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Concerns flagged over reforms to ban hate symbols

Proposed reform to ban Nazi and Islamic State symbols has raised concerns among collectors, historical societies and faith groups over unintended consequences.

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Calls for Victorian government to scrap Covid fines as data shows minority groups more likely to be penalised

Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: drug kingpin shot dead; Victoria police accused of racial profiling; and Kyrgios backs Saudi tennis push

The ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade has been killed in his car in an underground car park in Bondi Junction

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Albanese hits campaign trail ahead of by-election

Voters in the federal seat of Fadden have 13 candidates to choose from, including a councillor, a health educator and an Aboriginal community worker.

AAP

Advocates slam politicians for failure on homelessness

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released Census data estimating more than one in five people experiencing homelessness identifies as Indigenous.

AAP

Daryl Maguire visa fraud case delayed by new evidence

A visa fraud case against Daryl Maguire has stalled while the former NSW Liberal MP awaits ICAC's findings into his relationship with Gladys Berejiklian.

AAP

Media must not confuse voters about Indigenous support for voice, Anthony Albanese says

PM reels off names of prominent yes campaigners backing ‘a moment of national unity’

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Court prods attorney-general over Section 112 push

The Constitutional Court has asked the attorney-general for an update on a petition lodged against the Move Forward Party (MFP) and its leader Pita Limjaroenrat over their policy to amend the lese majeste law.

Bangkok Post

Morning Mail: Putin says mutiny leaders ‘betrayed their country’, Albanese’s approval falls, women win Ashes Test

Russian president makes appearance in late-night TV address, and Australian government ministers to tour country to drum up voice support as PM’s approval ratings slump

The Guardian - AU

A new study of Warlpiri language shows how 'baby talk' helps little kids learn to speak

Parents and other caregivers typically modify their speech when they talk to babies and young children.

The Conversation

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

An Aboriginal teen who spent more than two years on remand in a Queensland youth detention centre was in solitary confinement for much of that time.

AAP

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask themselves when covering stories about Māori

There is little evidence to suggest Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream news media critically evaluate their own reporting on issues about or affecting Māori and te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi). This is concerning, given the negative framing of so much coverage, past and present.

The Conversation

Māori justice experts warn against scrapping cultural report funding

Leading Māori criminal justice minds argue there is value in cultural reports that assist judges when sentencing offenders in court but admit those who produce them could be better regulated.

Newsroom.co.nz

I remain undecided on the Indigenous voice to parliament. And I’m exhausted

As an Arrernte woman, I feel stuck with a choice between systems I do not trust and the fear of giving in to rabid racists

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Case of Queensland teenager who likely spent 500 days in solitary ‘most egregious’ on record

Treatment of disabled Indigenous youth who was regularly kept in room for more than 20 hours a day may amount to torture, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

Matt Kean lashes Icac for ‘public political lynching’ of Gladys Berejiklian as report release looms

Findings of prolonged investigation into former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire and the former NSW premier will be released on Thursday

The Conversation

Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party

On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).

The Guardian - UK

This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review – black and British… and a world apart

In this passionate and timely if sometimes tetchy study, the cultural critic argues that Britain should consider race from its own perspective rather than adopt America’s battles

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Support for the Voice to Parliament slumps in Newspoll, along with Albanese's ratings

In this week’s federal Newspoll, conducted with a longer-than-usual fieldwork period (June 16–24) from a larger-than-usual sample of 2,303 people, the “no” vote to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament took the lead by 47–43%, reversing a “yes” lead of 46–43% three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.

The Guardian - AU

Deputy PM says Russia uprising ‘a crack in the edifice’ – as it happened

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Morning Mail: tributes follow sudden death of Simon Crean, teen’s 500 days in solitary, Australia on top in Ashes

Australia’s political leaders honour the legacy of the former Labor leader following his shock death, aged 74

The Conversation

Between nostalgia and amnesia: the legacy of Julia Gillard as PM, 10 years after her ousting

On June 26 2013, as she fronted the press gallery in Canberra after her removal as leader of the Labor Party, Julia Gillard was determined not to cry. In her prime ministerial resignation speech, she asked not for pity, but rather for a meaningful national conversation about gender and politics,…

Newsroom.co.nz

A tale of two gang towns

A huge Mongrel Mob tangi in Ōpōtiki has thrown up some stark contrasts in the way different towns deal with gangs.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice yes campaign to ‘take the high ground’ with funding for thousands of local events

Public messaging of referendum supporters hopes to offer antidote to ‘fear and misinformation’, yes campaigners say

The Guardian - AU

Five hundred days in solitary: Queensland teenager’s case ‘a major failure of our system’

Exclusive: Staff shortages at Cleveland youth detention centre led to teenager being confined to his cell for more than 20 hours a day

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