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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is moving a motion against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that parliament notes Albanese is dividing the nation and refusing to provide details over his plan for Aboriginal reconciliation.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra today.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

Dutton wants the House of Representatives to note that Albanese promised on 34 occasions to implement the Uluru Statement in full but has since “continually denied that there will be a treaty”, and that the government has refused to detail what some of the budget allocation for a Makarrata commission has so far been spent on.

“He has treated this house with contempt by repeatedly and consistently failing to directly answer questions in question time,” Dutton said, adding Albanese should be condemned “for his complete inability to be upfront and honest”.

“[The motion] calls on the prime minister to explain today, in plain language … what the Voice will be, how it can be structured … [what] the Makarrata commission will be, how it will be structured, and how it will operate.”

The house is divided and a vote is being counted.

The bus driver of the horror Hunter Valley accident that claimed the lives of 10 wedding guests in June is expected to be charged with a further 52 offences.

Brett Button, 58, was at the wheel of a coach on June 11 transporting 35 guests from the wedding of Maddy Edsell and Mitchell Gaffney at Lovedale to Singleton when the vehicle rolled over at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive near the Hunter Expressway off-ramp at Greta.

Brett Button is set to face 52 extra charges from the Hunter Valley bus tragedy.Credit: Janie Barrett

He had previously been charged with 11 driving offences, including 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving occasioning death.

The new court listings for Button include an extra 52 offences that would bring the total to 63 charges, including dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm; negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm; causing bodily harm by misconduct; and negligent driving.

All the details here.

Good afternoon, Anthony Segaert with you for the rest of the afternoon.

I’m pleased to bring you some good soccer news via sports reporter Vince Rugari: Matildas star Sam Kerr is back, baby.

Sam Kerr appears to be on track for her long-awaited Matildas return on Monday night after joining the team’s first training session since their stunning demolition of Canada.

Tony Gustavsson’s side were back on the field on Thursday at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre after two days of recovery and rest – and while they didn’t do much, Kerr at least had a ball at her feet for the first time since her injury on the eve of the World Cup.

Sam Kerr during a Matildas training session earlier today.Credit: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

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Let’s go back to Canberra, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused the federal opposition of trying to undermine Indigenous Australians for political advantage by using “confected outrage” over questions of the government’s plans for a treaty.

Albanese was responding to a question from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over the government’s commitment to all three aims of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which include a Voice to parliament, truth-telling and treaty-making.

The prime minister said both sides of parliament supported a legislated Voice and constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.

“The only difference between the two positions is that we are putting forward the position of constitutional recognition in the form that has been requested by Indigenous Australians themselves, over a period of two decades,” he said.

“This confected outrage by those opposite with regard to the Uluru Statement from the Heart is just that, confected – seeking political advantage by undermining the most disadvantaged group in Australia, who happened to be First Nations people.”

Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, also invited deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley to the Garma Festival on the weekend after Albanese invited Dutton.

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My colleague Anthony Segaert will be keeping the blog updated for the rest of the day, and I’ll be back first thing tomorrow.

The army has discovered unidentified remains of some of the aircrew who died last week in a helicopter crash off the Queensland coast as well as parts of the cockpit of the aircraft.

Lieutenant General Greg Bilton told reporters that the search-and-recovery effort had identified a “further debris field” that is consistent with a catastrophic, high-impact crash.

From left: Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph “Phil” Laycock, Corporal Alexander Naggs, Troop Commander Captain Daniel Lyon and Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent.

“Sadly, I can confirm human remains have also been observed in this location by [a] remote underwater vehicle,” he said.

“Due to the nature of the debris field, positive identification of the remains is unlikely to occur until we recover more of the wreckage.”

Bilton said that Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, a modern navy auxiliary ship, was assisting with the search-and-recovery effort. He said those involved were working in a “methodical” way but the strong currents in the Whitsundays made the recovery effort difficult.

Four service personnel – Joseph “Phil” Laycock, Alexander Naggs, Daniel Lyon and Maxwell Nugent – died when their MRH-90 Taipan crashed during military training exercises on Friday night.

The crash has intensified debate about the future of the troubled Taipan fleet, which has suffered repeated technical issues during its life of service.

Australian Defence Force Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant General Greg Bilton provided an update on the recovery operations of the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter on Thursday afternoon.

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For those wondering about the Garma Festival, my colleague Jack Latimore explains the origins of celebration ahead of the event this weekend.

Up to 2500 people will converge on the remote community of Gulkala in East Arnhem Land for the festival, paying up to $5000 a head for a corporate pass to attend the nation’s largest and most influential annual First Nations event.

Ceremonial dancers perform at last year’s Garma Festival.Credit: AAP

The conference agenda changes each year to reflect the Garma theme – land rights, health, education, economic development and government funding regularly feature.

This year’s theme is djambatj, meaning a vision of perfection or “a perfect moment in time when the balance of our world is in order”.

You can read the full explainer here.