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"The court's decision is disappointing to those of us who have fought for so long and so hard for recognition of the needs of our community and how best to meet them," writes a frustrated JULIE TONGS.
“I commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.” With those 11 words, among his first as prime minister-elect, Anthony Albanese defined his term as the nation’s leader. Regardless of nearly everything else his government would or wouldn’t do, history would judge it on the extent to which it succeeds or fails to implement the Uluru statement’s three main demands: Voice, Treaty, Truth.
Julian Leeser has shifted his own dial in the Liberal Party, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The No vote sought by Peter Dutton will change the country – and could spell the end of the long reconciliation walk.
Stepping down to the backbench and going against the overwhelming view of your party on a critical issue takes a good deal of political courage.