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The legislative session begins Jan. 3.

"The support we Canberrans have shown for a national Voice suggests a collective concern about the egregious failure of the ACT government to any meaningful response to the needs of the local Aboriginal community," writes JON STANHOPE.

Pat Magill, social justice campaigner extraordinaire, lived all his 96 years in Napier

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The Shut Down Etowah campaign advocated ending detention at the jail for years; now advocates are concerned about detainee transfers and deportations.

The Daily Yonder Alabama’s Solution to Its Prison Problem Is More Prisons Building "shiny new cages" is not going to resolve a Department of Justice lawsuit against the states penal system, says an opponent of proposed privately-built prisons. Share this: The photo shows a sign that reads, "HELP," in the window of an inmate cell at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File) In September of 2019, Janice Wisener came across two trucks and an SUV sit...

Posted: Mar 02, 2021 10:47 AM CT | Last Updated: March 2 The Progressive Conservative governments move to keep the 19 bills under a shroud is retaliation against the NDP for holding up the presentation of the budget in spring 2020, says Paul Thomas, professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Manitoba. (Michael Fazio/CBC)