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- New Liberal leader Angus Taylor vows to restore living standards as a policy focus
- Stolen Generations survivors reflect on 18 years since the National Apology
- The Socceroos announce their base camp for their World Cup games in the US
Angus Taylor says his first priority as the new Liberal leader will be working to restore living standards.
Speaking after defeating Sussan Ley 34 votes to 17 in a leadership spill, he says the Liberal Party is in its worst position since its founding in 1944 and it's time for change.
Mr Taylor says tackling the cost of living challenges will be a key focus.
"The first priority of the Liberal Party now under my leadership will be to restore our standard of living and protect our way of life. Bigger government isn't the solution to Australia's problems, Australians are the solutions to Australia's problems and that means putting faith back in you."
Senator Jane Hume, who will serve as deputy leader, says Australians can expect to see a more responsive Liberal party that's focused on them.
"Under Angus Taylor, Australians will see a Liberal party that focuses on them. A party that listens and responds to the issues that matter and I know this because I know Angus. He is smart, he is dedicated and he'll be in your corner every single day and he will never give up."
Sussan Ley has announced she will leave politics which means there will be a by-election in her New South Wales seat of Farrer.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says the party will contest the seat.
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Stolen Generations survivors and their advocates have called for trauma‑informed and affordable aged care to help ageing survivors.
Today, marks 18 years since the National Apology to the Stolen Generations delivered by then prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Reconciliation Australia and Stolen Generations advocacy body, The Healing Foundation, say the anniversary is a pointed reminder of the need for action on the delivery of support for Stolen Generations survivors; including through measures like equitable redress, access to records, and sustained funding for survivor-led organisations.
Stolen Generations survivor Wilfred Thomas Prince was forcibly removed from his family at the at the age of two.
He has told NITV says there is still more healing that needs to take place.
"During that public apology (by Kevin Rudd)... it has somehow made me somewhat healed inside. It hasn't completely healed me. But it is a starting point. By telling the stories, it will help future generations with the stories, and the continuation - that should never be lost."
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Wiradjuri woman BJ Newton says the anniversary of the National Apology is also an opportunity to reflect that child removal remains an issue today.
The latest Closing the Gap data shows that there has been no progress on the target to reduce the rate of over-representation of First Nations children in out-of-home care by 45 per cent by 2031.
In fact, the rate has been rising.
Associate professor Newton has told NITV Radio, the lack of progress has been disappointing; and more resources need to go into finding solutions.
"So if we can think about the importance of keeping families together (and) not thinking about removal as the solution to families that are struggling and alternative ways to ensure that families can stay together where everybody is safe and thrives."
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An investigation will be undertaken in New South Wales into police actions during this week's violent protest against the visit of Israel's President, Isaac Herzog.
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has released a statement saying it decided it was in the public interest to investigate the violent clashes between police and demonstrators at Town Hall after receiving a significant number of complaints.
The police watchdog says it will review video and phone footage and conduct public hearings before presenting a public report to the New South Wales parliament.
The Palestine Action Group says it welcomes the investigation into what it calls police brutality and calls for the resignations of Premier Chris Minns, Police Minister Yasmin Catley and Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon.
President Herzog concluded his visit to Australia with several events in Melbourne.
Councillor Simone Zmood is the mayor of Glen Eira City Council which is a local government area in Melbourne that's home to many Jewish people.
She's told SBS Hebrew President Herzog's visit was welcome.
"Having a recognised leader in the Jewish world come and share empathy and sympathy and solidarity with community members here is really important so that people feel their pain and their concerns living in Australia at this time, with all the rising antisemitism, that it's actually heard globally and in Australia."
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To sport and in football,
The Socceroos have announced their World Cup base in the United States, will be in Oakland, California.
Coach Tony Popovic says the first class facility will provide a comfortable and welcoming location to get the best out of his team.
Australia has been drawn in Group D and is set to take on the winner of the UEFA Play-off path C in Vancouver in June, before facing World Cup co-hosts the United States in Seattle.
The team's final group-stage game will be against Paraguay in Santa Clara.
