Step towards reconciliation hailed as ‘a historic moment’ with premier Jacinta Allan saying it gives Aboriginal Australians the power to shape policies that affect their lives The Australian state of Victoria has taken a historic step towards reconciliation, passing the nation’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners. After two days of debate, the upper house of Victoria’s parliament passed the statewide treaty bill without amendment by 21 votes to 16, just before 9pm on Thursday. Continue reading...

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice To those I have lost – the teachers, mentors, loved ones – who once taught me what it was to be Jewish. Those who once shared my table, yet now sit on the other side of a deep chasm. I write with hesitation. My words have been twisted before. But silence has become its own wound. Continue reading...

Zachary Rolfe, who shot Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, used unnecessary force during five previous arrests, coroner says

As a child dies from shrapnel wounds to his stomach and Israel denies starvation is occurring in Gaza the UN's aid urgency issues a warning that kids may soon die of thirst.

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

Police say the death of an Aboriginal man who was restrained by two officers in Alice Springs will be investigated as a death in custody.

During the interview, Nasser Mashni made a pointed remark that it was time 'for Palestine to be free, from the river to the sea'.

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UNICEF chief warns ‘we’re running out of time’ in Gaza as aid runs out and children continue to be killed in bombings.

After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

Freedom Flotilla Coalition claims Israel to blame for attack on unarmed civilian vessel in international waters A ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists for Gaza has been bombed by drones and disabled while in international waters off Malta as it headed towards the Palestinian territory, its have organisers said. “At 00:23 Maltese time, the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship came under direct attack in international waters,” the group said in a statement. Continue reading...