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Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report Report offers alternative of the US navy retaining boats and operating them out of Australian bases

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who could have predicted this...

Pauline Hanson failed to declare another flight from billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company Exclusive: One Nation leader gifted the flight from company of Australia’s richest person last year, but did not declare in line with parliamentary rules

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another one...

Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll? Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters

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Catching up on stories from this week...
"...the killings bore the hallmarks of executions. Medical workers..described receiving bodies with close-range gunshot wounds to the head that had been transferred from hospital morgues while still attached to catheters...

Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon released after arrest over Minnesota church protest Lemon and three others charged with civil rights crimes, DoJ says, as White House celebrates arrest on social media

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He's a journalist...

"The White House celebrated Lemon’s arrest with a post on X. “When life gives you Lemons,” the White House account’s official post said, accompanied by a chain emoji."

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

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Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low

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I’ve read this picture book so many times – but only 25 years later do I really understand it | Lenore Taylor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a favourite when my son was small. Now my father’s in a nursing home – and Mem Fox’s book remains a balm

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This is why I’m voting for Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge in the favourite children’s picture book poll

The Liberals’ fatal flaw was becoming Nationals-lite. Here’s how they can come back from the brink | Tony Barry If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats

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Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

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The 16-month battle to reveal the truth about Sydney Water’s poo balls After debris balls closed Sydney beaches in October 2024, Guardian Australia reported they could be linked to sewage outfalls. Authorities were less keen to talk

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Turnbull urges Albanese to acknowledge new global political reality under ‘bully’ Trump Exclusive: Former PM says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward

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Oh it's there - there are 50 on the voting list

ICYMI, since I posted very late Friday night (and am back at work today after three weeks off), @australia.theguardian.com was the 4th biggest news website in Australia in December

Australia’s best picture book: voting now open in Guardian Australia poll It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll works

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It's hot. The news cycle is pretty bleak. We're covering all of that. But ALSO we have this joyful happy poll about Australia's favourite children's picture books. There are so many to choose from. I've written about my favourite for later in the week....

New poo balls on Sydney beaches after revelation of huge fatberg stuck in treatment plant Exclusive: Sydney Water erects sign at Malabar beach near wastewater facility stating ‘do not touch any debris … we are cleaning the area’

They're back

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Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over last year, report shows Data collected by Oxfam shows 48 billionaires hold more wealth than bottom 40% of the population – 11 million people – combined

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New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers Climate campaigners have complained to the ACCC about Aetium, saying the company failed a key global standard designed to incentivise carbon reduction

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Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

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No great options here...

‘Bizarre’ bonuses and sausage sizzles: how Australia’s outsource call centres try to lure in poorly paid workers

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

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Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform? Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the site

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Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent

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My favourite story today..

Into the void: how Trump killed international law The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

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‘Pandemonium’, a woman in labour and every bandage in the clubhouse: how lifesavers became first responders in the Bondi shooting Members at two Bondi surf clubs provided shelter and first aid to hundreds during the deadly attack

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Distressing videos can have a lasting impact – here’s how to look after yourself in the wake of the Bondi attack | Ahona Guha It’s natural to want information about a traumatic event but graphic imagery can cause a significant stress response

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Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025 - podcast Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and deputy editors Patrick Keneally and Gabrielle Jackson about Labor’s ambitions, the Coalition’s existential crisis and the stories that will define...

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The last Full Story newsroom edition for 2025....

Born to run: how exercise expanded the landscape of my life and got my mind on track | Joseph Earp Running tends to get characterised as an entirely physical pursuit, which is probably why I avoided it for so long

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‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that

just 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as the entire poorest half of humanity.

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