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Yoorrook Justice Commission hears of racism in child protection and pushes on criminal age of responsibility

Yoorrook Justice Commission hears testimonies about systemic injustice in Victoria ahead of a meeting of state and territory attorneys-general to discuss the criminal age of responsibility.

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Archie Roach song to be sung in endangered Pertame language at singer's state memorial

A group of school children will perform Took the Children Away in the Central Australian language of Pertame this month, at the singer's state memorial in Melbourne.

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Dutton questions Indigenous voice detail

The opposition leader says the federal government must provide details on an Indigenous voice to parliament before Australians are asked to go to a referendum.

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Still We Rise tracks the names and stories behind 50-year-old Aboriginal tent embassy protest in Canberra

It was a fixture of the nightly news during the 1980s and 90s, but few young Australians know the history of the Aboriginal tent embassy. A new documentary airing tonight promises to change that.

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Nationals’ stance on Indigenous voice a ‘slap in the face to black people’, Aboriginal leader says

Laura Hand-Ross says party’s opposition to constitutional recognition is an ‘insult’ that has caused disquiet in the community

The Guardian - AU

More Aboriginal children in care in Vic

More Aboriginal children are under child protection orders than ever before and a truth-telling commission has heard that unconscious bias pervades the system.

AAP

Permanent care orders and ‘racist’ carers cut some Aboriginal children’s cultural links, inquiry told

Muriel Bamblett tells Victoria’s Yoorrook commission there is little oversight of cultural plans for Indigenous children in permanent care

The Guardian - AU

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A Young Indigenous Mum Is Fighting For Her Life After She Was Hit By A Police Car In Perth

WA's police minister said "as a pedestrian you're the one who's responsible for your own safety", which is absolutely not how road rules fkn work.

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Aboriginal girl's heart issue hard to find

An inquest into the death of a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl in Victoria has heard she suffered from a rare and deadly complication that was difficult to detect.

AAP

Matt Kean urges federal Liberals to support Indigenous voice to parliament

NSW treasurer says referendum is an ‘opportunity to unite the nation’ and the party’s backing would ensure broad support for yes vote

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous parliamentary Voice gives ugly parts of Australia their due

As historian McKenna noted in From the Edge: "No matter how much our present-day sensibilities might wish to 'move on' from histories of violence and oppression, it remains a perpetual obligation to remember the way in which the land was conquered".

Newcastle Herald

Vic child protection hit with racism claim

Claims of racism, bullying and a toxic culture in Victoria's child protection system have been aired at a hearing of the Aboriginal truth-telling commission.

AAP

Indigenous Voice report authors 'disappointed' by argument the proposal lacks detail

Authors of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament design say they went through their report with many parliamentarians and are disappointed by those who now argue it lacks detail.

ABC News

What is the Indigenous voice to parliament, how would it work, and what happens next?

Here’s what we know so far about how the Albanese government hopes to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution via a referendum

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Health system 'failed' Vic Aboriginal girl

A Victorian coroner is hearing evidence about what happened to a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl who died in a Melbourne hospital in 2019.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s child protection system is creating ‘new stolen generation’, Aboriginal leader says

Condemnation comes as the state’s truth-telling inquiry, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, prepares to hold hearings on the subject

The Guardian - AU

WA police raid home of Indigenous woman campaigning to protect sacred rock art

Raelene Cooper was giving evidence as an expert witness during the trial of three climate protesters when officers searched her property

AAP

More details before Indigenous referendum

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney is confident a referendum for a First Nations voice to parliament will succeed, flagging more details to come.

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SA Aboriginal communities nominate more than 100 leaders for statue consideration

Six Aboriginal leaders will be shortlisted from more than 100 nominations to have new statues built, as part of a $1 million project to honour First Nations history in SA.

The Guardian - AU

Personal conversations not party press conferences will guide regional Australians on an Indigenous voice

Organisers say rural voters are not ‘empty vessels to be filled with political speak’ by the Nationals, who plan to oppose the voice to parliament

AAP

Qld Indigenous rangers win Earthshot prize

An Indigenous women's ranger program that aims to protect the Great Barrier Reef has won a million pounds in the Prince of Wales' Earthshot prize.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s Indigenous women rangers given Earthshot prize for protecting Great Barrier Reef

The group was awarded $1.8m and praised as an ‘inspiring women led program’ using First Nations knowledge to protect land and sea

ABC News

Female Indigenous rangers of the Great Barrier Reef win Prince William's Earthshot Prize

The Queensland Indigenous Womens Ranger Network is awarded 1 million pounds ($1.8 million) with the prize, which aims to encourage people to solve the world's environmental problems.

The Canberra Times

ACT's first purpose-built Aboriginal-run health centre to open

Winnunga Nimmityjah to treat 5000 people a year

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton saying maybe to the Indigenous voice but meaning no is not a cost-free exercise

Opposition leader faces a coterie of hardcore voice opponents in the Liberal party room, but saying no, and Australians voting yes, is a risk I wouldn’t want to take

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