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Investigation launched into whether AFP tried to ‘pervert the course of justice’ in Brittany Higgins case

Anti-corruption watchdog investigating claims federal police pressured Higgins not to proceed with alleged rape case

The Guardian - AU

Former Tasmanian premier's frank advice to Liberal Party on Voice opposition

Former Liberal premier Peter Gutwein was known for being frank and this week warned his former federal colleagues opposing the Voice that they risk "increasing irrelevance".

ABC News

Liberals split denied after partyroom voice call

Divisions have emerged after the Liberal Party announced it would formally oppose the government's proposed model for an enshrined voice to parliament.

AAP

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If yes campaign for Indigenous voice loses ‘racists will feel emboldened’, Marcia Langton says

Working group member shares Liberal Bridget Archer’s concern Coalition’s no campaign in danger of running ‘adjacent to racist views’

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton and the voice: what the Liberal party has got wrong about Indigenous recognition

We unpack and factcheck some of the key reasons the opposition leader has given for saying no to the voice

The Guardian - AU

At least three senior Liberals pushed back against Indigenous voice opposition in shadow cabinet meeting

Exclusive: Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne and Paul Fletcher spoke out against plan as Julian Leeser proposed allowing MPs a free say

The Guardian - AU

Windrush campaigners call decision to drop recommendations ‘a slap in the face’

A petition is urging Suella Braverman to U-turn on her intention to scrap three recommendations from the Windrush Lessons Learned Review.

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What is Dutton up to? He’s making many Liberals queasy

Mr Dutton’s decision to actively front a campaign against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has baffled and outraged dyed-in-the-wool Liberals.

The New Daily

Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's weir project has been blocked after a tribunal found it risked killing or harming a water serpent spirit revered by traditional owners, or causing it to become angry.

ABC News

Peter Dutton accused of taking Voice to Parliament feedback 'out of context'

As the Liberal Party announced its position on a Voice to Parliament this week, First Nations communities across remote Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory feel their voices have been taken out of context.

ABC News

Professor Marcia Langton accuses Peter Dutton of 'lying' over Voice to Parliament

A senior member of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Working Group has slammed the Liberal Party's decision to oppose a referendum on the Voice as "deceitful".

ABC News

Australia’s conservative party declares opposition to Indigenous body: ‘A sad day for the country’

‘I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of Dutton Liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country’

The Independent UK

Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on the Voice, Aston, the Liberals, Uranium

The Liberals have formally decided to oppose the Voice. Peter Dutton has declared he will campaign against it, a high risk strategy when polls are showing a majority of Australians currently support a “yes” vote.

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Santos confirms Cooper Basin pipeline explosion, as protesters converge on company AGM

The oil and gas company says it is unaware how much gas was released when a pipeline in South Australia's outback exploded in January. Meanwhile, Aboriginal traditional owners walk out of the company's AGM in Adelaide.

ABC News

The man who stabbed Reid Ludwig to death in 2019 has been released under strict conditions

The man, who can't be identified for legal reasons, was found not guilty of manslaughter after a jury found he was not fit to stand trial.

ABC News

WA Minister John Carey disappointed by Cambridge council switch to in-person voting

Western Australia's Local Government Minister says he is "deeply disappointed" with an inner-city Perth council's decision to introduce in-person voting at local government elections.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Dutton under fire for opposing Indigenous voice; NSW bans TikTok; and ChatGPT defamation case

Liberal party’s ‘no’ enrages moderate members and draws accusations of betrayal from Aboriginal leaders

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Elder calls for vigilance after two scar trees are damaged by fire in north-east Victoria

A community in north-east Victoria has been left reeling after two culturally significant trees were burnt last week.

The Conversation

How does the Liberal Party's Voice policy stack up against the proposed referendum?

Despite the political acrimony over the Voice referendum, what’s most striking is the similarities between the positions of the Coalition and the Labor government.

AAP

Wrong groupchat horror brings drama to NZ Greens

A New Zealand Greens MP as been called a "crybaby" in a message accidentally sent to the wrong groupchat by a fellow MP and party member.

The Guardian - AU

Outcry as Australian opposition refuses to back constitutional recognition of Indigenous people

Leaders condemn the Liberal Party over ‘Judas betrayal’ after it said it would campaign against establishing an Indigenous ‘voice to parliament’

ABC News

Mining giant Santos given approval to re-activate four coal seam gas wells in NSW

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are vowing to fight the decision.

ABC News

WA Police officer Alister Swift guilty of assaulting woman during Cloverdale arrest

Police officer Alister Swift, 33, is found guilty of illegally handcuffing a woman and then assaulting her, including forcing her to the ground, dragging her across the floor and kicking her in the foot.

AAP

Anxious man armed himself to cope, stabbed victim

Duldong Deng armed himself to cope with his anxiety, but instead it led to the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yohana Apia in Melbourne in October 2021.

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