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First Nations Politics

Uluru Statement supporters to press on with campaign for constitutional recognition

Steadfast supporters of the Uluru Statement from the Heart plan “new messaging” about the intent of the landmark document. Source: The Australian.

Politics

Government close to finalising electoral reforms

The Albanese Government is close to finalising its plan for broad changes to election laws, including spending limits, donation caps and truth standards for political ads. Source: ABC News.

Coronavirus Politics

Vaccine mandates were wrong: Perrottet

Former New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet has declared vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic were wrong. Source: ABC News.

First Nations Politics

Albanese doesn’t back truth and justice commission

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has endorsed telling the truth about historical and current Indigenous experiences of colonisation in Australia but stopped short of committing to establishing a commission to facilitate the process. Source: The Guardian.

Politics Victoria

Victorian Parliament to retain Lord’s Prayer

Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has welcomed news that the Victorian Government has abandoned the idea of scrapping the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in the state’s Parliament.

First Nations Politics

McCarthy to seek bipartisan approach to closing the gap

New Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy says Labor will seek a new bipartisan approach to closing the gap between Aboriginal Australians and the rest of the country. Source: The Australian.

Politics Pope Francis

Pope urges political leaders to be at the service of the people

Pope Francis has called on political leaders to be at the service of the poor, the unemployed and the common good. Source: OSV News.

Middle East Politics

Leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined with his counterparts from Canada and New Zealand to urge Israel to implement an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.

First Nations Politics

Truth telling to fill gap left by defeat of Voice referendum

A minimalist, community-led plan to “tell the truth” about Indigenous dispossession is envisioned by the Albanese Government to fill the void on reconciliation after its crushing Voice referendum loss. Source: The Age.