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States power up to shut down nuclear ambitions

As the federal opposition attempts to force the construction of nuclear reactors, state leaders say they will not go down without a fight.

AAP · Jun 20, 2024

ACT open to banning young people from using social media platforms

But the territory wants a nationally consistent approach.

The Canberra Times · May 20, 2024

Double or nothing: Australia’s first ‘job-sharing’ political candidates raise constitutional questions

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock say they would split official duties and make joint decisions if elected to the seat of Higgins

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2024

Final arguments are being made before Australia's vote Saturday to create Indigenous Voice

Opposing campaigners have made their final pitches over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s first referendum in a generation

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

Policing platforms 'correct approach' on misinformation

A tech giant agrees with the government's plan for the watchdog to monitor compliance with a code of conduct to tackle misinformation and disinformation online.

AAP · Oct 3, 2023

Government's housing fund legislation delayed by Greens-Coalition alliance

The Greens and the Coalition have teamed up again to present a vote being taken on the government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2023

Labor’s new grant category proposal criticised by legal experts as ‘retrograde step’

Awarding grants for explicit decisions of government risks ‘entrenching a system of permissible pork-barrelling’, barrister says

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament? Here's how it would work and who's for and against it

We break down everything to do with the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

ABC News · May 14, 2023

Voice to Parliament court saga offering echoes of the Indigenous rights battles around Mabo, Wik decisions

A deep divide has arisen over the High Court and role it could play over a Voice to Parliament. For some, it's raising echoes of past Indigenous rights battles, writes Elizabeth Byrne.

ABC News · May 13, 2023

Legal experts criticise suggestions Indigenous voice will have veto power in parliament

‘No substance in it,’ former chief justice Robert French says, while experts split on whether amendment should include ‘executive government’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2023