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Anthony Albanese’s Palestine declaration — his Wave Hill moment

PM Anthony Albanese’s recent actions, including his decisive step this week to at last recognise ...  
Colonial killings hidden in code spark truth-telling debate

A settler’s coded diary of killings is challenging Australia's comfort with its colonial past ...  
Murray Watt overrides UN safeguards to clear way for Woodside

Environment Minister Murray Watt has been accused of sidelining UNESCO safeguards to smooth the ...  
Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars

On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence ...  
Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

With states jostling to prove their tough-on-crime credentials by introducing racist laws, will ...  
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EDITORIAL: Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

The Yoorrook for Justice Report into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems ...  
Kate Grenville re-examines our nation's origins in 'Unsettled'

Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy ...  
Australia’s identity crisis: Still lucky, still lost

Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for ...  
Undoing the promise of Mabo

More than two decades after Mabo, the promise of enduring native title is being quietly dismantled ...  
Rejection of LNP first step in eliminating Australia's Far-Right

The 2025 Federal Election was an indication that Australians have had enough of the rise in ...  
Now let’s see how Labor transforms the nation

Labor’s winning margin virtually guarantees it two terms of significant reform, with more beyond ...  
David Littleproud hints at civil rights removal for Indigenous kids

Nationals Leader David Littleproud is pushing for the removal of the civil rights of child offe ...  
POEM: Requiem for Lost Children

Shssh. Listen. Can you hear them? Children singing? Children laughing? Yes, brother. Yes, sister. ...  
Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions tells an important piece of Indigenous history

A new book by acclaimed author Clare Wright examines how the people of Yirrkala changed the course ...  
BOOK REVIEW: The Leaves

A harrowing tale of systemic failure, Jacqueline Rule's 'The Leaves' unveils the injustices faced ...  
There's something about Lidia

Is Senator Lidia Thorpe’s brand of politics exactly what Australia needs?  
Politicians and media doing nothing to fix child removal crisis

Australia is facing a crisis in which 'child protection' services are reuniting a staggeringly low ...  
War Memorial makes little effort to recognise Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial is still failing to acknowledge the Frontier Wars as an important part ...  
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