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Prevention not Detention
[by Meg Perkins]
First Nations children are being incarcerated at ever-increasing rates. Recent tragedies in Western Australia make youth justice reform ever more urgent, but politicians in Queensland and New South Wales seem determined to "get tough on crime".
Necrophilia, lies, police failures and racial bias. Teens Mona Lisa and Cindy Smith died by the side of the road near Bourke. The Man responsible walked free
[Brooke Fryer, Carly Williams, Joanna Woodburn and Zaarkacha Marlan, ABC]
When two teenage girls died outside Bourke in the late 1980s part of the defence team's legal strategy was to ensure the trial happened there, where racial tensions were high.
Bringing new life to an ancient nut
[supplied by UQ]
A culturally significant Australian nut dating back to Jurassic times could have a big future thanks to University of Queensland-led research revealing its substantial health benefits.
From peacekeeping to wars, this is why four generations of the Moffitt family continue to serve
[Tahnee Jash and Stephanie Boltje, ABC]
It was World War II and Aboriginal man Harold James Stewart was 20 years old, fighting for Australia on the frontlines of Bougainville and New Guinea.
