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Erin Patterson could have eaten same lunch as guests and suffered less severe poisoning, defence says

Murder accused’s barrister also warns jurors against using ‘dangerous and seductive’ hindsight reasoning to find mushroom lunch cook guilty

The Guardian - AU

Hanging points death toll ‘unacceptable’, attorney general Michelle Rowland says, urging states to review practices

A Guardian Australia investigation revealed 57 inmates have died in 19 separate prisons using hanging points that authorities knew about

The Guardian - AU

Birth alerts are meant to help children at risk of abuse. They are routinely used against Aboriginal mothers

Medical professionals are required to report at-risk children to child protective services – but to some agencies ‘just being Black’s a risk’

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Murray Watt ‘personally lobbied’ Unesco over barring of WA rock art from world heritage list

Speaking to Guardian Australia, the environment minister said the report had been ‘clearly influenced’ by environment campaigners

The Guardian - AU

Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation

Yoorrook Justice commissioner walked from the site of first settlement in Victoria to state parliament to promote truth-telling about Australian history

The Guardian - AU

Liberals launch high-level probe into election drubbing

A decades-low primary vote and the challenges posed by teal independents will be key elements of a review into the Liberals' crushing federal election loss.

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Pheobe Bishop: human remains found near Bundaberg confirmed as those of missing Queensland teenager

Police, who have charged the 17-year-old’s housemates with her murder, confirmed identification of remains discovered close to Gin Gin in early June

The Guardian - AU

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Art activists in legal bid to kill massive gas project

A legal bid to overturn the state approval of a massive gas project's extension could also impact a pending federal clearance, activists say.

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Bobbi was denied access to an Aboriginal midwifery program in her last pregnancy – and nearly lost her life

Indigenous women report experiencing racism, inadequate care and lack of consent in maternity wards – and are three times more likely to die during childbirth

The Guardian - AU

Patrick Dodson condemns decades of inaction on suicide hanging points in Australian prisons

Exclusive: Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commissioner says ‘people need to be empowered and take action against those agencies’

The Guardian - AU

Fate of NSW Liberal party to be decided at crunch meeting after federal takeover

Committee replaced state executive 10 months ago, after ‘scathing’ review about nomination failure in council elections

The Guardian - AU

Toolbox murder accused blame 'star witness', each other

A barrister for a man accused of drowning two people in a toolbox has claimed a key prosecution witness has "filthy hands" from his involvement in the murders.

AAP

More than 30 years after the royal commission, why are Indigenous Australians still dying in custody?

About 597 First Nations people have died since 1991. We are potentially further away from resolving this crisis than we were 34 years ago

The Guardian - AU

Leading players urge Labor to tighten rules for cashed-up political lobbyists

Stronger powers and bigger penalties needed to ‘investigate and punish’ unregistered lobbyists and those who break government’s code of conduct, critics say

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Familiar face returns for election as stadium divides

The issue of a controversial sports stadium has again reared its head in a state election battleground as a former Liberal minister throws her hat in the ring.

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Liberals prescribe plan to expand role of chemists

The Liberals have opened the first weekend of Tasmania's election campaign focused on health as Labor vows to improve the way major infrastructure is delivered.

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A season for busking: children's book inspires song

First Nations culture, language and knowledge will be brought into classrooms across the country through song, as part of the Busking for Change initiative.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Nationals signal ‘full support’ of coal power and will consider abandoning net zero target

Another motion on agenda at party’s state conference calls for withdrawal from Paris agreement

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Linda Reynolds alleges Mark Dreyfus had conflict of interest despite Nacc ruling nothing ‘inappropriate’ about Higgins settlement

Outgoing Liberal senator files updated statement of claim to federal court as she sues commonwealth in effort to ‘vindicate and restore her reputation’ Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

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Bob Brown loses appeal over $500 trespass conviction

A Supreme Court judge has dismissed former senator Bob Brown's appeal against a trespass conviction stemming from an anti-forestry protest.

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Family gives back after tragic end for missing girl

Pheobe Bishop's family hope to give back to a community that rallied around them in their time of need, throwing their support behind a friend's fundraiser.

The Guardian - AU

Human rights experts and advocates alarmed as Queensland weighs fast return to public drunkenness laws

Reinstating offences goes against recommendation of 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission president calls for end to police investigating deaths in police custody

Hugh de Kretser said independent police oversight authorities should be established in all jurisdictions to stem the ‘mistrust and injustice’ of police investigating themselves

The Guardian - AU

Federal watchdog finds ‘no corruption’ in $2.4m settlement to Brittany Higgins after alleged rape

National Anti-Corruption Commission concludes ‘no inappropriate intervention’ by Labor over payment to Liberal staffer following alleged Parliament House assault

The Guardian - AU

Tane’s son still asks his grandmother: ‘How did my dad die?’ She doesn’t know what to say

More than 100 Indigenous Australians have died in custody by hanging since the 1991 royal commission. Experts say the numbers are a ‘blight on Australia’

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