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Five Great Reads: fall of an ayahuasca empire, the secrets of self-optimisers, and when digital nomad life turns sour

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

Youth crime crackdown won't break cycle, advocates say

New laws stripping more child offenders from access to prison alternatives have been criticised for failing to tackle the root cause of crime in the Top End.

AAP

Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly to be made permanent and granted decision-making powers under treaty bill

Body will be able to advise ministers on issues directly affecting Aboriginal people in the state

The Guardian - AU

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Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry finds British committed genocide of Indigenous people

Yoorrook Justice Commission says British colonisation of Victoria brought violence, dispossession and lasting harm to Aboriginal communities

The Independent UK

Federal government throws support behind LNP’s controversial new Olympic Games venue at Brisbane’s Victoria Park

Commonwealth commits $3.4bn to Games infrastructure including 63,000-seat stadium that will serve as future home of AFL and cricket

The Guardian - AU

WA police who shot dead Aboriginal woman did not make meaningful attempts to de-escalate, coroner finds

Brent Wyndham – who was acquitted of murder and manslaughter – fired on JC within 17 seconds of exiting his vehicle in Geraldton, inquest ruling says

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs guilty on two of five charges, banks ignoring interest calls, pear dinkum giant

Music mogul guilty of engaging women in prostitution but cleared of trafficking and racketeering; four major banks are not making it easy for customers to claim bonus deal

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'Sense of belonging' helps Indigenous kids at school

Support for Indigenous students including cultural activities, mentoring and connection with Elders is making a difference to attendance, grades and confidence.

AAP

‘A young fella like me doesn’t want to make traditional paintings’: how Indigenous art swept the UK

From distinctive dot paintings to ‘unflattering’ portraits of billionaires, via bloodstained reindeer skulls piled up outside parliament, the diverse work of Indigenous artists is thrilling the art world

The Guardian - UK

Woodside activists vow to fight on despite jail terms

Two climate activists have been handed suspended prison terms for their "harmful" act of letting off stench gas at Woodside's headquarters.

AAP

Freshman politicians go to first day of 'Senate school'

Newly-elected senators have been formally introduced to the upper chamber as they undergo their orientation before parliament resumes.

AAP

Lehrmann inquiry boss's win before corruption appeal

A former judge who led an inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann has scored a win in his bid to challenge findings that he engaged in corrupt conduct.

AAP

Morning Mail: NSW battered by storm, Liberals push for quotas, Trump bill passes

The ‘vigorous coastal low’ continues to wreak havoc; JD Vance casts deciding vote in Senate

The Guardian - AU

The disease impacting Indigenous kids' development

Early detection is key to ensure children thrive as clinical data reveals more than a third of Indigenous children experience "fluctuating" ear disease.

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Yoorrook inquiry's call for redress not off the table

None of the mountain of recommendations made by a landmark truth-telling inquiry are off the table, a state government says.

The Guardian - AU

Hannah Thomas’s injury sparks questions over NSW protester rights. What does the law say?

The altercation has brought into focus the slew of legislation brought in to restrict the right to protest

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s Indigenous people experienced ‘genocide’, truth-telling inquiry says

Yoorrook Justice Commission splits on final report but makes 100 recommendations aimed at healing and reconciliation

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Youth justice in crisis before teen's death: coroner

A coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention says he might recommend another inquiry into the facility.

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Truth-telling inquiry splits on final report findings

Three of the five leaders of an Indigenous truth-telling inquiry did not endorse the key findings in one of its two final reports.

The Guardian - AU

Federal court orders Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media

Wissam Haddad was sued by two members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry over lectures in 2023 recorded in Bankstown

AAP

Police heavy on checking bailed Aboriginal youth: group

Police conduct bail checks on Aboriginal young people at a higher rate than non-Indigenous youth, says a legal group that claims they are being targeted.

AAP

Snap election tipped to return another hung parliament

Polling indicates voters will deliver another hung parliament at a snap election called after a Liberal premier lost a no-confidence motion in parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Union chief’s fund role scrutinised, waves of Gaza airstrikes, Wimbledon boilover

Leader was appointed to construction board despite lack of formal process; searing temperatures in Europe, and heat too much for Popyrin at Wimbledon

The Guardian - AU

Wong meets Rudd in US ahead of Quad meeting – as it happened

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Nice work if you can get it: premier pockets plenty

Parliamentarians in one state have been granted a pay rise, propelling the premier to the position of Australia's second highest-paid politician.

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