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Erin Patterson's interview with Victoria police released
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- Erin Patterson's interview with Victoria police released
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- 9 months ago
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- Erin Patterson was interviewed by police on 5 August 2023.
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On 7 July 2025 Patterson was found guilty of murdering her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson, and guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. The interview was conducted at Wonthaggi police station and segments have been redacted by the court
Suspicions, mystery illnesses and a jar of vomit: what the Erin Patterson jury wasn’t told ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/08/erin-patterson-husband-simon-mushroom-trial-australia-what-the-jury-wasnt-allowed-to-hear-ntwnfb
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- Palestinian doctor describes conditions in Gaza clinic– Full Story podcast
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- 9 months ago
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- Palestinian paediatrician Abdalkarim Alharazin has seen more suffering and death than most over his time as a junior doctor on Gaza’s frontlines. Amid relentless Israeli bombardment, displacement and starvation, he applied for and has been accepted into a master of public health at the University of Sydney.
With significant hurdles ahead, logistically and financially, Alharazin joins Nour Haydar to talk about what he’s witnessed and his plans to rebuild Gaza’s health infrastructure
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- The politics of the Sydney Harbour Bridge protest – Full Story podcast: Newsroom edition
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- 9 months ago
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- Hundreds of thousands of people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the weekend to protest against the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza.
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But, police, organisers and the protesters themselves all portrayed the same public event in a very different light. And depending on which news outlet you read, you might have a different understanding of how that event unfolded. Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, about the political fallout from the Harbour Bridge protest
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- NSW Labor MP says party is gagging debate on Gaza during fiery speech in parliament
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- 9 months ago
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- Labor MP Anthony D’Adam accuses his own party of trying to shut down debate on the Middle East.
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D’Adam, a former trade unionist, convener of Labor Friends of Palestine and a member of the upper house, told NSW parliament he was bullied when attempting to speak about the pro-Palestine Sydney Harbour Bridge protest in caucus
Dissent against Chris Minns spills into NSW parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/08/dissent-against-chris-minns-spills-into-parliament-as-labor-mp-accuses-party-of-gagging-debate-on-gaza
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- How many people showed up to the pro-Palestine marches across Sydney Harbour Bridge?
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- 9 months ago
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- Even with reporters on the ground, it’s hard to figure out how many people attend a protest or a march. There's been a lot of conflicting numbers surrounding the recent demonstration across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Jordyn Beazely was there reporting and wanted to figure out just how many people attended. She spoke to Dr Aldo Raineri, a senior Central Queensland University lecturer and expert in crowd safety management, and he estimated the figure to be significantly higher than what police suggested.
Guardian Australia shared drone footage with Raineri that showed the crowd just north of the bridge’s midway point, extending back to Wynyard station and Lang Park, where the march began.
He noted “these figures are really rough, given the variation in density”.
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- Can Trump be shamed into supporting human rights?
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- 9 months ago
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- After three decades at the helm of Human Rights Watch, the former executive director Kenneth Roth has written a memoir about his time campaigning against human rights violations around the world – including in the Palestinian occupied territories.
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As the Albanese government faces increasing public pressure to take action against Israel, Roth speaks with Nour Haydar about why he thinks there’s always a strategy to pressure governments into supporting better human rights outcomes.
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- Did you pay more tax than Adani on the Carmichael coal mine?
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- 9 months ago
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- More than three years after Adani started extracting coal from its Queensland mine, the Indian conglomerate has paid zero corporate tax from its Australian project and tax experts say it may “never pay a cent”.
Adani pledged just over a decade ago to plough $22bn in taxes and royalties into the Australian economy. Industry groups supporting the coal company had also claimed Adani’s controversial plans would fund schools, hospitals and other infrastructure for “almost a century”.
Adani’s most recent accounts for the Carmichael coal operations, for the year ended 31 March 2025, recorded $1.27bn in revenue. This gets dialled down to a $461.7m loss after various expenses, resulting in no tax payable.
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- The Descendants episode 2: the search for Tom Wills – Full Story podcast
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- 9 months ago
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- For some years there have been suggestions that in the 1860s Tom Wills, Australia’s first sports hero and a founder of Australian rules football, may have taken part in the massacres of Gayiri people in central Queensland.
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Now, in a Guardian Australia investigation, Indigenous affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge travels in search of the truth behind the allegations.
In this two-part special Full Story, she and Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute discuss how families on both sides of the conflict are reckoning with the truth of their ancestors’ colonial past.
Warning: This episode contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some
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- Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching event in 2024 most widespread and severe on record
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- 9 months ago
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- The Great Barrier Reef has seen the sharpest annual drop in the amount of live coral recorded by scientists in its northern and southern sections since monitoring started four decades ago, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
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The report is the first to comprehensively document the devastating impacts of the early 2024 mass coral bleaching event – the most widespread and severe event on record
A bellwether of change’: speed of glacier shrinking on remote Heard Island sounds alarm ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/05/glacier-shrinking-australia-remote-heard-island-sounds-alarm
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- Fog lifts over Sydney Harbour
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- 9 months ago
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- Sydney Harbour completely disappeared under a thick fog on Tuesday morning. Dramatic footage captured the moment the fog lifted to reveal the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
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- The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre – Full Story podcast
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- 9 months ago
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- Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a dark and confronting chapter of Australia’s past – a history that Yamatji people already know all too well.
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Descendants of some perpetrator families are now challenging what they call ‘colonial silence’. For them, truth-telling is real, personal and local. There are no guidelines or rulebooks, and it can lead to denial and indifference – but it can also be a liberation.
In this two-part special Full Story, Indigenous affairs reporter Sarah Collard tells Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute about decoding the truth behind Logue’s diaries, and how descendants of colonial violence are coming together to heal from the horrors of the past
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- One giant leap for bettongs released into sanctuary
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- 9 months ago
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- The Australian Wildlife Conservancy in July moved 147 brush-tailed bettongs from a 8,000 hectare fenced ‘safe haven’ to the surrounding sanctuary.
With the conservancy managing the population of cats and foxes in the area, they’re hoping the bettongs will be able to survive and thrive.
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- Brush-tailed bettongs released into Mount Gibson sanctuary
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- 9 months ago
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- The Australian Wildlife Conservancy in July moved 147 brush-tailed bettongs from an 8,000 hectare fenced 'safe haven' to the surrounding sanctuary.
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With the conservancy managing the population of cats and foxes in the area, they're hoping the bettongs will be able to survive and thrive
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- Thousands march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in one of biggest protests in city’s history
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- 9 months ago
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- Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine marchers cross Sydney Harbour Bridge in the rain on Sunday to protest against Israel’s conduct in Gaza and to speak up for starving Palestinian children.
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The world-famous landmark was closed to traffic, with protesters gathering in the city centre in chilly weather before walking north across the bridge. NSW police estimate 90,000 people turned out, while the Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/03/julian-assange-joins-pro-palestine-march-across-sydney-harbour-bridge-before-police-stop-rally-amid-safety-concerns-ntwnfb?CMP=gdnaus_yt
Palestine Action Group’s March for Humanity across Sydney Harbour Bridge – in pictures ► https://www.t...
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- View from train shows scale of Sydney Harbour Bridge protest
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- 9 months ago
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- Police estimate the pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge was attended by more than 90,000 people.
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The bridge was closed at 11.30am, with tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters marching in the rain from 1.30pm after speeches by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, Indigenous actor Meyne Wyatt and former Socceroo and Australian of the Year Craig Foster
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/03/julian-assange-joins-pro-palestine-march-across-sydney-harbour-bridge-before-police-stop-rally-amid-safety-concerns-ntwnfb?CMP=gdnaus_yt
Palestine Action Group’s March for Humanity across Sydney Harbour Bridge – in pictures ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2025/aug/03/palestine-action-groups-march-for-humanity-acr...
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- Protesters chant in support of Palestine during march across Sydney Harbour Bridge
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- 9 months ago
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- Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine marchers, including Julian Assange, Bob Carr and Ed Husic, have marched across Sydney Harbour Bridge in the rain to protest against Israel’s conduct in Gaza and to speak out about starving children.
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The world-famous landmark was closed to traffic at 11.30am on Sunday, with protesters gathering in Lang Park in the city centre in wintry wet weather before walking north across the bridge. Police estimate 90,000 people took part in the protest
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/03/julian-assange-joins-pro-palestine-march-across-sydney-harbour-bridge-before-police-stop-rally-amid-safety-concerns-ntwnfb?CMP=gdnaus_yt
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- Do Naplan results matter? Who are they even for?
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- 9 months ago
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- Every year, Naplan results are released, and every year there’s an annual media frenzy and resulting panic for educators and parents alike.
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Australia’s largest nationwide standardised test, Naplan was launched in 2008 to assess students across the country in literacy and numeracy. The test is meant to help governments, education authorities and schools determine whether students are meeting performance targets, and compare between jurisdictions and demographics. Flash forward to 2025, and Naplan has become a very different beast. The tests have been criticised for placing unnecessary pressure on young students, exacerbated by the media coverage hyping up high performers and pointing the finger over low results. Guardian Australia's education reporter, Caitlin Cassidy, explains
One in three students fail to meet Naplan benchmarks as disadva...
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- From tents to VR headsets: Sydney's library of things you can borrow instead of buy
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- 9 months ago
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- With rising living costs, storage problems and an ever‑growing mountain of waste contributing to the climate crisis, why buy when you can borrow?
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Run by volunteers, the Sydney Library of Things has over 700 mostly donated items in their catalogue. Members borrow via a click and collect system across four locations in Waverton, Lane Cove, Cromer and Randwick. Guardian Australia cadet Ima Caldwell went behind the scenes of the eclectic library's Lane Cove and Waverton branches, to learn how one might cook a new recipe, deep clean, go camping, have a beach day, garden, renovate, or throw a party (yes, they have a fog machine) - without buying all the gear
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- A social media ban for under 16s in Australia is coming
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- 9 months ago
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- Anthony Albanese admits banning children from social media “is not going to be simple”, with questions still unanswered over how tech platforms will check the ages of all Australian users – and which platforms will be included – when the government imposes its under 16s social media ban this year.
The communications minister, Anika Wells, said on Wednesday the onus will be on platforms to design simple solutions, claiming there are “lots of ways” tech companies could check the ages of their users.
The government is still waiting on results from a trial of age assurance technology, but is pressing on with plans for the ban to come into force on 10 December.
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- When will Australia recognise Palestine? – Full Story podcast: Newsroom edition
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- 9 months ago
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- On Wednesday, Australia joined 14 other countries to describe the recognition of Palestine as ‘an essential step towards the two-state solution’, linking progress on statehood to the upcoming United Nations general assembly meeting in September.
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But the prime minister has resisted demands for increased sanctions on Israel as clamour grows to follow the UK, France and Canada in recognising Palestine as a state. Reged Ahmad talks to deputy editor Patrick Keneally and the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, about the pressure pushing Australia towards Palestinian recognition
Sanction Israel and recognise Palestine: here are the steps Australia should take next on Gaza ► https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/gaza-australia-government-should-sanction-israel-recognise-palestine-state
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- Heaviest stick insect in Australia? A giant new species of stick insect has been discovered
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- 9 months ago
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- A supersized stick insect has been discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia.
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The new species, named Acrophylla alta, was found in the Atherton tablelands in North Queensland – and scientists said the habitat could be part of the reason for its large size.
A peer-reviewed study about the discovery noted the stick insect was likely heavier than the giant burrowing cockroach, which is considered one of the heaviest insects in the world.
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- Toxic algae threatens rare cuttlefish
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- 9 months ago
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- Scientists are warning the spread of deadly algae into South Australia’s Spencer gulf threatens to decimate the cuttlefish population during their annual gathering
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- Thousands of giant cuttlefish under threat from South Australia's toxic algal bloom
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- 9 months ago
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- Thousands of giant cuttlefish gather in South Australia’s Spencer gulf amid fears the state’s toxic algal bloom could prove catastrophic for the globally unique species.
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These rare cuttlefish are genetically distinct from any other population the world and only gather once a year to breed in the same small area off the coast of Whyalla. Scientists fear the ongoing toxic algal bloom, which has already decimated marine life in other parts of the gulf, could pose a significant threat to the cuttlefish population.
Fears for South Australia’s annual cuttlefish gathering amid deadly algal bloom ► https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/31/fears-for-south-australias-annual-cuttlefish-gathering-amid-deadly-algal-bloom
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- New 40cm-long species of stick insect suspected to be the heaviest insect in Australia
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- 9 months ago
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- The new species, named Acrophylla alta, was found in the high altitudes of the Atherton tablelands in North Queensland – and scientists said the habitat could be part of the reason for its large size.
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A peer-reviewed study about the discovery, published in Zootaxa journal, noted the stick insect was likely heavier than the giant burrowing cockroach which is considered one of the heaviest insects in the world
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- Doctor turned Labor MP and self-described Israel ally condemns Netanyahu government
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- 9 months ago
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- The final speaker on Wednesday's motion calling Israel's blockade of Gaza a breach of international law was Labor senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah.
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A doctor-turned-politician who visited Israel during her first term as a Labor MP in the previous parliament, Ananda-Rajah describes herself as an 'ally of Israel' and says she will not 'rubber stamp what the Netanyahu government is doing'. 'Right now, the people of Gaza are suffering,' Ananda-Rajah said. 'There is a humanitarian catastrophe. There are no words left any more in our lexicon to describe what is going on there'
‘Action, not slogans’: Albanese dismisses pressure from Labor MPs to toughen Israel stance ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/ed-husic-australia-palestinian-state-recognition-uk
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- Lidia Thorpe puts forward motion on ‘shameful’ deaths in custody numbers
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- 9 months ago
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- Independent senator Lidia Thorpe put forward a motion in the Senate Thursday morning, extending sympathies to the families of the 17 First Nations people who have died in custody this year, including 24-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White who died in May after being restrained by officers at an Alice Springs supermarket.
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The motion coincides with the release of the latest Closing the Gap report, which revealed only four of 19 targets were on track to be met by 2031
Worsening Closing the Gap measures spark Indigenous calls for ‘real power shift’ ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/31/closing-the-gap-report-goals-targets-worse-ntwnfb
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- Atlassian co-founder says his children have ‘very defined screen time’
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- 10 months ago
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- Tech Council of Australia chair and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar says he makes sure he is aware of what his three school-age children are viewing.
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'We spend time with our kids together and educate them about age-appropriate things they need to be worried about on the internet, in the same way we educate them about crossing the road,' Farquhar said
One in three students fail to meet Naplan benchmarks as disadvantaged fall behind ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/30/one-in-three-students-fail-to-meet-naplan-benchmarks-as-disadvantaged-fall-behind
Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia – with huge implications for privacy and inclusion ► https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/23/new-rules-will-radically-change-the-way-we-use-the-internet-in-australia-and-not-just-social-media...
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- Artists boycott Spotify over the CEO's investment in defence company, will listeners leave as well?
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- 10 months ago
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- The music industry has long held mixed feelings about Spotify’s extensive influence over artists – and these feelings have intensified amid ongoing controversy over Spotify’s chief executive, Daniel Ek, leading a A$1.07bn investment in Helsing, a German defence technology company specialising in AI-driven autonomous weapon systems.
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Ek is also chair of Helsing, having joined the board in 2021 when his investment fund Prima Materia put €100m into the then-startup.
In response to Ek’s investment, artists and listeners have been seeking alternatives.
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- Albanese responds to question of recognition of Palestine following Starmer announcement
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- 10 months ago
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- Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that to 'advance genuinely' a two-state solution, the 'legitimate aspirations' of the Palestinian people need to sit alongside the recognition of Israel by the 'states around the Middle East'.
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'Sometimes out of a crisis comes a moment of opportunity to actually advance forward, in a real way, advance forward for Israelis and Palestinians,' Albanese said.
‘Moral momentum’: Ed Husic says Australia should immediately join UK in preparing to recognise Palestinian state ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/ed-husic-australia-palestinian-state-recognition-uk
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- Australian-made orbital rocket crashes after launch in Queensland
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- 10 months ago
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- After months of waiting for the right conditions, an Australian-designed and made orbital rocket launched from the shores of tropical north Queensland. Built by the Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space, the Eris rocket briefly blasted off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport on Wednesday morning, hovering for less than a minute before crashing in a giant plume of smoke
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- YouTube included in Australia's social media ban for children, communications minister says
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Communications minister Anika Wells announces the decision to include YouTube in the social media ban for children under 16, but says YouTube Kids will remain exempt. Wells attributes the decision to advice from the eSafety commissioner, saying the government can’t ignore evidence that 'four out of 10 Australian kids report that their most recent harm was on YouTube'. She says the government won’t be 'intimidated' by social media companies and that the regulations are about prioritising 'parents ahead of platforms'
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- Will the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation be allowed to continue to operate – Full Story podcast
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- After days of international pressure, Israel has agreed to increase the amount of aid going into Gaza. It follows last week’s pictures coming out of the besieged territory showing confronting scenes of emaciated children. But experts say much more is needed to reverse what has been described as a full-blown starvation crisis.
The Guardian’s William Christou speaks to Reged Ahmad from Jerusalem about whether this moment is a tipping point in the Israel-Gaza war.
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- Israel's ‘denial of aid’ and ‘killing of civilians’ cannot be defended, PM says
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Speaking during question time, Anthony Albanese said Australia had called upon Israel to ‘comply immediately with its obligations under international law’.
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Speaking on the recognition of a Palestinian state, the Australian prime minister said the decision must advance the ‘realisation of that objective’. ‘It must be more than a gesture,’ he said. ‘It must be something that’s a part of a moving forward’
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- Independent MP Nicolette Boele calls out parliament's lack of ambition in her first speech
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Nicolette Boele, who sensationally beat Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian by just 26 votes in the seat of Bradfield, gave her maiden speech to parliament on Monday, saying Australia is moving towards a decentralised and more people-centred rather than party-centred democracy.
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She said there was 'widespread conviction' that politicians were 'incapable of dealing with systemic longstanding issues' such as regulating online media platforms, climate change, gambling and housing affordability, adding that unlike previous reform to gun laws, or the introduction of medicare, the parliament was not ambitious enough.
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- Will Labor move fast enough on climate action? – Full Story podcast #auspol #climatecrisis
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- 10 months ago
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- Labor has huge mandate, will they use it to move faster on climate action?
Evidence shows urgent action is needed to prevent the climate crisis from worsening but political will is waning. As the Coalition takes the debate back to the future on the merits of net zero, questions remain about Labor’s willingness to act on its own policies.
Reged Ahmad speaks to editor Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom Mike Ticher and climate and environment editor Adam Morton on what’s distracting Australia from acting on the climate emergency.
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- The Nationals say they want net zero gone – Full Story podcast: Newsroom edition #auspol #netzero
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- 10 months ago
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- The Nationals say they want net zero gone.
Evidence shows urgent action is needed to prevent the climate crisis from worsening but political will is waning. As the Coalition takes the debate back to the future on the merits of net zero, questions remain about Labor’s willingness to act on its own policies.
Reged Ahmad speaks to editor Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom Mike Ticher and climate and environment editor Adam Morton on what’s distracting Australia from acting on the climate emergency
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- The real net zero questions do not involve the Coalition – Full Story podcast: Newsroom edition
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- 10 months ago
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- Evidence shows that urgent action is needed to prevent worsening the climate crisis, but if you looked at the headlines – you would think that’s not the case. As the Coalition takes the debate back to the future on the merits of net zero, questions remain about Labor’s willingness to act on its own policies.
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Reged Ahmad speaks to editor Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom Mike Ticher and climate and environment editor Adam Morton on what’s distracting Australia from acting on the climate emergency
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- Malarndirri McCarthy criticises One Nation 'stunts' in acknowledgment of country debate
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- 10 months ago
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- The Indigenous affairs minister, Malarndirri McCarthy, called out the 'childish stunts' of One Nation senators who have been turning their back to acknowledgement of country statements during the opening week of parliament.
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price then told the Senate she is ‘sick to death’ of acknowledgments of country, before Western Australian Liberal senator Michaelia Cash launched into an impassioned defence of Price
Malarndirri McCarthy criticises One Nation 'stunts' in acknowledgment of country debate ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/24/labor-greens-condemnation-one-nation-acknowledgment-of-country-pauline-hanson-malarndirri-mccarthy
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- Scott Morrison warns US select committee against 'going to sleep on the threat' of China
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Australia's former prime minister told the US House of Representatives committee that western democracies must do more to resist the security threat posed by China. Morrison, citing polling of Australians by the Lowy Institute, told US lawmakers that 'for the first time in quite a number of years there is a greater value on the economic partnership with China than concerns about the security threat'.
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'That is an objective of the CCP [Chinese Communist party], that western democracies go to sleep on the threat,' Morrison said
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- What’s behind the cancelling of Stephen Colbert? – Full Story podcast
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- 10 months ago
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- Senate passes Labor motion sanctioning Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for Gaza sign protest
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- 10 months ago
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- Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi was sanctioned after the upper house agreed her decision to protest during the governor general's address to parliament on Tuesday was 'utterly disrespectful'.
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Faruqi held a sign urging sanctions against Israel while governor general Sam Mostyn addressed parliament. In a statement to Guardian Australia after the Senate motion passed, Faruqi accused Labor of 'cracking down on people who speak out against a genocide, while ignoring the perpetrator'
Mehreen Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza sign protest as Greens senator accused of 'street theatre' ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/23/mehreen-faruqi-sanctioned-for-gaza-sign-protest-ntwnfb
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- 'Fighting for fair is in my blood': Ali France's poignant first speech as MP
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- France won the Dickson seat after seven years of electoral battle.
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'Winning Dickson was very unlikely,' Frances said, as she described her opponent, Peter Dutton, as 'one of the most prolific politicians of our time'. France credited her family's political engagement and her late son's encouragement for her victory.
Labor MP Ali France thanks late son for his belief in her in first speech to parliament after unseating Peter Dutton ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/22/ali-france-sarah-witty-first-speeches-48th-parliament-canberra
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- For the first time, Australia will have a woman leader of the opposition – Full Story podcast
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- How will that change things up?
As Australia’s federal parliament resumes, Reged Ahmad speaks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy and political reporter Krishani Dhanji about our new political reality
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- A new parliament but is it new politics? – Full Story podcast
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- 10 months ago
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- As our nation’s parliament resumes, Reged Ahmad speaks to Chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy and politcal reporter Krishani Dhanji about our new political reality.
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- Hundreds of endangered frogs survive reintroduction to the wild in Victoria
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- 10 months ago
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- Captive-bred critically endangered frogs are managing to survive after being released at a mountain stream near Mount Beauty in Victoria, with some small frogs found about a kilometre from where they were dropped off.
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More than 600 spotted tree frogs have so far joined dwindling wild populations in the Kiewa River system, as part of a Zoos Victoria conservation breeding program designed to boost numbers and genetic diversity after 50% of the frog's habitat was severely burnt in the 2019-20 black summer bushfires
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- Carcasses rot on Adelaide shores during a toxic algal bloom #news #southaustralia #adelaide
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- Death on the sand: fish and animal carcasses rot on Adelaide shores amid toxic algal bloom
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- 10 months ago
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- Across South Australia, thousands of animals from close to 400 different species have washed up on the shore, from leafy seadragons, octopuses and shellfish to rays, eels, crabs and more.
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As senior reporter Tory Shepherd explains, it’s due to a 'harmful algal bloom', or HAB, caused by Karenia mikimotoi. It’s not toxic to humans, but people are being told not to eat the sick or dead fish, and to keep their dogs away or on leashes. Some oyster and mussel producers have been closed as a precaution, while the tourism industry is suffering and beachgoers are horrified.
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- Do progressives and the left need to build more stuff? – Full Story podcast
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In Canberra there’s one book you must at least pretend to have read by the time parliament returns: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. In recent media interviews, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, called the book – hailed by some in the US as a manifesto for the Democrats – “a ripper”. So why are so many Labor MPs excited by it?
Nour Haydar asks editor Lenore Taylor and head of newsroom Mike Ticher if the Abundance agenda is right for Australia.
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- ‘Abundance’ liberalism has many excited, but is it going to address inequality – Full Story podcast
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- 10 months ago
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- In Canberra there’s one book you must at least pretend to have read by the time parliament returns: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. In recent media interviews, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, called the book – hailed by some in the US as a manifesto for the Democrats – “a ripper”. So why are so many Labor MPs excited by it?
Nour Haydar asks editor Lenore Taylor and head of newsroom Mike Ticher if the Abundance agenda is right for Australia
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- 150 million years old and critically endangered: assassin spider stalks its prey
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- 10 months ago
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- The Kangaroo Island assassin spider’s only known home is in the north-west of the island off the coast of South Australia, where it hides out in moist clumps of leaf litter.
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As parts of Kangaroo Island – still recovering from the black summer bushfires – suffer through near-record drought, scientists say an invasive plant root disease is drying out the Jurassic-era spider's habitat even further
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