Peter Dutton has apologised again for missing the Apology’s symbolism, but how will he see the Voice’s symbolism, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Home Affairs Minister, Clare O'Neil and Immigration Minister, Andrew Giles, have announced 19,000 people on Temporary Protection Visas will be eligible to apply for permanent residency, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The federal government will also provide $250 million in extra funding for a range of initiatives in employment, health and other areas, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Lidia Thorpe could not represent the Black Sovereign Movement fully within the Greens, and is now able to speak freely on the issue without being constrained, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Albanese will also flatly reject opposition calls for the government to legislate the Voice at once, pointing out that the call from Indigenous people is for it to be in the Constitution, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Chalmers is attempting to interlock economic and social policy objectives. The success of his prescriptions, however, would depend on how they were implemented, case by case, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Albanese government’s cultural policy, “puts First Nations first”, while also promising regulated Australian content on streaming services and a shift to greater support for the popular in the arts, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.