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Funding for extra Legal Aid lawyer after case shocks WA

Legal Aid WA will hire an extra duty lawyer after an Aboriginal grandma with dementia was given no legal representation and spent six days in jail for squirting her neighbour with a garden hose.

Annabel Hennessy

RevealedCommentsPremiumJuukan Gorge disaster inspires 2021 NAIDOC Week theme

The National NAIDOC Committee has announced this year’s NAIDOC Week theme, inspired by the destruction of Juukan Gorge in WA’s north that shocked the world.

Rangi Hirini

‘Survival Day’CommentsPremiumSupport for one minute of silence on Australia Day

Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney has come out in support of a one minute’s silence on Australia Day to reflect on Indigenous deaths since Australia was colonised.

Sarah Ison

opinion
opinion
Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
opinion
Why Indigenous people won’t celebrate Australia Day

Changing the date is more than just moving a public holiday. Changing the date will change the nation and redefine Australian history, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

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Up for debateCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Immigration Minister shuns Australia Day silence call

An independent MP who called for one minute of silence during official Australia Day ceremonies has been blasted for playing 'negative politics with our history'.

Sarah Ison

Truth-tellingCommentsPremiumAustralia reaches ‘tipping point’ on reconciliation

A new report has outlined the practical action needed for reconciliation in Australia.

Rangi Hirini

‘We've had enough’CommentsPremiumFreo’s Tent City community calls for housing action

Three weeks after the first tent was pitched at Fremantle’s Pioneer Park, residents are mobilising to demand better housing — but the future of the 100-strong community is uncertain.

Kim Macdonald & Charlotte Elton

Step forwardCommentsPremiumIt’s time for Indigenous voice: Jeff Kennett

For too long Australia’s Indigenous and First Nations people haven’t been afforded the respect and consideration they deserve. Now is the time for Indigenous Voice to be at the top everyone’s agenda.

Jeff Kennett

opinion
opinion
Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
opinion
Will BLM slur be seen as invitation to racism?

As Acting Prime Minister, Michael McCormack should know better than to use the phrase ‘all lives matter’ and compare rioters in the US to those fighting for racial justice, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

Latest departurePremiumRio loses another senior exec after Juukan disaster

Rio’s vice president corporate relations Brad Haynes has exited the mining giant in the wake of controversy over the blasting of two ancient Indigenous rock shelters at Juukan Gorge.

Danielle Le Messurier

Black Lives MatterCommentsPremiumActing PM slammed for ‘all lives matter’ comments

Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack’s use of a controversial phrase on racial justice has been slammed as “beyond disgusting”.

Finn McHugh

opinion
opinion
Righting past wrongsCommentsPremium
opinion
Who decides the price of fixing an historic injustice?

While it’s often said that an apology costs nothing, fixing an old grievance can come with substantial financial strings attached. This is true of the stolen wages case the government is facing.

Paul Murray

Paul MurrayColumnist

Indigenous Voice to ParliamentPremiumVoice hopes to speak for all Indigenous Australians

Minister for Indigenous Australians Key Wyatt will release an interim report that urges the Federal Government to ensure people in remote Indigenous communities have a proper say.

Annabel Hennessy

Slap in the faceCommentsPremiumRangi Hirini: Why ScoMo got anthem change WRONG

One of the things I thought we were leaving behind in 2020 was tokenism, but that’s what Scott Morrison has delivered. The national anthem has many problems, but ‘young’ wasn’t even in the top five.

Rangi Hirini

Big jobPremiumDay one for new Rio CEO’s repair, rebuild agenda

Rio Tinto’s new boss Jakob Stausholm steps into the top job today, taking charge of the mining giant’s efforts to rebuild its tarnished reputation.

Daniel Newell

National anthem changeCommentsPremiumScoMo: It’s time our anthem shows we are ‘one and free’

Over the past year, Australians have demonstrated we are indeed ‘one and free’. So I believe the time has come for us to proclaim in our national anthem what we have lived as a nation.

Scott Morrison

Advance Australia FairVideoCommentsPremiumAnthem changed to honour Indigenous Australians

The lyrics of Australia's national anthem will be officially changed in a move recommended by Scott Morrison to ensure the song honours Indigenous people.

Annabel Hennessy

opinion
opinion
Fresh startCommentsPremium
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Rangi Hirini: 10 things I’m looking forward to in 2021

From Aotearoa to Adele, here are 10 things I’m looking forward to in the New Year after a hugely challenging 2020.

Rangi Hirini

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No saving GraceCommentsPremium
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Former Wildcat Ricky Grace loses Girls Academy funding

The WA charity founded by former Perth Wildcat champion Ricky Grace has been stripped of its government funding to run mentoring programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls.

Rangi Hirini

opinion
opinion
Kieran WongCommentsPremium
opinion
Housing is a social vaccine

In the same way that a COVID-19 vaccine will unlock the world to us once more, a real commitment to social and affordable housing will unlock a home for every West Australian family.

KieranWong

Shaping our StateCommentsPremiumWA’s people of the year: The identities who shaped 2020

Our frontline health workers and two mothers who fought for justice for their children are among WA’s people of the year — the West Australians who shone in an extremely challenging 2020.

Vital supportCommentsPremium‘Lifesaving’ Indigenous suicide crisis line launches

The country’s first-ever Indigenous suicide prevention crisis line has been launched in WA

Rangi Hirini

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happiest seasonCommentsPremium
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‘Tent city’ battler’s new home for Christmas

As she placed decorations on her tree, grandmother Noelene Garlett thought of the year she’d had — which ended with a roof over her head after years of homelessness — thanks to strangers’ donations.

Rangi Hirini

Symbolic stepPremiumRio looks to heal cave pain

Rio Tinto has taken a first symbolic step in repairing its damaged relationship with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people after its destruction of ancient rock shelters in the Pilbara.

Stuart McKinnon

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