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Migrants, Indigenous people at higher risk of slavery

Modern slavery remains a significant concern in Australia, with those facing barriers to recourse and justice at a heightened risk of exploitation.

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'A Bloody Disgrace': Australia's Senate Rejects Bill To Legalize Cannabis

The Greens, Australia’s third-largest political party, announced Wednesday that its Legalizing Cannabis Bill 2023 was voted down in the Senate by a margin of 13 to 24 votes, marking a setback in its push for reform.

Benzinga

‘Killed where we live’: domestic violence deaths of NT women draw blunt responses but no action

As NT police say they are ‘overwhelmed’ by the scale of the violence, a federal allocation of $180m sits untouched

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Clover Moore: ‘Judge people on their ability. Plenty of young people aren’t doing much’

Sydney’s longtime lord mayor on ageism, her work ethic and why it’s not true that the city is emptying of young families

The Guardian - AU

Australia passed more than 30 bills in a marathon sitting day – but what do they mean for you?

The new laws passed by the Senate could affect everything from migration to social media and supermarkets

The Guardian - AU

‘Pushing isn’t always pretty’: Adam Bandt on why the Greens blocked Labor’s agenda until last sitting day of the year

But Bandt would not be pressed on Anthony Albanese’s decision to cancel a environment deal the Greens and David Pocock struck with Tanya Plibersek

The Guardian - AU

Albanese denies parliament’s bill rush means Labor is preparing for early election

PM trumpets social media ban for under-16s, housing package and Future Made in Australia bill, saying government is ‘getting things done’

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'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

New youth justice laws will likely increase the number of children in detention and put pressure on packed facilities, a state government admits.

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Indigenous leader locked up for 'calculated' $1m theft

Indigenous leader Geoff Clark and his son Jeremy have been sentenced after they were found guilty of stealing almost $1 million from Aboriginal organisations.

AAP

Raygun, Brat, and The Bear: Canberra’s Press Gallery turns to memes amid election season

As the Senate dealt with ‘real’ politics, the water cooler politics of the parliamentary press gallery was also heating up. Crikey was in the hallways for the gossip.

Crikey

Australians risk being 'pawns' in hostage diplomacy

Australians wrongfully detained overseas are being short-changed by gaps in a system that needs to bolster support, a report has found.

AAP

Eye of political storm nears as focus turns to polls

After passing a flurry of bills at the eleventh hour, Labor is spruiking its wins ahead of a much-anticipated federal election.

AAP

Labor ends the year with a flurry of legislation good, bad and indifferent

The end-of-year flood of legislation is a mixed bag of good and bad policy, but Labor delivered much of its agenda.

Crikey

After the hīkoi, the challenge: the Treaty principles debate and an honest reckoning with history

After the hīkoi, the haka, the flags and the tumult, what next?

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish

In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government.

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Laws to end path to treaty fast-tracked in shock move

The Queensland government has been accused of pushing through laws ending the path to treaty and truth-telling without consultation, sparking outrage.

AAP

Environmental lawyers ordered to pay $9m to Santos

The Environmental Defenders Office has been ordered to pay Santos more than $9 million in legal fees after a failed case to stop an undersea gas pipeline.

AAP

Face-down restraint led to Indigenous man's death

An Indigenous man who died after being tasered, pepper sprayed and restrained by police was most likely suffering a psychotic episode, an inquest has found.

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Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election

Opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, has announced he will retire from parliament at the election, to take up a “new, commercially oriented” career.

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'I am proud': state's first Muslim MP makes history

Bisma Asif is making history as the first Muslim MP to sit in a state's parliament, 20 years after her family arrived from Pakistan.

The Guardian - AU

Environmental Defenders Office to pay $9m in costs to Santos over failed challenge to Barossa gas project

The case, brought by the EDO on behalf of three Tiwi Island traditional owners, was dismissed in January in a scathing judgment

The Guardian - AU

‘Absolutely undeniable’ Zachary Rolfe is racist, Kumanjayi Walker inquest told

NT police lawyer Ian Freckelton KC tells inquest into death of 19-year-old it is ‘important to call it as it is’

The Conversation

Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan

The Australian Human Rights Commission this week launched the National Anti-racism Framework.

AAP

Donations ban 'delivers windfall' for political parties

Laws banning political donations in SA have been rushed through parliament without public scrutiny and are compromised and unfair, a democracy expert says.

Crikey

Labor voted against the Libs’ immigration detention phone ban twice. Now it’s pitching a very similar proposal

‘It’s still, in substance, very much the Coalition’s bill from 2017 and 2020,’ the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Jana Favero told Crikey.

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