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Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want

Signing off his 26-year parliamentary career three years ago, the retiring Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon lamented a power imbalance that allowed the majority party routinely to railroad the national legislature.

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Worsening Closing the Gap outcomes 'failing' kids

With Closing the Gap targets focusing on incarceration, and child protection worsening, advocates say Australia is failing Aboriginal kids.

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Rate of Indigenous people in jail has risen by 20% since 2019, Closing the Gap data shows

New data reveals child protection, incarceration and suicide rates getting worse

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Afternoon Update: PM says Trump’s tariffs ‘unjustified’; court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu case; and 100 days with an artificial heart

Anthony Albanese says the US decision to slap tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium is ‘not a friendly act’

The Guardian - AU

‘Shame on you, Jacinta Allan’: mother of Aboriginal woman who died in custody says Labor’s bail laws will cost lives

Aunty Donna Nelson accuses premier of insulting daughter’s memory as government moves to reverse reforms made in response to her death

The Guardian - AU

Take two in Bradfield: hundreds of teal volunteers head down a familiar road

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has high hopes of being next in line to wrest a northern Sydney seat from the Liberals at the federal election

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Climate 200-backed candidates edging out incumbents

Momentum is building for Climate 200-backed independents as they claw away at major party margins and have a strong chance of being elected at the federal poll.

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Native title ruling paves way for compensation

The High Court has dismissed a commonwealth appeal over a landmark native title decision, paving the way for millions in compensation for traditional owners.

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Former bikie boss Sayed Moosawi directed ‘James Bond’ arson attacks in Bondi, court hears

NSW police allege Moosawi directed two men who have pleaded guilty to setting the Curly Lewis brewery on fire in October 2024. He has denied all charges

The Guardian - AU

Murder trial told teen hit with shopping trolley pole

A man accused of murdering Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey told his girlfriend's mother he struck a boy with a pole, a court has heard.

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Nazi charge dropped, police to pay man's legal costs

Police have dropped charges against a man arrested during a neo-Nazi march on Australia Day and agreed to pay his legal costs.

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Concern raised in court about Kate McClymont’s role as reporter after she is named witness in case

Alan Jones’s lawyer indicates the high-profile former broadcaster will formally deny a 35th charge along with all others

The Guardian - AU

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Winter festival Dark Mofo has revealed its first piece for a reinvigorated 2025 event, a work using flesh in jars to examine cultural theft.

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Peter Dutton repeatedly charged taxpayers for flights coinciding with fundraisers

Exclusive: The travel, which was within parliamentary rules, coincided with fundraisers including those at a men-only club in Melbourne and a private home on Sydney’s north shore

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Independents took cities by storm last election. This time, they’ve got regional Australia in their sights

In 2022, the national vote for independents or minor parties was the highest in almost a century. A third of Australians voted for someone who wasn’t running for Labor or the Coalition.

The Guardian - AU

When Cyclone Alfred forced a wildlife hospital to close, this rescue koala found a new place to recuperate

Laura Leaf had a sick possum for company when she spent three nights in a spare room at Mallory Wilson’s Nerang home

The Guardian - AU

Albanese and Liberals cancel fundraising events after backlash over campaigning around cyclone

Exclusive: Albanese cancels appearance at ‘intimate’ dinner while Liberals postpone ‘evening briefing’

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Election push for childcare as rural kids 'held back'

Farmers, families and advocates are calling on all side of politics to improve "dire" access to childcare in the bush, where there are years-long waiting lists.

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Lehrmann switches solicitor ahead of rape trial

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has changed his legal defence team ahead of a trial for allegedly raping a woman in October 2021.

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'Rock bottom': Nats leader despairs at state poll loss

The Liberals and Nationals should view an election wipe out like a drug addict hitting rock bottom and realise they need to change, a party leader says.

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Three key takeaways from the WA election which hint at Labor’s fortunes (and challenges) in federal vote

ALP MPs acknowledge the fight in Perth’s outer suburbs will be tougher this federal election

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Another decisive Labor win in WA, but much remains at stake

The Roger Cook Labor government has been returned comfortably to government in Western Australia, securing a commanding, even if reduced, majority in the Legislative Assembly.

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Labor vows to fight hard after massive WA election win

Federal Labor is eyeing off more seats in Western Australia and has pledged to fight hard to win them after Premier Roger Cook secured a landslide victory.

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Labor wins third successive landslide in WA election

With 61% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Western Australian election, the ABC is calling 40 of the 59 lower house seats for Labor, five for the Liberals and four for the Nationals, with ten remaining undecided.

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Cousins fostering resilience, one per cent at a time

Tired of seeing young men being failed by the system, these cousins decided to do something to empower their peers and build more resilient communities.

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