A traditional Aboriginal firestick now sits right at the centre of Central Coast Council’s meeting table in Ulverstone, Tasmania.

Governments, AFL must show respect to our veterans and rethink impact on Cenotaph

Control of Tasmania’s Indigenous land council – and its land – will be dramatically broadened, prompting praise from some ­Aboriginal leaders, but claims by others that the body will be “overrun” by “whitefellas”.

Government MP’s react after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus introduced the constitution amendment bill to parliament. Image: Alex Ellinghausen.