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Help on offer for submissions to inquiry into racism against First Nations people as deadline looms
National justice advocacy group Call It Out are offering help to First Nations p...
Giovanni Torre 16 Apr 2026
Not just racism: Parliament must also investigate misuse of power by so-called 'allies'
The parliamentary inquiry into racism is welcome. But truth cannot stop at racis...
Jesse J. Fleay 10 Mar 2026
Migrant worker heat deaths spark calls for visa changes
Migrants brought to Australia to work in agriculture have died of dehydration, a...
Stephanie Gardiner 12 Sep 2025
MPs on notice as key review targets 'entrenched' racism
Parliamentarians have been put on notice to reign in racist remarks and policies...
Neve Brissenden 28 Nov 2024
"White supremacy in action": Thorpe slams parliamentary committee's decision not to back genocide bill

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has criticised a parliamentary inquiry which found her 'Genocide Bill' should not be passed by the Senate, labelling the decision a "complete farce".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 15, 2024
Thorpe reveals oath snub to Queen’s ‘hairs’

Lidia Thorpe says she can't be kicked out of parliament for breaching the parliamentary oath she took when she was sworn in because she didn't technically swear allegiance to the crown.

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Blair Jackson Oct 24, 2024
Living rough: 40,000 young people locked out of housing

When young Kamilaroi woman Imogen was a teenager she was faced with an impossible choice. Stay in a violent environment or become homeless. So for 10 years from the age of 14, Imogen experienced homel...

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Rudi Maxwell Nov 15, 2023
Racism killing Aboriginal children: youth commissioner

Aboriginal kids are being killed because of extreme racism, Western Australia's commissioner for children and young people has told a parliamentary inquiry.

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Rudi Maxwell Oct 6, 2023
PM to seek cross-party consensus if 'yes' vote wins

A joint parliamentary committee will be set up to oversee the creation of the voice advisory group if Australians vote 'yes' in the referendum.

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Tara Cosoleto Sep 25, 2023
Meta 'mindful of impact' in lead-up to Voice vote

Hateful and racist remarks about Indigenous Australians have thrived in the comment sections of politicians' Facebook pages, an inquiry has heard.

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Kat Wong Aug 22, 2023
The Aboriginal flag is still not free

More than a year on from the release of a Parliamentary Inquiry's report into the issues surrounding who has the right to reproduce and display the Aboriginal flag, the matter is yet to be resolved.

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Aleisha Orr Dec 13, 2021
OPINION: Aboriginal people let down by NSW Government’s response to deaths in custody inquiry

Last week, the New South Wales Government issued its response to a parliamentary inquiry looking into why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented in prisons and dying in cust...

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