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Serious side to our NAIDOC celebrations

Tully DeVries takes cultural workshops to spread knowledge of culture.

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11th July 2019 6:07 AM

SHARING CULTURE: Artist Tully DeVries, centre, with young supporters.

Plans for referendum to be revealed

Australians could be voting in a referendum this year, with the government to reveal plans today on a proposed change to...

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10th July 2019 8:07 AM

Network over Australia

premium_icon Wake up people before Shorten takes the country's reins

He says the election will be a referendum on wages because pay rates are not keeping up with company profits.

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14th March 2019 7:03 AM

Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten.

premium_icon COUNCIL: Would you like to vote for mayor?

Proposal for referendum on whether the public, or councillors vote for our future mayor

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17th Feb. 2019 12:02 AM

Mayor Jim Simmons at the Grafton Council Chambers.

May shuts down ‘second Brexit’ vote

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May has slammed campaigners calling for a second Brexit vote as a “gross betrayal” of trust...

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03rd Sept. 2018 6:09 AM

Theresa May has promised not to give in to pressure for a second referendum

Ireland praise historic ‘Yes’ vote on abortion

IRELAND has voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 1983 constitutional ban on abortions, with activists proclaiming...

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27th May 2018 4:05 AM

People from the"Yes" campaign react as the results of the votes begin to come in, after the Irish referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution at the RDS count centre, in Dublin, Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Sign at centre of national divide about abortion

POSTERS have been ripped down across the country ahead of a tense vote that threatens to tear a nation apart.

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25th May 2018 6:05 AM

The abortion debate has divided Ireland. Picture: AFP/Artur Widak

British monarchy ‘sick at its core’

THERE are concerns the royal wedding — which saw 2.5 million Aussies tune in — has dashed Australia’s republic...

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22nd May 2018 5:05 AM

Opposition minister for ageing and mental health, Julie Collins said Australia was a “free and independent country” and should have its own head of state.

Fresh bid to stop Brexit

BRITAIN’s ‘Remainers’ are still refusing to give up on reversing the referendum result, and are planning months of...

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17th Feb. 2018 6:02 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) address the media during a joint press conference after their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 16 February 2018. At a joint meeting they discussed about European issues including the euro-exit of Britain and international issues.

Ireland gets vote on abortion

The Irish people will vote in a national referendum by the end of May on reforming the country's strict anti-abortion...

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30th Jan. 2018 1:01 PM

Demonstrators participate at The March for Choice event in Dublin, calling for a change to Ireland's strict abortion laws, in September last year.