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Malarndirri McCarthy is the new Indigenous Affairs minister. She faces an extremely difficult task

Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, announced her retirement from politics last week, and Labor has quickly appointed Northern Territory Senator Malarndirri McCarthy to take over the portfolio.

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Police seek Sydney woman’s partner over alleged stabbing death – as it happened

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White 'idiot' activists told to butt out of Top End

Interstate environmental activists should stop blocking industrial projects that could benefit Indigenous people, a traditional owner has told a Senate inquiry.

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Morning Mail: secretive firm behind Coalition messaging, NZ vape ban defiance, shooting near Gaza aid trucks

FOI reveals $135,000 in public money to secretive firm to help rightwing campaigns; New Zealand exporter vows to continue e-cigarette trade

The Guardian - AU

Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show

Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Ice rink value quizzed in fiery hearing on outback town

An at-times fiery Senate estimates hearing on Indigenous matters has covered topics ranging from domestic violence to ice-skating in the desert.

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Jacinta Price declined 52 ABC interview requests to discuss Indigenous voice referendum

A report by the national broadcaster found the prominent no campaigner ‘did not agree to a single interview on a major broadcast program’

The Guardian - AU

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Tough new migration bill passes parliament

Fast-tracked laws subjecting criminals released from immigration detention to ankle tracking and curfews have passed federal parliament.

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I still hope for Australia. But all we have done in the voice referendum is hide from the facts of our history, our true character

I am determined to regain my composure, but right now I do not want to talk to those who failed so enormously to express the most basic level of generosity

The Guardian - AU

John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism

Former Australian prime minister tells right-wing conference that immigrants should ‘adopt the values and practices’ of their new country

The Guardian - AU

Warren Mundine launched expletive-riddled spray after KPMG rejected his $10,000 speaker’s fee

Exclusive: Prominent no campaigner told senior staffer that ‘I’m going to treat you cunts like you treated me’

The Guardian - AU

The week in parliament: what’s next for a jubilant Coalition? Another culture war of course

An opposition emboldened, Max Chandler-Mather in the Labor Burn Book and Michaelia Cash scolds ACT over ‘party lifestyle’

The Guardian - AU

How the voice was silenced, surviving an elephant attack, and culture wars of the Renaissance

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

First Nations groups reject Peter Dutton’s call for royal commission into child abuse

More than 100 community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations say safety of Indigenous children ‘should not be politicised’

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Inside the voice campaigns: how muddled messages and voter confusion led to a crushing defeat

The yes campaign lost voters in the summer, one insider says - and by the time it shifted strategy, it was too late

The Conversation

The Voice campaign showed Labor's strategy for countering right-wing populism is in disarray

On election night, a triumphant Anthony Albanese declared Labor was committed to the Uluru statement from the Heart “in full”, thereby including establishing an Indigenous Voice.

Newcastle Herald

I campaigned for 'no', but there's no joy in this referendum win

This vote should not have been held.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton fails to find support for audit of government’s Indigenous spending

Australia will repeat the mistakes of the past if government Indigenous expenditure is not audited, says opposition leader

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Indigenous progress the focus after voice fails

Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.

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Dutton talks down second Indigenous referendum

Peter Dutton has walked back a bid to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, saying people are 'over the referendum process for some time'.

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How Australia voted down a historic plan to boost Indigenous rights

In today’s newsletter: The Indigenous voice to parliament referendum could have expanded representation and rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – why didn’t it pass?

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton walks back offer of second referendum after voice poll

Asked about another referendum on Indigenous recognition, opposition leader says Australians won’t want that ‘for some time’

The Conversation

How did the media perform on the Voice referendum? Let's talk about truth-telling and impartiality

The rules by which politics are conducted have changed dramatically, especially since the rise of Trumpism. Yet the professional mass media continue to cover politics in ways that are no longer fit for purpose.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia’s voice to parliament

Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice

The Conversation

If there is to be any healing after the Voice referendum, it will be a long journey

The result of the Voice referendum on Saturday was unexceptional if considered in light of the constitutional history of this country.

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