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Exclusive: Vic Greens to introduce legislation after federal shackling bill rejected
The Victorian Greens will introduce legislation to ban the shackling of women du...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Nov 2026
'The public would be disgusted': Governments accused of hiding the truth inside youth prisons
Governments are refusing scrutiny of their prisons because they know "human righ...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Nov 2026
Permanent replacement for contentious William Crowther statue unveiled
A permanent replacement of southern Tasmania's controversial William Crowther st...
Callan Morse 27 Oct 2026
UN latest to criticise blocked bills on shackling and child strip-searches
The United Nations has "expressed concern" over the blocking of two bills callin...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Oct 2026
'Extraordinary avoidance of responsibility': Greens leader slams department over shackling
It's an "extraordinary avoidance of responsibility" for the federal Attorney-Gen...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Oct 2026
Thorpe accuses One Nation of leaving death threats unmoderated on social media feeds

Pauline Hanson has defended a One Nation cartoon showing independent Senator Lidia Thorpe being run over by a bus, even as politicians from across the political spectrum call for a lowering of tempera...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 26, 2026
MPs shocked by allegedly deliberate attack on Helen Haines

Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum have spoken out following the allegedly deliberate attack on independent politician Helen Haines on Monday.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 20, 2026
Labor and Coalition team up to block bill banning shackling during childbirth

The two major political parties have teamed up to block bills calling for a ban on the shackling of women during childbirth and children being strip-searched.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 15, 2026
Inquiry rejects bill to ban shackling during childbirth

A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that a bill to prohibit the shackling of women during childbirth in prison not be passed. The private member's bill, introduced by independent senator Lidia Tho...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 8, 2026
Inquiry urged into Commonwealth role in child removals

There must be an examination into what the Commonwealth is doing around First Nations child removals, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she calls for a parliamentary inquiry.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 7, 2026
Australia 'in denial' after king's criminal case fails

An Indigenous Elder attempting to charge King Charles III with genocide says Australia is in denial over its crimes and their ongoing impacts.

AFP discretion used to finalise more than half of misconduct allegations without investigation

More than half of all allegations of misconduct against Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers were "finalised" without investigation using the force's discretionary powers, described by Senator Lid...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 28, 2026
Exclusive: PM placing 'toxic cultural load' on McCarthy over government 'failures' - Thorpe

The federal Minister for Indigenous Australians is being saddled with a "toxic cultural load" in having to front the media over government "failures" across portfolios, Senator Lidia Thorpe says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
Cross-party push to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

A Liberal, Independent and Greens Senator have united to call for the Commonwealth to mandate a minimum age of criminal responsibility across the country, even as government Senators declined to do so...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 18, 2026
Genocide of First Peoples in Australia still contested by federal government

People in the federal government remain divided over whether genocide took place against First Peoples following colonisation. The comments from the government's leader in the Senate, Penny Wong, in r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 2026
Pauline Hanson walks back 'deeply hurtful' comments with qualified apology

Pauline Hanson has somewhat u-turned on her highly criticised comments labelling Aboriginal ancestors the "most primitive race", saying she regrets offending people only ten minutes after saying she w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Pauline Hanson slammed for 'dehumanising' attack on First Peoples

Far-right Senator Pauline Hanson has been condemned after making extraordinary and false statements describing Aboriginal people as "the most primitive race on Earth".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Mount Isa families face eviction as Aboriginal homes head to auction

The federal government must buy Aboriginal homes being put up for auction in Mount Isa, a federal politician says, as residents face the prospect of homelessness.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
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