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Monday 22 May 2023
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Opposition leader invoked George Orwell in claiming referendum would wind back civil rights progress
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Justin Stevens says he has apologised to presenter and urged media critics to ‘come after me’ rather than target journalists
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Walter Sofronoff KC tells inquiry he had written to the editor of the Australian to understand why the paper ran photograph of Shane Drumgold on page one, but conceded it might serve a valid journalistic purpose -
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The Gudanji/Wakaja writer won four prizes and took home $85,000 for We Come with This Place – a book she never intended to publish
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The question was, ‘How many people have died since the 1991 royal commission?’ Nobody knew – so a Guardian Australia team spent eight months looking
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The Voice will not solve all the problems (but is a door through which the solutions might pass) -
After hearing some home truths from his wife on his 65th birthday, Scott Wright was determined to figure out ‘who the hell I was’. He ended up on a hallucinogenic retreat in Mexico
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Just part of the job? Stan Grant’s stand against racism is a huge wake-up call for Australia’s media
Online harassment and abuse of diverse journalists is a work health and safety issue and needs to be urgently treated as such -
Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’
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Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on Russia -
Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut; Ukraine’s deputy defence minister insists Ukraine still had a small foothold inside the city -
The Kremlin is putting up stiffer economic resistance than the G7 anticipated
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‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing ... just ruins and dead Russians,’ says Ukraine’s president
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The Queensland Maroons and NSW Blues squads boast proven experience and untried talent but there is rust and risk in both states’ selections -
Pep Guardiola has two finals to plan for after City clinched the title while Unai Emery’s experience has lifted Villa
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The Wests Tigers’ home ground is still old-school cool but that may not be enough to keep the gates open -
Club professional revels in ‘dream’ performance at Oak Hill which has earned him invites to the Charles Schwab Challenge and Canadian Open
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The credo of Watergate is still relevant: find the best obtainable version of the truth. But doing so is only getting more complicated -
Young adults stranded in the family home have been abandoned by politicians who view them as an afterthought
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It can be difficult for time-poor parents to practise self-care. But when they do, it has a positive impact on their physical and mental health, and on their family too -
As support for the four-day working week grows, we wrestle with the culture of achievement and busyness, and feelings of guilt and accountability
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In our weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us about a luxurious dressing gown and her inherited love of tea -
The singer and rapper gave me my template of how to be a grown woman, and now my daughter is transfixed, too -
Exploring car-free HermThe tiny Channel Island – population 65 – that feels like a place cut adriftA short ferry ride from Guernsey takes you to the tranquil beauty of an island where time moves slowly and nature is embraced -
The controversial philosopher on the importance of updating his landmark book on animal liberation, being ‘flexibly vegan’ and the ethical dangers of AI
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He exploded into the tweedy world of literature, a young, pouting and outrageously brash crusader for prose. Our writer remembers her encounters with the novelist, whose smarts and chutzpah confounded his peers -
A cautionary Bulgarian tale of nostalgia, an anarchic story set in South Korea and two novels exploring motherhood are among this year’s contenders -
Actor says he wants to leave the show ‘respectfully’, given his character Mike Young bought a home on Ramsay Street in the show’s finale
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A quietly phenomenal performance by Milana Aguzarova as a young woman trying to break free from the unsettling relationships within her stifling family -
Freese, who previously played at tribute concerts for Hawkins, was announced as the new drummer in a cameo-filled, tongue-in-cheek livestream -
With 1.4m specimens kept in sealed vaults, the $280m collection holds stories of the past, predictions for the future – and plants that could literally change your mind
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Woman, 95, is surrounded by family and still in critical condition as calls grow for broader investigation of police treatment of dementia sufferers -
‘Disgraceful’SA opposition leader criticised over beheading remark when defending anti-protest lawsDavid Speirs said protest was ‘a good thing’, but ‘there are some countries where your head would be cut off for doing that sort of protest’
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Magistrate dismisses Sydney officer’s claim he administered a leg sweep in self defence, saying any threat was ‘minimal or nonexistent’
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Scathing review finds the only time the network ran in line with its targets was during periods of lockdown or other Covid restrictions -
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Elmhurst primary school is the 10th to close in regional Victoria in the past five years -
A strategic investment in OneWeb by the federal government could ensure equitable access to fast, reliable rural and remote broadband -
Insurance costs for some properties have tripled despite never having been directly affected by natural disaster -
Australia is not on track to meet road safety target of halving road toll by 2030, a new analysis of crash data has found
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Documentary questioned Indian prime minister’s leadership during 2002 Gujarat riots
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52-year-old, in hospital for more than a year after bike accident, wants to be repatriated but is not listed as a resident in Sweden -
US efforts to stifle China’s chip industry are thought to be part of a wider plan to hinder Beijing’s preparations for war -
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How consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients avoid tax
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Small aircraft are essential to Alaska’s remote settlements, and flying is part of the state’s culture. Acacia Johnson, who grew up in Anchorage, has been photographing the pilots keeping remote communities connected -
Road safety campaigners have accused the UK home secretary of trying to downplay the dangers of speeding after she reportedly requested a private speed awareness course after being caught driving over the speed limit -
Under the title The Laboratory of the Future, curator Lesley Lokko succeeds in her aim to show off under-represented talent from Africa and elsewhere – even if it doesn’t all quite come off -
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