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The campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is officially off and running after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced October 14 as the date of the referendum, and Gabon is the latest African country to suffer a military takeover after a group of officers seized power on Wednesday.

Fox and (another) complaint about misinformation, Bridget McKenzie has a lot of front on the Commonwealth Games, and Albanese makes friends.

The error was made by misquoting from a story in The Australian.

Under youth justice law changes in Queensland, ‘boars — male pigs — will have better welfare protections than children as young as 10’, and Australians pay $65 billion a year to subsidise fossil-fuel polluters.

One in three Australian children failed literacy and numeracy exams in this year’s NAPLAN testing, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum in Adelaide next week.

As the world heats in the next seven years Australia’s triple-A credit rating will cool, and a judge has ruled a father cannot see two of his three sons for four months after ‘confusing’ them over their gender identity.

Matildas captain Sam Kerr says the one thing that will keep her smiling after their loss to England last night is the hope it’s the start of something bigger for women’s football in Australia, and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is reviewing hundreds of appeals from Afghans denied visas after assessors…

"Indigenous Australians have been carrying a heavy personal load as this campaign has progressed."

Leaks like this in the ACT are rare. The way the report came to light became its own story.

The PwC board was warned that partner Tom Seymour was potentially compromised by a Tax Office investigation but appointed him CEO anyway, and sexual assault complainants often face outdated myths and stereotypes about how ‘real’ rape victims should act in court.

Higgins says police ‘made me feel violated at every turn’ in response to story on Sofronoff inquiry in The Australian