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‘Relatively common’: WA’s lost-and-found radioactive capsule not the only missing material around

The tiny capsule that fell out of a Perth-bound truck captured the world’s attention, but experts say hundreds of radioactive sources go missing each year

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says voice referendum will go ahead even if political dissent presents risk of failure

Exclusive: Prime minister says there are many obstacles but it is an important opportunity for First Nations recognition that should not be wasted

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Chalmers attracts some flak for blue sky ideas but the government has bigger problems

Jim Chalmers likes to say we need national “conversations” about the economic issues facing the country. Now, just as the new parliamentary year is set to begin on Monday, Chalmers has bought himself a doozy of a conversation, with his essay advocating we embrace “values-based capitalism”.

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Malcolm Turnbull says Labor has failed to answer if Aukus deal compromises Australian sovereignty

Former PM says if operation of nuclear subs depends on US then that is ‘a momentous change which has not been acknowledged’

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous people to be explicitly recognised as 'First Peoples of Australia' in proposed constitutional change

A fourth sentence explicitly recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional owners of Australia could be added to the constitution if a referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament succeeds.

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Australia prepares to unveil AUKUS nuclear submarine plans in the United States

Anthony Albanese is expected to detail Australia's preferred nuclear submarine option on American soil next month, alongside US President Joe Biden and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak – raising the prospect of a potential new boat design involving all three allies.

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No immediate action on Alice Springs alcohol bans, Prime Minister says governments will listen to community

It could be up to a week before a decision is made on whether Intervention-era alcohol bans are reinstated in central Australia in a bid to arrest a spike in crime and alcohol-fuelled violence.

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Peter Dutton commits to continue to meet with Voice referendum working group

The opposition leader vows to continue to meet with Indigenous leaders helping to shape the looming Voice to Parliament referendum, after talking with the group for the first time.

ABC News

Report into Alice Springs unrest recommends urgent alcohol ban in central Australian communities

NT chief minister met with prime minister on Thursday afternoon to discuss report, which will be released after it is considered by cabinet next week

The Guardian - AU

Pat Turner urges government not to sit on Dorrelle Anderson's report examining crime and alcohol in Alice Springs

Leading Indigenous administrator — and co-chair of the Joint Council on Closing the Gap — Pat Turner is calling for the immediate release of Dorrelle Anderson's report on alcohol restrictions in the Northern Territory.

ABC News

Police stop heated clash at Sydney church ahead of George Pell's Sydney funeral

Survivors of child sexual abuse and their supporters are involved in a heated clash with a group of people outside a Sydney church on the eve of Cardinal George Pell's funeral.

ABC News

Morning Mail: Albanese warns of ‘insecure world’, high gas prices hit homes, Italy’s nonna no-go

In an exclusive interview, PM defends Aukus pact and lays out Australia’s strategic planning

The Guardian - AU

Voice working group says Dutton committed to ‘further talks’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice supporters woo backing of top Liberal

The government's referendum working group will try to win Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's support before the Indigenous voice to parliament vote.

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Top-level talks on remedy for rising health care costs

Anthony Albanese wants federal, state and territory healthcare systems to work together better but faces calls from leaders to increase Commonwealth spending.

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Christopher Luxon absent as Chris Hipkins steps into the floodlights

Unless a policy reset deals decisively with the cost of living, Three Waters, the public health system, and law and order, Chris Hipkins’ Cabinet reshuffle will quickly be seen as merely a rearrangement of the deckchairs, writes Peter Dunne

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says he would likely have signed up to Aukus if he had been PM at the time

Exclusive: Prime minister’s assessment pits him against Paul Keating, who has urged Labor to walk away from controversial pact

Daily Mirror

Missing radioactive capsule FOUND after huge search - and it's the size of a pea

The miniscule capsule, which measures 8mm by 6mm, contains cauesium - which is commonly used in radiation gauges and emits dangerous emissions at the equivalent of undergoing 10 X-rays in an hour. It could cause skin burns and even cancer

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Former John Howard chief of staff Tony Nutt joins Voice referendum Yes campaign group

The Yes campaign for this year's Voice referendum is amassing a heavy-hitting group of business, legal and political minds to lead the case for change, announcing a respected Liberal strategist and John Howard confidant as its latest recruit.

AAP

Indigenous voice 'yes' vote campaign board revealed

John Howard's former chief of staff has joined the campaign backing the "yes" vote for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament.

Reuters

Australia aims for bigger fines a week into Outback hunt for radioactive capsule

Authorities in Australia aim to toughen up laws on the mishandling of radioactive material as a search for a hazardous capsule that a mining company lost in the Outback enters a seventh day.

ABC News

Prime minister slams 'ridiculously low' penalty for mishandling radioactive material

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has scoffed at the potential penalty that could be imposed on the companies who mishandle radioactive material, as WA's lost capsule is found.

The Canberra Times

Constitution did not detail air force, nuclear subs: Albanese on Voice referendum

Tony Burke has accused "no" proponents of not understanding the constitution.

The Guardian - AU

PM says no ‘easy off-the-shelf solutions’ to unrest in Alice Springs

NT chief minister Natasha Fyles says ballots in communities on alcohol bans an option, as regional controller hands down report on crisis

ABC News

Prime Minister open to 'immediate action' in Alice Springs, NT Chief Minister warns against 'knee jerk' response

Natasha Fyles says she is travelling to Canberra to discuss "any proposed actions" with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in response to a report on the crime and alcohol situation in Alice Springs.

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