July
NSW Labor formally backs Palestine state ‘as priority’
NSW Labor has sent a message to its counterparts in Canberra, passing a motion demanding the federal government recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Alex Mitchell and Samantha Lock
Albanese kills uranium mining at Jabiluka
Anthony Albanese has ended a decades-old dispute over uranium mining in the NT by ending the mineral lease on Jabiluka and pledging to add the mine site to the Kakadu National Park.
- Peter Ker and staff writers
Labor Right pushes for extra spot as O’Neil speculation swirls
Speculation is intensifying that Clare O’Neil will be shifted from Home Affairs and be replaced by Agriculture Minister Murray Watt.
- Phillip Coorey
PM stresses stability ahead of first reshuffle in two years
NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy is the hot favourite to replace Linda Burney in cabinet and Indigenous Affairs.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
The soaring success and unspeakable grief of Linda Burney
Linda Burney has been a pioneering advocate for Indigenous Australia, but her life has been peppered by tragedy.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Federal election
Stability is one thing PM can promise that his opponent cannot
When Fatima Payman claimed that “unlike my colleagues, I know how it feels to be on the receiving end of injustice”, she’d clearly never met Linda Burney.
- Phillip Coorey
Cabinet reshuffle looms; ANZ scandal ramps up; Ugly market outlook
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June
Push for Indigenous truth-telling amid voice ‘silence’
The Greens will seek to establish an Indigenous truth and justice commission as a prominent elder criticises the government’s “silence” following the referendum failure.
- Aaron Sheldrick
March
Albanese pledges $4b for Indigenous housing
Anthony Albanese and Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney will visit the NT on Tuesday to announce a major package for remote homes.
- Tom McIlroy
February
Federal Labor leaves Indigenous treaties to the states
The government will pursue the creation of a Makaratta commission for Indigenous truth-telling, but won’t negotiate a national treaty agreement.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
Indigenous jobs reboot to replace Abbott-era program
Federal Labor will tear up the national Indigenous employment program, with new rules expected to create 3000 jobs over three years.
- Tom McIlroy
Aboriginal rights trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue dies
Aboriginal rights trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue, who played a pivotal role in native title laws and was the first Aboriginal person to address the UN, has died.
- Updated
- Steven Deare
December 2023
Wong rated best minister for second year: AFR readers
The Foreign Affairs Minister beat a strong showing from Jim Chalmers as Linda Burney was named the worst performer.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Voice to parliament
‘Hatred of politicians’ killed the Voice: Megan Davis
A key architect of the Voice referendum says racism played a role but was not as decisive as the public’s “hatred for politicians” and rejected claims symbolic recognition would have won Coalition support.
- Michael Pelly
- Investigation
- Greens
Libs and Labor should put the Greens last over antisemitism
Australia’s elites in business, the media, and our cultural institutions have for too long humoured the Greens. It’s time for that to stop.
- John Roskam
November 2023
Voice leaders demand Labor deliver Indigenous treaty
Yes23 campaign co-chair Rachel Perkins told supporters of Indigenous constitutional recognition “the aspiration of a Voice remains”.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Democracy
A Canberra veteran on why voters don’t trust politicians
Weary voters are increasingly switching off the news, while clickbait media and social media drive polarisation.
- Michelle Grattan
October 2023
NSW Libs learnt a lesson at the referendum – here’s how they’ll use it
The NSW Liberals are re-drawing a target seat list of the electorates they believe are now in play after the referendum
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Referendum result signals a time for action, not mourning
The call for post-referendum “mourning” just continues the emotional blackmail that the Yes campaign relied upon. It will do nothing to help people in remote communities.
- Anthony Dillon
It’s finally time to decide on the Voice
A long fight for the Uluru Statement from the Heart will live or die when millions of Australians cast their vote. Polls suggest most people will vote against it.
- Tom McIlroy