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Police issue VRO to seven-year-old after court bungle

A seven-year-old boy's family has received an apology from West Australian police after officers issued a violence restraining order to the child.

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Funds for research on violence against Indigenous women

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has announced funding for Indigenous-led research into violence against First Nations women and children.

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High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre

The relationships between tenants and landlords are often fraught, but it’s fair to expect a house to meet basic standards, like having a back door.

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It’s not Luxon who needs to agree to a Treaty referendum, it’s Ngāpuhi

Act's proposal should go to David Seymour's own iwi first. You do not get good outcomes when one party, the Crown, tells another party how it’s going to be.

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Public drunkenness is no longer a crime in Victoria. Why did this change on Melbourne Cup Day and how will it work?

Unlike other states, Victoria is not replacing the offence with new powers for police, instead it is rolling out a ‘health-based response’

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WA minister defends actions after teen died in custody

A West Australian government minister has blamed his advisors for the information he gave media after a teen self-harmed in detention and died.

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She may be just ten months into the job but this officer is shaping her young community

Jemma McLeay given police honour for her work with Aboriginal youth.

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Voters officially have final say on voice referendum

The writ for the 2023 referendum has been returned, formally confirming the result of the vote on enshrining and Indigenous advisory body into the constitution.

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Greens stage Senate walkout over Labor’s Israel-Hamas war response

Mehreen Faruqi leads boycott of question time to protest against claimed Albanese government inaction over conflict in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

Circus worker cleared over drunk roommate's one-punch death

Robert Dennehy spent a year behind bars after he was charged with manslaughter.

Newcastle Herald

'Jihad is the solution': cops probe preacher comments

Police are investigating after a preacher in Sydney delivered a speech warning the government was "pushing Muslims into a corner" and "jihad is the solution".

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'Big reforms': Vic braces for drunkenness law change

Hours before public drunkenness is decriminalised in Victoria, the state government has revealed operational details on how health workers will manage cases.

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Winston Peters back in the driver's seat for coalition negotiations

Here go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Māori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port Waikato by-election has taken place).

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The most Māori in Parliament ever. Significant? Or so what?

The final election results last Friday moved the dial bringing in two more Te Paati Māori MPs and with that electing the highest number of number of Māori MPs in a parliamentary term

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A new legal current restores Māori rights for river mouths

One court ruled out customary rights for Māori over their river mouths if the waterways were 'navigable' but a higher court has reversed that for up to 1km up rivers from the coast, reports Tim Murphy

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The AEC is shifting electorate boundaries, but should parliament be adding seats?

The political parties have the same idea on redrawing the electoral map: eliminating their opponents with surgical precision. Thank goodness for the AEC

The Guardian - AU

Doctor banned for 12 months after sending racist email to Australia’s first Indigenous eye surgeon

Yuggera, Warangoo and Wiradjuri doctor Kristopher Rallah-Baker says it’s important others ‘see they won’t be brought down if they complain about racism’

The Guardian - AU

I still hope for Australia. But all we have done in the voice referendum is hide from the facts of our history, our true character

I am determined to regain my composure, but right now I do not want to talk to those who failed so enormously to express the most basic level of generosity

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Opposition fights history in battle for Qld election

Queensland Opposition leader David Crisafulli is hoping history does not repeat itself when voters go to the polls in the 2024 state election.

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Concerns after police officer jailed for two years

A constable's two-year jail sentence for assaulting a woman during an unlawful arrest was manifestly excessive and might be appealed, WA's police union says.

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Boss resigns after public servant's political work

The coalition wants NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen to follow her chief-of-staff out the door after a scandal in her office.

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'Fundamentally flawed': ICAC sued for bungled case

The former head of South Australia's public developer is taking the state's corruption watchdog to court for a botched prosecution he claims ruined his career.

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WA town stops playing Wiggles to deter rough sleepers

The City of Bunbury has stopped playing the Wiggles' song Hot Potato on loop to deter homeless people from congregating in a park after the band objected.

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National drops 2 seats on NZ final results, and will need NZ First to form government

The final results of the October 14 New Zealand election have been released.

The Guardian - AU

Final New Zealand election results show National party will need populist NZ First to govern

Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalition

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