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Five Great Reads: A nightmare storm at sea; Marcia Langton on Tony Abbott; and ‘six-seven’ slang

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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The Idea of Australia review – an ambitious but overstuffed series that will make you shout ‘slow down!’

Marcia Langton, Bruce Pascoe, Grace Tame and Kerry O’Brien are among more than 60 names wrestling with the national identity in this frenetic SBS series, presented by Rachel Griffiths

The Guardian - AU

‘Breaking down the walls’: the long journey towards Indigenous inclusion at University of Melbourne

Institution’s second volume of truth-telling reveals a process of reconciliation that has been ‘imperfect, overdue and then often painfully slow, but marked by stories of courage and hope’

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The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding 65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art

In the late 1970s, when I was a fine arts student, the Melbourne University Gallery was just one room in a neo-gothic quadrangle. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the university commissioned Nonda Katzalidis to design a four-story concrete gallery on a narrow site fronting Swanston Street.

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65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art – a grand, disturbing and provocative exhibition

Melbourne’s Potter Museum has reopened with a bold celebration of thousands of years of Indigenous art that forcefully declares ‘this is not an ethnographic collection – it’s art’

The Guardian - AU

Uni art museum to reopen, address racist legacy

Melbourne University's Potter Museum of Art shut for six years. It's reopening with an Aboriginal art show that also looks at the institution's colonial past.

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Indigenous-led centre launched, continuing Mabo legacy

Helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities leverage their native title rights for economic growth will be the focus of a new centre.

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Friday essay: crimes, redemption and rebellion – the truths told in 65,000 years of Australian art are essential for national healing

The third section of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is Truth. Without knowing the truth of the history of Australia’s Indigenous people, and how the European invasion continues to impact on them, it is hard to understand the pain behind the loss of The Voice referendum and the ongoing…

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Afternoon Update: Reynolds defends leak to journalist; New Zealand PM starts trans-Tasman language row; and the ‘succulent Chinese meal’ man dies

Liberal senator suing Brittany Higgins over social media posts she claims damaged her reputation

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'Beautiful' Langton tribute the public Archibald choice

The artist whose portrait of an esteemed Indigenous activist won the Archibald People's Choice says the prize is a platform to speak about important people.

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Archibald prize 2024: Marcia Langton portrait wins people’s choice award

Angus McDonald wins people’s choice category for second time, after his 2020 portrait of human rights campaigner Behrouz Boochani

The Guardian - AU

‘Denying history is simply lying’: how the University of Melbourne honoured racists, thieves and body snatchers

An unflinching examination of its own history has revealed shocking stories in the sandstone foundations of a revered institution

The Guardian - AU

Destiny Deacon, ‘superstar’ Indigenous artist and activist, dies aged 67

The artist used ephemera to convey how white Australia failed to come to terms with the country’s Indigenous peoples

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Inquiry hears 'protection' led to Indigenous decimation

An inquiry into the injustices committed against Victorian Aboriginal people has detailed how segregation and assimilation policies led to cultural destruction.

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Alcohol and racism fuelling 'shocking' NT violence

The Northern Territory's long-running coronial inquiry into domestic violence has resumed with experts desperately calling for funding.

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Inside the voice campaigns: how muddled messages and voter confusion led to a crushing defeat

The yes campaign lost voters in the summer, one insider says - and by the time it shifted strategy, it was too late

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Australia looks for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after referendum loss

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says his government will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee

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Soul searching for 'yes' camp after referendum loss

Political leaders, Indigenous advocates and unions are picking up the pieces after Australians resoundingly voted down the voice to parliament.

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Indigenous Australians grapple with ‘gut-wrenching’ result but pledge to ‘keep fighting’

First Nations leaders who campaigned for the voice say the result is deeply disappointing and could set back reconciliation

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Indigenous leaders devastated by failed referendum poll

Indigenous leaders are saddened by the failed referendum but many people are pointing to the hard work that still needs to be done to help address disadvantage.

The Guardian - UK

Australians look set to vote against plan for Indigenous voice to parliament

Bruising referendum campaign over recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has shown racial divides

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice co-architect labels some politicians ‘bald-faced liars’ over referendum misinformation

Prof Tom Calma says he has been ‘shocked’ by level of racism and vitriol provoked by Indigenous voice to parliament debate

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The Way of the Ancestors and how it can help us hear The Voice

This short, elegant book by Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn, may well be one of the most important ever published in Australia. Its timing could not be better, but that was not by design.

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Racism and democracy: why claims of ‘division by race’ in the NZ election and Voice referendum need challenging

It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Islander Voice to Parliament. But there is one striking parallel between the two campaigns.

The Guardian - AU

The week in parliament: a bruising time for the voice and veteran affairs, punctuated by a bit of pop levity

Attacks on Marcia Langton prompt angry responses, Nick Kaldas delivers uncomfortable moments, and Marise Payne takes a bow

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