Last year, Maria Sevilla's application for a 489 ('Skilled Regional') visa was rejected as Tyrone’s autism was forecasted to be a financial burden on Australian taxpayers. It's policy pulled straight from the 1920s.

On the former, Premier Colin Barnett made a final settlement offer last year: the government would pay $1.3 billion, indexed over 12 years, into a Noongar Future Fund. In return, the community's (already limited) right to native title would be forever extinguished. The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, acting on behalf of the Noongar community, have held meetings in various areas to secure majority support for Barnett's settlement offer.

It’s still hard to digest the fantastical news reporting that plagued Australia in 2014. From The Courier Mail’s front-page photograph of transgender murder victim Mayang Prasetyo to Fairfax Media’s use of an incorrect photograph in their reporting on the death of Numan Haider, it was a year to forget for Australia’s mainstream media. This was seen most clearly in December’s ‘Sydney siege’, which sent them into overdrive.