Scanlan Theodore sweater and skirt.

Actor Tasma Walton is linked to Indigenous tribe,judge rules

The judge also apologised for significant online abuse the 51-year-old suffered during investigations into a native title dispute in Melbourne.

  • Erin Pearson

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Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month,things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all:we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

‘It would be easier not to know’:Kate Grenville’s eye-opening road trip

A niggling childhood memory sends the writer on a journey of discovery about her land-grabbing forefathers – and what she finds is deeply troubling for her.

  • Kate Grenville
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Feeling unwelcome:Why debate is mounting over an ancient ceremony

From local councils to sporting ovals and the steps of parliament,the Welcome to Country ceremony performed by Indigenous elders has been targeted in a debate about cost and custom.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
In the upcoming election campaign,Peter Dutton will find fertile ground in immigration and security issues.

Playing hard or being ‘reckless’? Dutton ramps up attack

The opposition leader’s rhetoric has prompted opponents to accuse him of “grotesque”,trumped-up politics. But do the times suit him?

  • Paul Sakkal
Professor Megan Davis receives an AC award on Australia Day.

Hugs and tears as Voice architect receives honour after ‘tumultuous’ year

Professor Megan Davis was at her mother’s housing commission home in south-east Queensland when she got the call she would receive the highest Order of Australia award.

  • Olivia Ireland
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The Captain Cook statue in St Kilda was vandalised in 2018,and in 2024 was severed from its plinth entirely.

Albanese’s greatest election threat isn’t Dutton. It’s the woke left

Aside from the odd snarl,the PM isn’t taking the Coalition’s bait. But just because he refuses to take the bait doesn’t mean his Labor colleagues won’t.

  • Gary Newman
A majority of Australians now support Australia Day remaining on January 26,a change from two years ago.

Change the date? No,say an increasing majority of Australians

Australians have strongly backed January 26 as the national day after years of argument about changing the date,lifting support to a clear majority.

  • David Crowe andOlivia Ireland
Warren Mundine,left,has won support from Tony Abbott and Jacinta Price.

Anti-Voice band back together as Price,Abbott back Warren Mundine for key seat

The one-time Labor Party president turned anti-Voice campaigner is running in one of the few seats that voted “yes” for the Indigenous body.

  • Paul Sakkal
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton during a press conference in July,flanked by the Australian flag.

Indigenous flag an easy target for Dutton when he’s kicking down

The opposition leader’s decision to start a debate about the Indigenous flag comes just as he is about to reveal the cost of his nuclear policy. That timing is revealing.

  • David Crowe