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‘Grave robber’ posed for cameras as he pillaged human remains

The bi-nation expedition in 1948 was launched amid great fanfare but quickly turned toxic with secrets, scandals and the pillaging of Aboriginal burial sites, as revealed in this edited extract.

  • Martin Thomas

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Former social justice commissioner Mick Gooda spoke at the summit in Brisbane this week.

Why more than 100 leaders quietly met behind closed doors in Brisbane this week

Closed to media, the two-day gathering concluded with a public statement that called out “egregious breaches of human rights against children”.

  • Courtney Kruk
“My dad said, ‘What? You gave up permanent employment for a fixed-term contract?’ ”

He was made Australia’s race discrimination commissioner. But his dad had questions

Giridharan Sivaraman discusses leaving his job as an employment and human rights lawyer, where freedom of faith ends – and the secret to a happy marriage.

  • Benjamin Law
Cyclists at the corner of King and Clarence St in the CBD, where the King St cycleway disappears as you head east.

In Paddington, first-world problems begin with a bicycle

To frame your opposition to a Paddington cycleway as a human rights issue sets a new benchmark for entitlement, even for Sydney.

  • Sarah Macdonald
Michael Waterhouse and Kathryn Greiner, two of the six complainants, at a bus stop outside Waverley Bus Depot on Oxford Street in Bondi Junction.

Residents launch legal action over Oxford Street cycleway

The NSW government wants to build a new bike route between Taylor Square and Centennial Park, but a group of locals wants it diverted.

  • Megan Gorrey
US President Donald Trump says he will hold an Oval Office news conference on Thursday (Friday AEST).

Judge steps in over Trump’s touted plan to send migrants to Libya

The relatives of a Mexican man said he had been instructed to sign a document allowing for his deportation to the African nation.

  • Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Humeyra Pamuk
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Troye Sivan in th eConner Ives T-shirt, Lorde, Charli XCX, and Billie Eilish at Coachella.

Why Troye Sivan’s ‘Protect the Dolls’ T-shirt was the style hit of Coachella

Created by fashion designer Conner Ives for London Fashion Week, the T-shirt’s moment at the music festival has turbocharged a fundraising appeal.

  • Damien Woolnough
Premier David Crisafulli has defended the Queensland LNP government’s ongoing law and order reforms.

Crisafulli redefines human rights, tells UN to stay out of Queensland

In Wednesday’s heated session of parliament, Premier David Crisafulli defended his government’s law and order reforms.

  • Sean Parnell
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive it in a makeshift tent camp inside a landfill in central Gaza Strip on Friday.

Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza’s only cancer hospital, ceasefire ‘bridges’ on the table

Meanwhile, E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.

  • Brahim Hazboun, Sam Mednick and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Former NSW premier Bob Carr at the Sydney Summit in February.

For decades, former premier Bob Carr opposed these laws. Now he has changed his mind

NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley told parliament on Wednesday that the government was open to considering a bill introduced by Greens MP Jenny Leong.

  • Alexandra Smith and Frances Howe

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