects there to be more passion ahead of the voice referendum compared to federal elections.

AAP

'Judas betrayal': Indigenous Australians denounce opposition for rejecting referendum

Senior Indigenous leaders on Thursday criticised Australia's main opposition party's "Judas betrayal" for declaring it would campaign against a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Aboriginal and Torres Island people.

Reuters

Youth offenders drop, serious crime rises again in Qld

New state government statistics show the rate of serious crimes in Queensland has risen for consecutive years.

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Noel Pearson accused Peter Dutton of 'preparing the grave' to bury the Uluru Statement, after Liberals reject Voice proposal

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.

The Independent UK

Government must stick to its promises in wake of Windrush scandal, PM told

The scandal saw British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation.

AAP

Liberal Party 'at a crossroads' after election losses

Moderate Liberal Bridget Archer says a decision not to support an Indigenous voice is the latest example of the party not behaving as an alternative government.

The New Daily

Liberals commit ‘Judas betrayal’ in opposing Voice

Uluru Statement architect Noel Pearson says the federal Liberal Party is out of step with the Australian people by not supporting an Indigenous voice.

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The Guardian - AU

Pat Dodson takes leave from Senate - as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: royals’ wealth exposed, Inland Rail blowout, Putin’s paranoid lifestyle

New Guardian investigation sheds light on the more than £1bn in income the royal family made from controversial estates

ABC News

Deadly Little Dolphins program looks to find Australia's next First Nations Olympic or Paralympic swimming champion

Australia has historically lacked First Nations representation in the Olympic pool — but this program is looking to change that by Brisbane 2032.

ABC News

ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific, putting Pacific people at the centre of the storytelling

When Tahlea Aualiitia talks about hosting the ABC's new Pacific-focused news and current affairs TV program, The Pacific, her voice breaks and she becomes emotional. It's a career milestone, but also much more than that.

AAP

Don't miss opportunity for reconciliation, PM says

Leading Indigenous academics and the prime minister are confident Australians will support a constitutionally enshrined voice, despite Liberal Party opposition.

The Guardian - AU

The Scott Morrison factor: could a federal seat shape the race for the NSW Liberal leadership?

Mark Speakman is seen as a frontrunner for opposition leader, but he is said to be weighing a move to Canberra

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s voice stance doesn’t protect Indigenous people. The no campaign is already scaring them

The opposition leader says he wants a civil referendum debate, but these political games are having real-world consequences

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