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Bundjalung woman and a lawyer Dani Larkin says she was expecting a divisive reaction around the "huge change" that an Indigenous voice to parliament would be, but thinks there are misconceptions around what purpose it would serve - and that needs attention.

Nurses and doctors say the whole healthcare industry is in the midst of a major waste problem, with many items that were once re-used over and over again, like surgical gowns or even tweezers, now single-use and thrown straight in the bin.

Coalition MPs raise concerns about a proposed referendum on Indigenous recognition; The UK ambassador to the US packs his bags and heads home, after leaked emails infuriated Donald Trump; and Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop to resign. What state does he leave the game in?

Barely a day has passed since Ken Wyatt's historic speech announcing there will be a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition within the next three years. But already several Coalition MPs are voicing hostility to the idea.

UK Tory Party leadership aspirant Boris Johnson faces a furious backlash after refusing to support the resigning UK ambassador to the US during a televised leadership debate. Sir Kim Darroch has received widespread support since his resignation over leaked diplomatic cables that gave a scathing assessment of the Trump administration. Former UK ambassador to the US Sir Nigel Sheinwald speaks with PM.

There are growing fears that Donald Trump is influencing the Federal Reserve, a key US economic institution whose independence is vital to the future of the world's largest economy. Fed chairman Jerome Powell has signalled he would cut interest rates again, in the face of virulent social media posts from the US President.

The high-profile head of the Football Federation of Australia, David Gallop, has announced he will step down at the end of 2019. His tenure has spanned two World Cups for both the Socceroos and the Matildas, a successful Asian Cup campaign for the men, and the rise of women's football in Australia; but it's also seen the Matildas strike for minimum wage, outrage at banning fans from A-League matches, the abrupt resignation of a Socceroos coach and the unexplained sacking of a Matildas coach.

A scheme that allows consumer lease companies to access people's welfare payments is back in the spotlight. A legal centre is alleging the Federal Government, which ultimately runs the scheme via Centrelink, is letting companies break financial conduct rules.

New analysis of two skulls found in a cave in Greece – one belonging to a Neanderthal and the other belonging to our own species, Homo Sapiens – reveals that the latter is the older of the two by roughly 40,000 years. The discovery dramatically rewrites our understanding of when humankind first left Africa and began populating the rest of the world.

Will Australia go to a referendum in three years, as pledged today, and reshape Indigenous Australians' place in our politics? And a PNG community leader issues a plea for international help after at least 16 people were found massacred in tribal violence.