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Indigenous
Truth-telling set to fill Voice gap as Leeser urges PM to step up
As retiring Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney declared history would look kindly upon the Voice effort, Liberal MP Julian Leeser lamented the “national silence” that has existed since its defeat.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
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‘Turn every no into a yes’: Voice advocate vows to continue campaign
Eight months after the vote, one of the architects of the Voice to Parliament says her people have endured far worse and are not giving up.
- by Keira Jenkins
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Indigenous
‘The spotlight’s on Australia’: Indigenous diplomat says world took note of Voice vote
Justin Mohamed is Australia’s first diplomat for Indigenous issues. He is determined to make sure his people’s voices are heard around the world.
- by Rob Harris
We still believe: Please, WA, have those hard conversations again
Some of us were prepared for the outcome of the referendum. What none of us were prepared for was the shift in the behaviour of a certain section of society.
- by Stephen Morrison, Rodney Carpio and Cindy Sambo
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.
- by Victoria Laurie
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Indigenous
Days of grand gestures for Indigenous reconciliation over: Cook
“The reason why I say that I think the nature of our society nowadays is such that we won’t see these big, grand social projects or social gestures,” WA Premier Roger Cook said.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘Not well received’ at Harvard, these two writers maintain the rage
Writer Tony Birch reflects on how Miles Franklin Award-winner Kim Scott has intrigued and inspired him.
- by Jane Gleeson-White
Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why
The journalists work together, watch TV together – then there’s the tattoos ...
- by Fenella Souter
From the footy field to the stage for this Indigenous dancer
Indigenous dancer Thomas ES Kelly says his work SILENCE has a message for all Australians.
- by Chantal Nguyen
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Queensland Police
How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article
The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament, the media, and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.
- by Matt Dennien
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Political leadership
Silence descends: Our inability to discuss difficult issues has never been more obvious
Never more than in the past week have we seen national discussion on major issues marked by the mass silencing of everyone outside the extremes.
- by Sean Kelly