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APS staff allowed to work on Australia Day after Morrison rule revoked

Former prime minister Scott Morrison issued a directive shortly before the election, removing the ability to allow APS staff to arrange a substitute day for Australia Day and other public holidays.

The Canberra Times

Voice to Parliament debate likely to increase psychological distress

Experts say it is "a given" that there will be an increase in psychological distress to Indigenous people from the Voice to Parliament debate.

The Canberra Times

Alice Springs mayor Matt Paterson calls for federal police, ADF assistance amid crime crisis

A police operation to stamp out crime in the Central Australian town has seen more than 300 people arrested since November – but mayor Matt Paterson says it's not enough.

ABC News

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Death-in-custody inquest begins into suicide of Aboriginal man Bernard Hector, 31, at Darwin Correctional Centre

At the start of a three-day inquest, the NT coroner has heard Bernard Hector, 31, threatened suicide when he was remanded in custody but was not considered at-risk at the time of his death six weeks later.

ABC News

This Is Australia: First Nations dancers remake Childish Gambino’s This Is America

Dance company Marrugeku has put together a blistering Australian take on the hit song and video, taking in our colonial past and our treatment of refugees

The Guardian - AU

Attorney general tells Dutton to show some ‘national leadership’ on Indigenous voice

Mark Dreyfus wants opposition leader to demonstrate his support for constitutional recognition

The Guardian - AU

An Indigenous Man Claims The Bachelors Botched Its Acknowledgement Of Country

The Kombumerri man said the show paid respects to the wrong peoples.

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NT coroner to probe car crash, suicide deaths of two Indigenous teenagers in care of Territory Families department

The deaths of two teenagers last year while both living in out-of-home care are set to be examined by the Northern Territory coroner.

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Inclusion the aim of Australia Day events

"We should be coming together in the community, Indigenous and non-Indigenous to start healing on this day."

Newcastle Herald

As the first Kimberley evacuees return home, others share survival stories amid record WA flooding

The Fitzroy Crossing resident is thankful to be alive and similar stories of survival are common among the 150 evacuees in the small port town Derby, who are waiting to return to their homes.

ABC News

Woman searches for Aboriginal boys who saved her from drowning in dam 45 years ago

The woman, who is now in her 50s, says she would have died that day if the boys had not rescued her.

ABC News

Lidia Thorpe says Voice support hinges on deaths in custody and child removal reforms

Victorian Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has drawn a line in the sand for the federal government when it comes to securing her support and the support of the Greens for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

ABC News

Not a day to celebrate: Wollongong university staff given option to work on Australia Day holiday

Vice-chancellor says 26 January is seen as Invasion Day by First Nations colleagues and we should ‘be clear about what we’re celebrating’

The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal dispute over stranded yacht

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has claimed ownership of a stranded yacht that washed ashore on Christmas Beach during the Sydney to Hobart race.

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Salvage fight over Sydney to Hobart yacht Huntress as Aboriginal Land Council claims ownership

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania claims a Sydney to Hobart yacht that washed up on a remote beach is the property of Indigenous Australians and they are entitled to a third of its worth, despite the vessel already being salvaged.

ABC News

University of Wollongong gives staff option to work on Australia Day

The University of Wollongong says it acknowledges that January 26 is not a day of celebration for all Australians, following similar moves by other prominent employers.

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Mechelle Turvey, mother of late Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey, to work with Western Australia's police

The grieving mother of an Indigenous Perth teenager — who died after allegedly being bashed while walking home from school — accepts a volunteer role with Western Australia's police.

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Qld remembers First Nations hero Dundalli

The Queensland government has recognised the "state significance" of First Nations hero Dundalli for the first time on the 168th anniversary of his death.

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Decorated former lawyer David Woodroffe formally sworn in as Northern Territory's first Aboriginal court judge

Hailing from the Mudburra and Jingili people, and with parents who were part of the Stolen Generation, David Woodroffe says he hopes to play "a small part in the greater diversity of the justice system ... and the inclusion of Aboriginal people within it".

The Guardian - AU

Linda Burney reveals draft timing for Indigenous voice to parliament vote

Indigenous Australians minister says yes campaign likely to begin in late February with vote held as early as August

ABC News

First Nations mother appeals to the federal government for help in Hague convention custody dispute

A First Nations mother is appealing to the federal government to intervene in an international custody dispute that has separated her from her two-year-old daughter.

AAP

Aboriginal inmate dies in country prison

An Indigenous prisoner has died in a prison after playing basketball, the Western Australian Department of Justice says .

AAP

Time has come for action on voice: Burney

Australians are ready to write a new, inclusive chapter of history with a senior government minister confident people will vote Yes in next year's referendum.

ABC News

Uluru Statement co-author makes the case for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Professor Megan Davis says a Voice would drive real change for Indigenous Australians by giving them a say in policymaking.

Al Jazeera

The racist killing of Cassius Turvey that shocked Australia

Alleged murder of Cassius is the latest in a number of attacks on Australia’s Indigenous children and young people.

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