The Ombudsman’s media release and full report are available here: Misconduct in public organisations: A casebook

Yes. How do you think council heritage overlays and easements work?

We already have these sorts of structures, assessments processes, and limitations in place under the Crown. It’s reasonable to expect a First Nations equivalent.

The day after the Garma Festival wraps up we get confirmation of this from the WA government.

One has to wonder how Albanese thought himself capable of convincing the Australian public of a need to listen to First Nations voices when this and similar issues are rife within his own party. For the stakes the referendum has put on the table for First Nations people Labor isn’t fighting near hard enough. Publicly or internally.

It’s relevant in so far as what it says about the extreme carbon intensity of the NT’s economic activity and the current plans to increase that dependence even further.

Per capita is not necessarily relevant from an environmental standpoint directly but it means quite a lot when it comes to gathering the political will to end these emissions and our uncounted carbon exports.