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Aussie basketball star 'gifted' baby by sister-in-law as part of ancient indigenous custom

Women's National Basketball League MVP Cayla George has opened up about the birth of her baby daughter Pearl, who was "gifted" to her by her sister-in-law after she and her husband Kailou were unable to conceive

Daily Mirror

Senate probe clears Lidia Thorpe of contempt over undisclosed relationship

A parliamentary investigation into senator Lidia Thorpe's undisclosed relationship with a former motorcycle gang leader has cleared her of contempt of parliament.

ABC News

Dumped Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons set to take on independent Gareth Ward in Kiama

Melanie Gibbons made the announcement to take on the independent member for Kiama hours ahead of nominations closing.

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Former AFP assistant commissioner fronts inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker in Alice Springs

A former assistant commissioner of the Australian Federal Police has criticised the executive oversight of the team deployed to Yuendumu to arrest Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, describing it as "totally lacking".

ABC News

Libs cutting it fine to name Port Stephens candidate

Four years ago, Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian declared Port Stephens crucial to the overall election result.

Newcastle Herald

Aunty Sherry Tilberoo’s family call for ‘accountability’ over her death at Brisbane watch house

Indigenous woman’s relatives tell inquest they want to make sure ‘this never happens again’

The Guardian - AU

Canberra woman suing Alexander Maconochie Centre says her human rights were violated in 'degrading' strip search

A former prisoner says it felt like she was being "pack raped" when officers removed her from her cell before a strip search that she says breached her human rights.

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Greens lawyers told me to say I dated bikie: Thorpe

Senator Lidia Thorpe says she only shared one kiss with a former bikie despite previously admitting the pair had been in a relationship.

AAP

Indigenous woman's death in custody was not 'inevitable or acceptable', sister tells inquest

Sister of woman who died in custody at a Brisbane watch house tells inquiry she should still be here today.

ABC News

Australia Post suspends mail delivery to hundreds of Alice Springs homes after alleged attacks

A series of alleged attacks against a veteran Alice Springs postie has prompted a letter telling some residents their mail will stay at the post office for collection.

ABC News

'Never again' says family at deaths in custody inquest

Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.

AAP

NT police unit involved in Kumanjayi Walker shooting was a ‘paramilitary group’, inquest told

Academic also tells coroner that texts sent by constable Zachary Rolfe showed a ‘cowboy’ mindset with a ‘sense of impunity’

The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal elders give federal court evidence on FMG Pilbara dispute

The Federal Court has heard evidence as part of a long-running dispute between traditional owners and Andrew Forrest's resources company.

ABC News

Labor's Lucy Hood welcomes brother Ben Hood to parliament as Liberal MP in historic first

A new Liberal MP has been sworn in to South Australia's Legislative Council but Ben Hood's first day of parliament has been a bit different to most, with his sister Lucy, who is a Labor MP welcoming him to the house.

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NSW premier's brother Jean-Claude Perrottet back in Sydney after evading Hills Shire Council inquiry

Jean-Claude Perrottet is filmed by Channel Nine in Sydney but did not explain where exactly overseas he had been during the inquiry hearings.

AAP

Elders giving evidence in Fortescue compensation case

The Federal Court is holding on-country hearings in the case that will decide how much compensation Fortescue must pay the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara.

ABC News

Moira Shire Council sacked in wake of murder of Rick Devlin by Andrew Robert Paterson

A commission of inquiry into Moira Shire Council found that there was "good reason" to believe that Rick Devlin's death at the hands of a council depot worker was "preventable".

AAP

Undercount fears as New Zealand conducts census

Harry Styles and the Sri Lankan men's cricket team are among the visitors to New Zealand that will have to fill out the five-yearly census - or face fines.

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Newcastle Herald

'You just have to fight it': sexual assault survivor Sarah Williams named Local Woman of the Year

Sarah Williams almost didn't live to share her story.

ABC News

Northern Territory Children's Commissioner found not guilty of abuse of office after case withdrawn

After a direction from the presiding judge on Tuesday morning, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in Colleen Gwynne's trial.

Newcastle Herald

Coalition's $102m election promise for Scone hospital

It is the largest campaign promise in the Hunter so far.

AAP

Newspoll shows support for voice to parliamnt slipping

A special Newspoll shows support for an Indigenous voice to parliament is down, falling from 56 per cent at the start of the year to 53 per cent now.

The Guardian - AU

Governor’s language shifts on future hikes – as it happened

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AAP

Rolfe police unit 'definitely a paramilitary group'

A specialist NT police unit sent to arrest Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker was "definitely a paramilitary group", an inquest has been told.

AAP

Bail law changes not good enough, legal groups say

Legal groups are cautiously optimistic about the Victorian government's plans to overhaul the state's bail laws.

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