“I was punished for my political beliefs” - broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after winning her unfair dismissal case against the ABC. The judge found the public broadcaster bowed to “an orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists.”
Northern Territory Labor MP Marion Scrymgour says the federal government needs to show leadership around black deaths in custody and calls for an audit of recommendations from the Royal Commission. @abcnews@Williams__Carly@bridgeyb
An astounding press conference from Justin Trudeau. Cites Trump wanting the Canadian economy to collapse to make it easier for the US to annex his country.
The Vatican said this evening that the Pope’s condition “continues to be critical” and this morning he had a long “asthmatic respiratory crisis” requiring “high flows of oxygen.” Blood tests showed a condition associated with anemia and so resulted in blood transfusions. “The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved.”
So it's over. Murdoch "offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex." Finally admits unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for the Sun as well as the NotW. Some current and ex Murdoch big cheeses will be very relieved the case has been halted.
It’s a sign of how far the GOP has become simply the Trump party and democratic norms and guardrails have completely weakened that the incoming president could issue pardons for insurrectionists who committed violence against police officers and the old party of law and order barely says a thing.
BREAKING: Foreign Min Penny Wong & Amb Kevin Rudd just been to White House & met Trump nat security adviser Mike Waltz. It's high level access on day 1 of a new administration. It flies in face of those who said Aus & Rudd would be frozen out. About to meet Sec State Marco Rubio.
A statue of music legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter has been erected at Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy.
The place where Uncle Archie reunited with his biological family for the first time, as did many survivors of the Stolen Generations
“The government “noted” its 10 recommendations aimed at preventing further violence, but said they were up to all levels of government to implement.
In response, the language from almost every corner has been blunt, and despairing: this is a crisis.”
If you're a journalist covering the scrutiny on Lidia Thorpe in the Senate but not the dozens of dead Aboriginal women missing and murdered (12 this year alone), or the landmark NT Coroner's report calling this issue our "national shame", then I just have no words for you.
More First Nations children are being removed from their parents than ever.
In the midst of the spike, a new report shows only 6 per cent of child protection funding goes to Aboriginal-run organisations.
"For the first time, an Australian government sat opposite a collective of Aboriginal communities in a bid to negotiate a treaty, in recognition of their sovereign rights over land colonised without their consent."
I had the privilege of meeting two remarkable teens, Tianna and Raya, who fought and beat leukaemia during covid lockdowns. Now they want futures in the medical world to help other kids. Their story on ABC News Breakfast