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Not taking the man to hospital exposed him to an “unjustifiable level of risk,” the police watchdog found,

The man’s head injury could be seen on CCTV. Police refused to call an ambulance

A senior police officer’s “unconscious racism” led him to ignore the man’s injuries, amounting to serious misconduct, the police watchdog has found.

  • Amber Schultz

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NSW gets a new budget next week. Here’s what we already know.

What we already know about this year’s NSW budget

A ferry wharf linking the new Sydney Fish Market is among $70 million in proposed transport upgrades announced on Monday.

  • Penry Buckley
A report released by NSW Auditor-General Bola Oyetunji found the state government did not have adequate oversight of more than $200 million spent on Closing the Gap measures.

Half of NSW’s $222 million spend had no ‘tangible output’, audit finds

A damning audit has accused the state government of failing to keep track of $222 million aimed at closing the gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

  • Angus Thomson
Stacey Edwards

These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives

Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Gumatj leader Djawa Yunupingu at the Garma Festival on Saturday.

No Makarrata commission: PM backs new ways to talk to First Nations people

A peak Indigenous body queried the PM’s remarks, saying Makarrata was not meant to be a “vague vibe or a series of casual conversations”.

  • Shane Wright and Caroline Schelle
Ken Wyatt in his study surrounded by “native welfare” files. Spanning a century, they show in painful detail how cruel policies affected four generations of his family.

Ken Wyatt is not known for anger. But when he read his family’s government files ...

The former minister for Indigenous Australians thought he knew everything about the heartache of his people. Then he read about the treatment of his forebears.

  • Victoria Laurie
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Development of the Northern Territory has been a goal for previous governments, but with little success.

Our failure to close the gap is not about who but where

The good news is we can expect Indigenous life expectancy to go up in the next report. But the bad news is, it won’t be from improved access or conditions.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

Treaty addresses failures revealed by scathing review: Victorian Indigenous leaders

An independent assessment of Australia’s failure to improve outcomes for Indigenous people confirms that governments need to share power with Indigenous organisations, they say.

  • Jack Latimore
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Garma Festival in East Arnhem in 2022, when he announced the Voice referendum.

Just when you thought he’d given up, Albanese surprises on Indigenous empowerment

Making 99-year leases available on all native title land would be a historic step towards closing the gap.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
The group’s visit has been organised by Victorian Labor senator Jana Stewart.

Victorian Indigenous leaders to meet PM and ministers, post Voice

The private meetings are one of the first signs that the federal government is working behind the scenes on a plan B to address Indigenous disadvantage.

  • James Massola

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