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Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.

Peter Dutton has walked back a bid to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, saying people are 'over the referendum process for some time'.

Anthony Albanese has led tributes in parliament to victims of the Hamas attacks against Israel, saying Australians were shocked by the incident.

Asked about another referendum on Indigenous recognition, opposition leader says Australians won’t want that ‘for some time’

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From Donald Trump to Costa Georgiadis, no one is safe from barbs.

The rules by which politics are conducted have changed dramatically, especially since the rise of Trumpism. Yet the professional mass media continue to cover politics in ways that are no longer fit for purpose.

It was Martin Luther King Jr, prophet and martyr of the civil rights movement in the United States, who famously remarked, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice”. Yet there are times when justice seems to become more distant rather than closer.

Both the 'yes' and 'no' camps say Australia needs to look forward and come together after a referendum to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament failed.