Morning Mail: Anti-weapons vandalism ‘far-left terrorism’; Aboriginal community police officers sue NT; Naplan scores a worrying read

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. Federal police say the vandalism of a defence manufacturer in July last year is being investigated as an act of terrorism by “far-left extremists”.Meanwhile, Aboriginal community police officers are suing Northern Territory authorities after years of alleged racial abuse, discrimination and underpayment left them “numb” and dreading putting on their uniforms.‘It was systemic’ | Aboriginal community police officers are suing the NT government and police force alleging discrimination, underpayment and the widespread use of racist slurs.Lovitt Technologies | Protesters who vandalised a defence manufacturer and set vehicles alight in Melbourne could face life imprisonment, with the incident investigated as an act of terrorism.‘Real challenges’ | Reading and writing scores are going backwards in almost every age group in Australia’s national standardised school tests, with one in three students failing to meet Naplan benchmarks.Site scrubbed | References to “gender equality” have been removed from the Queensland Office for Women’s website, amid claims the state government wants to “dewokify” the public service.Analysis | The last five minutes of former finance minister Damien Tudehope’s examination before the Independent Commission Against Corruption delivered a bombshell, Anne Davies writes. Continue reading...