#theguardian.com. With a cost-of-living election to fight, Dutton strikes a delicate balance on the ‘trans debate’. The opposition leader doesn’t want to give oxygen to distractions that might appear divisive – and Liberal insiders believe it’s the right choice
#Feb.15.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Sydney’s archaic sewerage system a ‘significant’ source of microplastic pollution, CSIRO finds. Malabar wastewater plant discharges 5.4bn to 120bn of microplastics each day, report says, prompting calls for more advanced treatment processes
#Feb.15.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Albanese sparks anger with pledge over controversial salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour. Prime minister tells Salmon Tasmania of promise to change legislation and allow ‘sustainable’ farming to continue
#Feb.15.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Melbourne zoo investigating shock death of Kimya the western lowland gorilla. Vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine why beloved 20-year-old animal suddenly died on Saturday morning
#Feb.15.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video. Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘Everyone knows the Centrelink song’: how we learned to love – and remix – hold music. It’s been called the ‘sound of purgatory’ but Opus 1 has enjoyed a new life in performance art, in a beer commercial and now on TikTok
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Education minister accused of ‘political interference’ over review of funding for prominent pro-Palestinian academic. Jason Clare has asked Australian Research Council board to investigate $870,000 grant to Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has faced criticism for controversial comments
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Cyclone Zelia leaves properties damaged amid widespread flooding after hitting Western Australia. Storm quickly weakened after making landfall east of Port Hedland with strongest parts hitting remote areas
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#aljazeera.com. Champions Trophy: Pakistan lose to New Zealand in warm-up series decider. New Zealand gears up for Champions Trophy by beating Pakistan in tri-nation series final.
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#aljazeera.com. World Cup holders Australia 107 all out in final Champions Trophy warm-up. Australia lose by 147-run margin in final Champions Trophy warm-up as Sri Lanka take series 2-0.
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Trump’s reciprocal tariff threat brings fears for Australian trade. Economist argues GST is not protectionist and should not attract any new levy from the US but concern remains for steel industry
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Tasmania fires destroy huge swath of wilderness and could ‘burn for weeks’. Around 90,000 hectares of remote country in the state’s north-west have been razed after fires sparked by lightning strikes
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Premature speculation keeps parliament hot under the collar but Albanese quiet on election date. Spectre of unconfirmed date looms over past fortnight as PM’s political theatre only fuels anticipation
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Labor gifts duck hunters longer shooting season in Victoria, allows 50% more birds to be killed. Allan government announces extended 2025 duck hunting season with hunters allowed to bag nine ducks a day
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. China set to extend reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal. No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Labor scrapes through to claim victory in Werribee byelection despite big swing against it. John Lister receives 50.71% of the two-party preferred vote in what was once a Labor stronghold
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘Too late to leave’: Tropical Cyclone Zelia accelerates towards WA coast, bringing winds up to 290km/h. Category-five system is expected to bring extremely damaging and destructive winds, Bureau of Meteorology warns
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. News Corp team confronted after alleged attempt to provoke staff at Sydney Middle Eastern restaurant. Staff member at Cairo Takeaway in Newtown alleged she felt intimidated by a customer who entered restaurant with Daily Telegraph crew waiting outside
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Two die in far north Queensland as health authorities warn of spike in melioidosis. Surge in tropical bacterial infection since beginning of wet season possibly linked to recent heavy rainfall, Cairns doctor says
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Moira Deeming cancels plan to skip a week of parliament to attend Jordan Peterson’s conference. MP previously organised leave during Victorian parliament’s sitting week prior to returning to Liberal partyroom
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Hundreds of Sydney trains cancelled as negotiations break down between government and rail unions. Union chief says ‘no one can predict the level of disruption this is going to cause’
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#aljazeera.com. Australian police probe video of nurses bragging about killing Israelis. Two Australian nurses are being investigated by police over a video which showed them bragging about killing Israelis.
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Khaled Sabsabi dropped as Australia’s representative to Venice Biennale. Amid political pressure, Creative Australia says deselecting the Lebanese-born artist will avoid ‘divisive debate’
#Feb.13.2025 ×
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