Australia counts down to landmark vote on Indigenous Voice The campaign has stirred divisions, with reports of racism and abuse fuelled by rampant misinformation on social media. Al Jazeera · Oct 13, 2023
Police consider ‘extraordinary’ powers for rally – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023
Australians look set to vote against plan for Indigenous voice to parliament Bruising referendum campaign over recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has shown racial divides The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023
Grattan on Friday: Did Anthony Albanese realise what a rough journey this referendum would be? Anthony Albanese has invested heart, soul and political authority in his battle to change the Constitution to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. His tears this week at Uluru, when surrounded and celebrated by Aboriginal women, showed a deep well of emotion. The Conversation · Oct 12, 2023
Asio warns against inflamed language over Middle East amid concern of ‘opportunistic violence’ Mike Burgess issues rare public statement asking ‘all parties consider the implications for social cohesion’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023
Emotions run high as Australian mother freed from China After years of working for Cheng Lei's release from a Chinese prison, the foreign minister has detailed the journalist's emotional return to Australia. AAP · Oct 12, 2023
PM confident of delivering on urgent care clinics Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told a nursing conference the government will exceed its target for urgent care clinics AAP · Oct 12, 2023
Second Victorian 'accelerator' housing project unveiled Victoria will dip into its share of a $2 billion federal social housing package to build an $80 million development in Melbourne's outer north. AAP · Oct 11, 2023
Morning Mail: Albanese’s vow to Jewish community, Gaza power failure, Cheng Lei’s joyous homecoming The prime minister says ‘hateful prejudice’ has no place in Australia, and committed to keep Australian Jews safe The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023
Dutton’s call to deport protesters backed by Zionist federation president – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023
All Australians ‘hold you in our hearts’, Anthony Albanese tells Jewish community Amid rising tensions between supporters of Israel and Palestinians, prime minister says Jewish people will be protected from any antisemitic threat The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023
Former PMs pour cold water on claims Anthony Pratt told them Trump’s US submarine secrets A US news report claimed Donald Trump discussed secret US naval capabilities with the billionaire Australian businessman The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023
Detained Australian journalist released by China Cheng Lei has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her family after Chinese authorities released the Australian journalist from detention. AAP · Oct 11, 2023
Australian journalist Cheng Lei back home after 3 years detained in China Former Chinese TV anchor was imprisoned on murky charges of ‘supplying state secrets overseas’. Al Jazeera · Oct 11, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Cheng Lei: Australian journalist released from China after three years of detention Mother of two was detained in August 2020 and booked under vague espionage charges
AAP · Oct 11, 2023 Australian dead in Israel as rescue flights confirmed An Australian grandmother has been killed in the terrorist attacks on Israel as the Albanese government prepares to repatriate citizens.
AAP · Oct 11, 2023 Australians offered repatriation flights from Israel Up to 10,000 Australians in Israel will be offered repatriation flights as the Middle East nation reels from deadly terror attacks.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023 When Peter Dutton claims Labor isn’t horrified enough about Hamas, it doesn’t help anyone All of this is bad enough without one side of politics misrepresenting the Australian government’s response, making unreasonable demands and trying to score points
The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023 Cheng Lei released by China and reunited with family in Melbourne Cheng Lei, the Australian journalist incarcerated in China since August 2020, has been freed – arriving in Melbourne to be reunited with her family.
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Australian-Chinese journalist detained for 3 years in China returns to Australia Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a Chinese-Australian journalist who was jailed for three years in China on a murky espionage conviction has returned to Australia
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023 ‘Tight hugs, teary screams’: Cheng Lei releases first statement after release from detention in China The Australian journalist was freed and is back home in Melbourne after being detained in August 2020 over national security-related accusations
Pedestrian.tv · Oct 11, 2023 Here’s What The Data Shows About First Nations Support For The Voice Here's the data you need to know before heading into the booth
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023 ‘All we have to do is vote yes’: Pat Farmer finishes epic 14,000km journey to boost voice support Prime minister Anthony Albanese and leading yes campaigner Noel Pearson joined Farmer at base of Uluru for final leg of tour across Australia
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Man runs almost 9,000 miles across Australia to raise support for Indigenous Voice Ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer has ended a 8,950-mile run at the central Australian sandstone landmark Uluru after a seven-month journey to raise public support for the creation of an Indigenous advocacy body in the constitution
The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2023 Morning Mail: Albanese’s plea from the heart, Australia tops mortgage stress list, UN warns of war crimes in Israel and Gaza The prime minister uses Uluru’s powerful symbolism to plead for a yes vote, while shocking details emerge of the massacre of Israelis by Hamas