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Anthony Albanese

Saturday May 17

Protecting Australia’s press freedom

“What happened on Saturday at the ballot box, and how we see the value of a free press within our democracy, may shape not just the country’s political future — but the survival of a free press that can hold that future to account,” says Dr Kasun Ubayasiri as World Press Freedom Day was commemorated on election day

Climate scarves, teal independents and proposed treaty

“My friend knitted 100 colourful stripes representing temperatures from the past 100 years – the blue hues represent the years when the Earth was relatively cool; the cream and yellow indicate the years things got a bit warmer; and, the reds represent the years that became very hot,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn

"Ensuring this constitutional guarantee will help provide our First Nations leaders and their communities with stability and longevity in these critical areas, particularly across election cycles and changes of Government" (The Rev'd Canon Bruce Boase, Chair of the ACSQ Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group)

From The Heart welcomes Budget commitment to fund a referendum on First Nations constitutional recognition

From The Heart, the campaign for First Nations constitutional recognition through a Voice to Parliament, has welcomed the government’s commitment to retain contingency funding for a referendum on constitutional recognition in the 2023 Federal Budget

Call for unified national leadership on climate change

The National Council of Churches in Australia urges Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese to convene a roundtable on climate change, shaping a bipartisan approach and drawing in civil society leaders