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Paige TaylorIndigenous Affairs Correspondent, WA Bureau Chief

Paige Taylor is from the West Australian goldmining town of Kalgoorlie and went to school all over the place including Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and Sydney’s north shore. She has been a reporter since 1996. She started as a cadet at the Albany Advertiser on WA’s south coast then worked at Post Newspapers in Perth before joining The Australian in 2004. She is a three time Walkley finalist and has won more than 20 WA Media Awards including the Daily News Centenary Prize for WA Journalist of the Year three times.

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Reynolds vs HigginsNation

‘Lying cow’ description of Higgins outrageous: Morrison

Scott Morrison says Linda Reynolds’ description of Brittany Higgins was ‘out of character’ for the senator, but said it played no part in his decision to remove her from the defence portfolio.

Paul Garvey and Paige Taylor

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. MARCH 27, 2024: Minister for Resources, Madeleine King during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Abbott furious at Labor over Woodside ‘snub’

Madeleine King missed Woodside’s 70th birthday party because she was on leave, while Tony Abbott claimed she and Anthony Albanese avoided the celebration out of deference to the climate lobby.

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Portrait of Indigenous leader Pat Anderson who has spoken about the significance of the first meeting of the delegates from around Australia who created the landmark Uluru Statement from the Heart five years ago.5 April 2022Photo by Rohan Thomson

Indigenous fears for Makarrata

Steadfast supporters of the Uluru Statement from the Heart plan ‘new messaging’ about the intent of the landmark document.

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‘Not asylum seekers’Nation

Dambimangari people and tour operator Peter Tucker led the Australian Navy to the intercept northeast of Broome on Tuesday

Indigenous people lead navy to poachers

After repeatedly raising the alert as the same Indonesian boats illegally took sea cucumbers for months, the Dambimangari people helped the navy catch the fishermen.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 16, 2024: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price during the Cross-Portfolio Indigenous Matters Senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Change needed’ for land councils

Anthony Albanese needs to turn his attention to Aboriginal land councils and how unfit they have become for the purpose of representing disadvantaged Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said.

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03-08-2024 - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese photographed at Garma 2024. Picture: Peter Eve / YYF

PM’s new focus ‘safe, disappointing’

Aboriginal leaders have warned Anthony Albanese risks ‘misleading’ the public if he walks away from establishing a Makarrata Commission, with the federal government facing criticism it is ‘divided’ and lacks ‘political will’.

Sarah Ison and Paige Taylor

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 3, 2023: Uluru Dialogue co-chair Pat Anderson during a press conference for the Uluru Dialogue voice campaign at the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Collingwood. Picture NCA NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Why Indigenous leaders just won’t let go of Uluru

Indigenous leaders including Pat Anderson see it as their job to try to pursue what’s left of the Uluru Statement, despite the loss at the referendum, because it is the will of the Indigenous people.

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03-08-2024 - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese photographed alongside Siena Stubbs, a young Yonglu women and leader at this year's youth forum at Garma.. Picture: Peter Eve / YYF

‘Lost in translation’: Minister denies PM ditched Makarrata promise

Malarndirri McCarthy doesn’t believe the PM ditched his election promise to implement a Makarrata Commision and says ideals behind the Uluru statement are still guiding the government.

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commentaryCommentary

Festival focuses on enterprise and development

There were some notable absentees from the first Garma festival since the defeat of the voice, however, there was a determined effort to rejuvenate the Indigenous affairs landscape.

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Garma FestivalNation

NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy delivers an apology to First Nations people at Garma. He pledges to eliminate racism and is determined to improve relations between police and First Nations people.Murphy is pictured here embracing Djalinda Ulamari, a senior Yolngu woman who introduced Murphy to the crowd.Picture: Nina Franova / YYF

NT’s top cop apologises for Indigenous racism

NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has made a lengthy apology to Aboriginal people of the territory, six months after racism inside the force was exposed.

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