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Indigenous remains found on island with prison past

Bones found beneath a church on a picturesque island with a dark past where Aboriginal boys and men were jailed, are most likely historical Indigenous.

AAP · Apr 11

Bill Walker gives Vics a kick on way to legend status

WAFL great Bill Walker says it will be an honour to become just the 34th person to be elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

AAP · Feb 13

Time to make AFL safer for everyone: AFLPA president

Players' union president Darcy Moore hopes former player Mitch Brown coming out as bisexual can be an opportunity to shift the AFL's culture around homophobia.

AAP · Aug 30, 2025

Japan, Australia leaders sign new security pact to counter China

Japan’s military will participate in training and exercises alongside Australian forces in Australia’s northern region.

Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2022

Morning mail: Nauru security firm’s past failures revealed, welfare boosted, Trump’s fury

Monday: A Guardian investigation reveals security breaches and custodial failures by the government’s preferred choice to run Australia’s offshore regime on Nauru. Plus: the best new shows to stream

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2022

‘Ticking away in the back of my mind’: what does it mean to know the risk embedded in your DNA?

A scheme aims to help Australia become the first country to offer preventive genetic testing through public healthcare. Is that knowledge power?

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2022

Robert Drewe on finding Australia’s child phenomenon: ‘I thought, “Why hasn’t anyone heard of him?”’

While writing his new novel, the acclaimed author suffered unimaginable grief. But he found ‘strange comfort’ in imagining the life of a long-lost boy wonder

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2022