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‘The spotlight’s on Australia’: Indigenous diplomat says world took note of Voice vote
Justin Mohamed is Australia’s first diplomat for Indigenous issues. He is determined to make sure his people’s voices are heard around the world.
- by Rob Harris
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We still believe: Please, WA, have those hard conversations again
Some of us were prepared for the outcome of the referendum. What none of us were prepared for was the shift in the behaviour of a certain section of society.
- by Stephen Morrison, Rodney Carpio and Cindy Sambo
Perspective
Perspective
Aunty Fay Carter learned life’s truths from her Nanny in a tin hut
For decades, Fay Carter campaigned for social justice for Aboriginal people. Her work was grounded by her experience living with her grandmother and 19 other children in a shack beside the Goulburn River.
- by Tony Wright
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Indigenous culture
Leaked letter reveals internal concerns about science on Australia’s next world heritage site
Rock art monitoring in Western Australia’s north was being done without “integrity, diligence or governance”, a Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation employee wrote.
- by Hamish Hastie and Peter Milne
Opinion
Perth
From Wait Awhile to Where it’s At: A new story for our great state
We’ve embraced some none-too-flattering characterisations of our vast state in the past. But today we must celebrate some of its truly ground-breaking “firsts”.
- by Paul J. Maginn
Nationals grassroots members go nuclear over Welcome to Country ceremonies
The Victorian Nationals rank and file want a future Coalition government to back nuclear power and to axe funding for Welcome to Country ceremonies.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Voice to parliament
Days of grand gestures for Indigenous reconciliation over: Cook
“The reason why I say that I think the nature of our society nowadays is such that we won’t see these big, grand social projects or social gestures,” WA Premier Roger Cook said.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘A real shock’: AOC blindsided by Morseu’s two-year-old assault charge
The former Olympic basketballer was last week found guilty of one count of assault occasioning bodily harm to a woman he punched in the head repeatedly in June 2022.
- by Emma Kemp
Opinion
Opinion
The number of Indigenous AFL players has plunged from 87 to 71. It’s going to get worse
Recruiters tell me the number of Indigenous AFL players is likely to fall to the mid-60s next year due to retirements and a lack of talent coming through, and worsen from there.
- by John Evans
Parker bump sent straight to tribunal; Liberatore eyes return from concussion battle
Premiership Swan Luke Parker has been sent straight to the VFL tribunal. Meanwhile, Tom Liberatore is eyeing a return from his concussion scare but Jordan De Goey is racing to prove his fitness.
- by Peter Ryan, Marc McGowan, Michael Gleeson and Greg Dundas
Collingwood have a recruiting zone the size of Italy. It’s yet to produce a single player
The AFL shocked recruiters last month when it told them they needed to draft more Indigenous players to fix declining numbers in the league, sparking a much-needed conversation on how to reverse a worrying trend.
- by Michael Gleeson and Peter Ryan