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Kumanjayi Walker … What will be the legacy of his “avoidable” death?

It’s clear what was behind Kumanjayi Walker’s killing. So why can’t we say it?

Australia has had more than 30 years of truth-telling about Indigenous injustice, yet it’s done precious little in response. What hope that the damning findings on Kumanjayi Walker’s “unavoidable death” will bring change?

  • Megan Davis

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Ngarra Murry and Rueben Berg.

New powers, greater role for peak Aboriginal body in Victoria

An expanded First Peoples’ Assembly would be given statutory powers to question ministers, provide advice and make appointments to government boards.

  • Chip Le Grand
Gunditjmara and Bunganditj elder Uncle Johnny Lovett.

The hot-take flying monkeys are circling again. It’s time they got out of the way

Victoria’s record in Aboriginal affairs suggests we either hate black people or don’t know what on earth we are doing.

  • Chip Le Grand
Ex-senator Pat Dodson now wonders whether he should haveever entered politics.

‘Find things in common’: After a cancer shock, Pat Dodson has words of hope

Less than two years ago, the Father of Reconciliation was confronting death. Now the former Labor senator is back with a message.

  • Victoria Laurie
“More than anything, I’ve yearned for Australian skies. They’re so expansive and clear that it’s impossible to forget how infinitesimally small we are by comparison.”

During one of my darkest periods, I wrote a book. The pain is still palpable

Moving overseas gave me the space to examine what it means to be Australian.

  • Brooke Boney
Julian Leeser

Pro-Voice Liberal says referendum defeat gave the party ‘a false sense of confidence’

Julian Leeser, who campaigned for the Yes vote, says he was shocked the Coalition kept campaigning on the Voice when Australians just wanted to move on.

  • Michelle Griffin
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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
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in Western Australia on Friday.

Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest

The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.

  • Mike Foley
Scanlan Theodore sweater and skirt.

Actor Tasma Walton is linked to Indigenous tribe, judge rules

The judge also apologised for significant online abuse the 51-year-old suffered during investigations into a native title dispute in Melbourne.

  • Erin Pearson
Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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