Senator Patrick Dodson farewelled Jacqui Lambie in a heartfelt speech to the Senate, saying it was her Indigenous heritage he was most aggrieved to see go. http://ab.co/2yzwYxs | ABC News

It has been some three months since the Referendum Council placed its report in the hands of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and nearly five months since the historic Uluru summit. The silence from the Government has been deafening. While the Government ponders the issue in silent confusion, the First Nations of Australia and their supporters in mainstream society continue to be frustrated at having these longstanding issues ignored and sent to the bottom of the pile. Austral