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Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision (www.theguardian.com)
 

Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

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Child casualties in Gaza “a growing stain on our collective conscience” (www.unicef.org)
 

UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance

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Queensland media blaming 'crime waves' on youth since mid-1900s, history suggests (www.abc.net.au)
 

Queensland is frequently portrayed as being in the grips of a worsening crime, epidemic despite data suggesting otherwise. But a trip down memory lane reveals the media has been reporting a similar sentiment for nearly 200 years.

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Living Wonders judgment shows Australia's environment laws are failing us in the climate crisis (livingwonders.org.au)
 

Scientists and environment groups are bitterly disappointed by the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss two landmark climate cases against Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and two coal mining companies and are calling for urgent reforms to Australia’s environment laws.

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Cabinet plan to boost social housing dumped in favour of developers (www.theage.com.au)
 

The Andrews government dumped an ambitious cabinet-approved plan to lift the proportion of social housing in Victoria by almost two-thirds, opting instead to respond to the housing crisis with a voluntary, developer-led delivery of so-called affordable housing.

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RMIT Centre for Urban Research – Understanding Victoria’s Housing Statement (cur.org.au)
 

This week the Victorian Government released its Housing Statement, outlining a number of large and small changes across the housing sector. From changes to planning laws, to the demolition of public housing towers across Melbourne some of the plans will have significant real-world impacts, but they may not all be beneficial.

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Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India's possible link to Sikh activist's slaying (apnews.com)
 

Canada is expelling a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.

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Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India's possible link to Sikh activist's slaying (apnews.com)
 

Canada is expelling a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.

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Tens of thousands of Australians hit the streets in support of the October 14 referendum (www.abc.net.au)
 

From Sydney to Broome, to Burnie and Townsville, Australians have hit the streets in a mass show of support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

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A denial of reality (www.themonthly.com.au)
 

The dangerous erasure of Australian history by Jacinta Price cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged

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'No justice': Family refuses to read edited victim impact statement to death in custody inquest (www.abc.net.au)
 

The mother of a young man who died after being arrested in Toowoomba says reading a statement "tailored" to the police service would have defeated its purpose.

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Second academic quits Queensland police First Nations advisory panel, saying force doesn’t want to change (www.theguardian.com)
 

Exclusive: Marlene Longbottom says police are ‘comfortable with the status quo’ and unwilling to confront real problems in the ranks

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