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Belinda Nicholls was found dead by police on Monday morning. She has been remembered as a loyal friend and a beautiful soul.

‘She always hoped for a better life’: Indigenous mother found dead in Melbourne’s east

A man has been arrested in relation to the death of Belinda Nicholls, after her body was found at a house in Bayswater.

  • Angus Delaney and Alexander Darling

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Crowd members carry “Free Joel Davis” posters, referring to the jailed neo-Nazi leader.

Neo-Nazi chants at anti-immigration rally, Invasion Day protest draws thousands

Chants of “white man fight back” were taken up by the March for Australia crowd. Across the CBD, Indigenous protesters directed their ire towards Pauline Hanson.

  • Patrick Begley, Amber Schultz and Jessica McSweeney
Benny Zable and Tarneen Onus Browne, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, are filing a legal and constitutional challenge to police search powers in the Federal Court.

Police search powers were invalid and unlawful, Federal Court rules

The court agreed with a challenge by the Human Rights Law Centre that Victoria Police erroneously declared Melbourne CBD a ‘designated area’.

  • Rachel Eddie and Lachlan Abbott
Maulboyheenner and Tunnerminnerwait, a painting  by Marlene Gilson

Timme, hanged in Melbourne in 1842, rides a canoe home in spirit

Timme, also known as Maulboyheenner, was hanged, aged 27, in Melbourne. More than 180 years later, his spirit has returned to the place of his birth in Tasmania.

  • Tony Wright
An additional extension of the declaration prohibiting marches could capture Invasion Day protests.

Police warn protesters not to march as ban extension looms

Tensions are building between police and demonstrators ahead of planned rallies in Sydney on Friday and Sunday.

  • Jack Gramenz
Travis Lovett arrives at the state parliament after his 500-kilometre walk across western Victoria in June this year.

Travis Lovett to pull on his long-distance truth-telling shoes again

The former Yoorook Justice Commission deputy plans to walk from Melbourne to Canberra to ask the prime minister to establish a national truth-telling process.

  • Tony Wright
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Mutti Mutti and Wamba Wamba man Jason Kelly puts his hand print on the kangaroo-skin treaty document.

Australia’s first treaty sealed by handprints on kangaroo skin

Victoria’s treaty is given a wildly enthusiastic welcome by First Nations people at a cultural celebration in Melbourne.

  • Tony Wright
Labor MP Sheena Watt during the apology.

Mixing pride and sorrow, Victoria says sorry to First Peoples

In emotional scenes, Premier Jacinta Allan has used her apology to First Peoples to vow that Treaty will not be a mere gesture.

  • Kieran Rooney
Premier Jacinta Allan has formally apologised to Victoria's First Peoples for the impact of colonisation.
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Victorian Premier delivers apology to Aboriginal people

Premier Jacinta Allan has formally apologised to Victoria's First Peoples for the impact of colonisation.

Attorney-General Deb Frecklington was not interested in changing bail laws.

Queensland (and everyone else) reject call to weaken bail laws

The nation’s attorneys-general met today in Brisbane before the release of a report recommending nationwide bail law changes.

  • Julius Dennis