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Thousands of Australians will not be able to vote in Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

Thousands of people — including a significant number of First Nations Australians — will be prevented from voting on the referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament if amendments to the referendum machinery bill are voted down in the Senate.

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Kookaburra cull of 350 birds lands Tasmanian man a $5,000 fine for incorrect weapons permit

A Tasmanian man who shot 350 kookaburras because they were impacting the native wildlife is fined $5,000 — not for the birds' deaths, but because he had the wrong firearm permit.

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Fact-checking the co-governance roadshow

With a number of events planned down the length of the country, the scene at this weekend’s ‘Stop Co-Governance’ rally in Orewa could be just the first of many

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NSW election: Legalise Cannabis eyeing an upper house seat in bid to overturn drug-driving law

Pollster says it’s a crowded progressive micro-party market, but some high-profile donors are backing the party’s campaign

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: support for Aukus and Indigenous voice declines

Anthony Albanese improves in personal measures, including honesty and vision, despite waning support for major policies

The Guardian - AU

Childhood abuse survivor sues the state, teacher

A woman who was sexually abused as a teenager by her teacher is suing him and the state of Tasmania for damages.

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John Howard’s 2003 march to war with Iraq appears to have taught our current parliament little

Coalition senators offered both vague laments and staunch justifications, while the Greens found an unlikely ally

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Embattled lawyer chosen as Labor's replacement for retiring stalwart Alannah MacTiernan

A recount confirms community lawyer Ben Dawkins will replace Alannah MacTiernan in the upper house, but WA Labor veterans declare they don't want him representing their party.

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Dodson resists calls to fund Voice referendum information campaign

How the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be run is taking shape, with the Opposition pushing for equal funding for "yes" and "no" campaigns.

The New Daily

Dominic Perrottet gives strongest endorsement yet of Indigenous voice but says ‘we don’t need a treaty’

NSW Labor opposition has committed to beginning a treaty process with state’s Indigenous people if it wins 2023 election

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Online yarning circles create space to hear about voice

Proponents of an Indigenous voice are inviting people to online yarning circles as debate continues in the Senate over how the referendum campaigns will be run.

AAP

NSW Resolve poll has narrow lead for Labor five days before election

The New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday. I had a preview of both the lower and upper houses last week.

The Conversation

Yolngu elder and bilingual educator Yalmay Yunupingu retires from Yirrkala school

A dedicated Arnhem Land teacher and linguist described as a warrior for bilingual education is retiring after 40 years of fighting to keep Yolngu language and culture strong.

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Greens maintain pressure ahead of climate policy push

The federal government is confident it can pass its signature safeguard mechanism but the Greens are still pushing to end new coal and gas projects.

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Climate, referendum battles loom as parliament returns

Senate negotiations are still under way as the Albanese government hopes to pass signature climate and referendum reforms through federal parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet on poking the ClubsNSW beast: ‘I didn’t start with many friends’

The NSW premier explains why he put his career on the line as the days count down to the state election

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Labor's Manuel Brown says support for a Voice to Parliament in Arafura helped secure by-election win

Labor's Manuel Brown made his first public appearance in Darwin following last night's Arafura by-election victory.

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Greens vow to block Labor’s carbon-pollution plan unless coal mines and gas wells are banned

The federal government's signature climate policy faces a Senate blockade unless the Greens are promised no new coal mines and gas wells

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Research points to 'unlikely' need for new coalmines

The Greens are maintaining pressure to stop new coal and gas projects from opening in exchange for their support on the government's signature climate bill.

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Army honours largest ever First Nations battalion in 80-year WWII commemoration

When war was on the doorstep to Australia's north 80 years ago, nearly 900 Torres Strait Islanders signed up to help protect the country despite not being able to enter pub, earn a fair wage, or be counted in the Commonwealth census.

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Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns address rallies ahead of NSW election

Six days out from the NSW election, rivals Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns both give speeches in Western Sydney, with the cost of living and privatisation high on the agenda.

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Program helps Indigenous student become first in family to graduate high school

A program supporting Indigenous women on their education journeys is having tremendous results in regional NSW.

ABC News

Puma and Nike's plans to phase out kangaroo leather misguided, industry stakeholders say

The kangaroo industry argues its leather is more sustainable than sheep and cattle equivalents, and say Nike and Puma's decision to phase its use out will actually result in more roos being shot.

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Shire of Halls Creek employs Dean Mosquito ahead of Voice to Parliament referendum

As the formal vote on the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament draws closer, one community in WA's far north isn't waiting to take action.

ABC News

Dozens of new illegal 4WD, bike tracks go over sacred Aboriginal sites in Tasmania every year, map shows

Aboriginal rangers who patrol Preminghana in Tasmania's far north-west say it's being destroyed, little by little, by four-wheel drivers and bikers who stray from the tracks.

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