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Victoria Forges Historic Treaty with Aboriginal Groups, Pledging $660 Million
The Victorian government has finalized a treaty with Aboriginal groups, establishing a new Indigenous body, Gellung Warl, and allocating $660 million for treaty initiatives including curriculum changes in schools and infrastructure funding.
Victoria Forges Historic Treaty with Aboriginal Groups, Pledging $660 Million
The Victorian government has finalized a treaty with Aboriginal groups, establishing a new Indigenous body, Gellung Warl, and allocating $660 million for treaty initiatives including curriculum changes in schools and infrastructure funding.
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40% Bias Score
Australia-UK Sign 50-Year Treaty for Aukus Submarine Program
Australia and the UK signed a 50-year "Geelong Treaty" on October 28th, 2023, in Geelong, Australia, to collaborate on the SSN-Aukus nuclear-powered submarine program, impacting tens of thousands of jobs and strengthening the Aukus pact amidst concerns about US commitment.
Australia-UK Sign 50-Year Treaty for Aukus Submarine Program
Australia and the UK signed a 50-year "Geelong Treaty" on October 28th, 2023, in Geelong, Australia, to collaborate on the SSN-Aukus nuclear-powered submarine program, impacting tens of thousands of jobs and strengthening the Aukus pact amidst concerns about US commitment.
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48% Bias Score
Victorian Bill to Establish Permanent First Peoples' Assembly
The Victorian government will introduce a bill to parliament to make the First Peoples' Assembly permanent, granting it decision-making powers on issues affecting Aboriginal people; the opposition opposes this move while other parties support it, potentially making it the second state with such an A...
Victorian Bill to Establish Permanent First Peoples' Assembly
The Victorian government will introduce a bill to parliament to make the First Peoples' Assembly permanent, granting it decision-making powers on issues affecting Aboriginal people; the opposition opposes this move while other parties support it, potentially making it the second state with such an A...
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32% Bias Score
Dja Dja Wurrung Leads Victoria's First Local Treaty Negotiations
The Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA) initiated negotiations for a local treaty with the Victorian government, aiming for greater land management autonomy and integrating traditional and Western knowledge in education and land management. This is the first step in Victoria's path...
Dja Dja Wurrung Leads Victoria's First Local Treaty Negotiations
The Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA) initiated negotiations for a local treaty with the Victorian government, aiming for greater land management autonomy and integrating traditional and Western knowledge in education and land management. This is the first step in Victoria's path...
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36% Bias Score
Poland Urges Germany to Signal New Opening in Relations
Poland's Deputy Minister of National Defence, Paweł Zalewski, in an interview with "Die Welt," called for Germany to signal a new opening in relations, emphasizing the importance of addressing past injustices and adopting a more robust stance against Russia, highlighting the delayed construction of ...
Poland Urges Germany to Signal New Opening in Relations
Poland's Deputy Minister of National Defence, Paweł Zalewski, in an interview with "Die Welt," called for Germany to signal a new opening in relations, emphasizing the importance of addressing past injustices and adopting a more robust stance against Russia, highlighting the delayed construction of ...
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40% Bias Score
Germany Boycotts Nuclear Weapons Treaty Conference
Germany is boycotting the UN's Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons review conference, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and the subsequent need for NATO nuclear deterrence as reasons for its absence; this decision has drawn criticism from disarmament advocates.
Germany Boycotts Nuclear Weapons Treaty Conference
Germany is boycotting the UN's Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons review conference, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and the subsequent need for NATO nuclear deterrence as reasons for its absence; this decision has drawn criticism from disarmament advocates.
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44% Bias Score
Victoria to Sign First State Treaty with Traditional Owners
Victoria is set to become the first Australian state to sign a treaty with its traditional owners, establishing the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria as a permanent body with accountability powers to scrutinize government programs and question ministers, following a $382 million, decade-long proce...
Victoria to Sign First State Treaty with Traditional Owners
Victoria is set to become the first Australian state to sign a treaty with its traditional owners, establishing the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria as a permanent body with accountability powers to scrutinize government programs and question ministers, following a $382 million, decade-long proce...
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40% Bias Score
U.K., Germany Tighten Defense, Anti-Smuggling Ties
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a treaty on Thursday to strengthen defense ties and step up law-enforcement cooperation against gangs that smuggle migrants across the English Channel, with Germany criminalizing such actions by year's end; over 57,000 peop...
U.K., Germany Tighten Defense, Anti-Smuggling Ties
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a treaty on Thursday to strengthen defense ties and step up law-enforcement cooperation against gangs that smuggle migrants across the English Channel, with Germany criminalizing such actions by year's end; over 57,000 peop...
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48% Bias Score
Victoria's Last-Minute $6.5 Million 'Yes' Campaign Funding Shift
Three weeks before Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum, Victoria's Labor government controversially shifted $6.5 million from its Indigenous Treaty fund to support the 'Yes' campaign, a decision later reversed without the funds being spent.
Victoria's Last-Minute $6.5 Million 'Yes' Campaign Funding Shift
Three weeks before Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum, Victoria's Labor government controversially shifted $6.5 million from its Indigenous Treaty fund to support the 'Yes' campaign, a decision later reversed without the funds being spent.
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52% Bias Score
Kitselas Nation Votes Overwhelmingly for Self-Governance
The Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia's Skeena Valley overwhelmingly voted to become self-governing on Thursday, with 85% voting Yes for the treaty and 81% for its constitution, ending governance under Canada's Indian Act and paving the way for self-determination.
Kitselas Nation Votes Overwhelmingly for Self-Governance
The Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia's Skeena Valley overwhelmingly voted to become self-governing on Thursday, with 85% voting Yes for the treaty and 81% for its constitution, ending governance under Canada's Indian Act and paving the way for self-determination.
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48% Bias Score
Australian Election 2025: Indigenous Affairs Take Backseat
Following the failure of Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum, major political parties have shifted their focus from Indigenous affairs to cost-of-living issues, prompting criticism for lacking the courage to pursue meaningful change, despite some claims of commitment to practical measures to red...
Australian Election 2025: Indigenous Affairs Take Backseat
Following the failure of Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum, major political parties have shifted their focus from Indigenous affairs to cost-of-living issues, prompting criticism for lacking the courage to pursue meaningful change, despite some claims of commitment to practical measures to red...
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48% Bias Score
Albanese Accused of Abandoning Uluru Statement Following Referendum Defeat
Following the October 2023 failure of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum (60% No), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing criticism for abandoning the remaining parts of the Uluru Statement from the Heart—a truth-telling commission and treaty—despite his 2022 election promis...
Albanese Accused of Abandoning Uluru Statement Following Referendum Defeat
Following the October 2023 failure of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum (60% No), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing criticism for abandoning the remaining parts of the Uluru Statement from the Heart—a truth-telling commission and treaty—despite his 2022 election promis...
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52% Bias Score
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