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Calls grow for Australia’s frontier wars to be remembered on Anzac Day

Unofficial acknowledgment of those killed in precolonial conflicts has grown – but commemoration is still being debated

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2023

Lidia Thorpe’s cousins pursuing contentious Victorian treaty negotiations model

Head of traditional owner corporations says Indigenous elders had long fought for current ‘representative structures’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2023

Boy says he feels 'dirty and angry' as woman who raped him when he was 12 is jailed for four years

A boy raped by an older woman says he lost all his friends and felt taken advantage of, as a 26-year-old NSW Central West woman is sentenced to more than four years in jail for the assaults.

ABC News · Apr 24, 2023

Abbott urges PM to restart Indigenous voice process

Tony Abbott says the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous voice will leave Australia 'embittered and divided', whether or not the proposal is successful.

AAP · Apr 24, 2023

Masterpiece vandal fights data access charge

An artist who defaced Frederick McCubbin's Down On His Luck during a protest against Woodside Energy will fight a charge over access to her electronic device.

AAP · Apr 24, 2023

Proposed surfboard leg rope law could see surfers fined for riding unleashed in Byron Bay

A Byron Shire councillor is hoping to introduce a regulation that will see surfers fined up to $1,100 for not wearing a leg rope, likening the practice to being as easy as "'wearing seatbelts".

ABC News · Apr 24, 2023

Representative of Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel clashes with former MP Tim Wilson over Anzac wreath laying

Former Goldstein MP Tim Wilson has a verbal stoush with a representative of sitting MP Zoe Daniel after Mr Wilson laid a wreath at an Anzac event that was to be laid by Ms Daniel's representative.

ABC News · Apr 23, 2023

Labor gains in Newspoll but Voice support slumps in other polls; NSW final results and Queensland polls

A federal Newspoll, conducted April 19-22 from a sample of 1,514, gave Labor a 56-44 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 33% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (down one) and 11% for all…

The Conversation · Apr 23, 2023

Labor increases ground in latest Newspoll result

The government has increased its two-party preferred lead in the latest Newspoll, despite the prime minister's satisfaction rating dropping slightly.

AAP · Apr 23, 2023

The Australian War Memorial must deal properly with the frontier wars

The recent media rounds of the new chair of the Australian War Memorial Council, Kim Beazley, appear to presage a major shift in the institution’s attitude to the frontier wars. Beazley explained it is “enormously important” that the current $550 million renovation of the war memorial provides significant coverage of…

The Conversation · Apr 23, 2023