#theguardian.com. Missing Australian member of Islamic State found alive in Syrian prison. Exclusive: Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, who left Australia in 2015, is being held in Panorama prison, a detention centre for accused IS members run by the SDF
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Eight Labor ‘climate champions’ to get election help from party’s grassroots environment action group. Exclusive: Ged Kearney, Kate Thwaites, Josh Burns, Jerome Laxale, Sally Sitou, Alicia Payne, Josh Wilson and Renee Coffey will get extra door-knocking, phone banking and push ads
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Anthony Albanese under pressure on salmon farming from both conservationists and industry. The future of Tasmanian salmon farms has become a political issue centred on whether they can coexist with the endangered Maugean skate
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Albanese’s appearance on Abbie Chatfield’s podcast was a calculated move in a tight ‘influencer election’. The real clincher in a tight election may be a few votes shifted here and there through chat about wedding plans and favourite TV shows
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘This could have all been avoided’: how Creative Australia allowed itself to be blind-sided over its Venice Biennale pick. High-profile artists and curators stunned by Creative Australia’s swift abandonment of Khaled Sabsabi, the art community, and the complex nature of art itself
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. Flights diverted off Australia as Chinese navy conducts ‘show of force’. The Chinese naval exercises, in international waters off Australia’s eastern coast, while legal, have nonetheless sparked alarm in Australia and New Zealand.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#bbc.com. Planes diverted as China conducts rare military drill near Australia. China's naval exercise in the Tasman Sea has put Australia and New Zealand on alert, with Canberra calling it "unusual".
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#time.com. Belle Gibson Faked Cancer. Australia Is Still Chasing Her. Netflix's 'Apple Cider Vinegar' doesn't recount what happened after it was revealed that Gibson wasn’t sick.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Eleventh-hour high court bid to stop Australia’s secretive deal to resettle NZYQ cohort in Nauru. Proceedings filed Friday for man scheduled to be deported Monday as Human Rights Law Centre makes case for ‘dangerous precedent’
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Bird flu spreads to third property as farmers warn Australia’s egg shortage could be prolonged. Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at Euroa
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand. Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drill
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. National Gallery of Australia says it covered Palestinian flags on tapestry after security assessment. Critics say NGA decision ‘is nothing less than a disgraceful act of censorship’ that is ‘rooted in political cowardice’
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Peter Dutton says Labor is fast-tracking citizenship so that migrants can vote. Here’s what we know. The opposition leader picked up on News Corp claims that Tony Burke was conducting ‘industrial-scale’ ceremonies. Labor denies it has anything to do with the election
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Guzman y Gomez struggling to break into US market despite offering bigger burritos. ‘US sales aren’t growing as fast as we’d like … it takes time,’ founder says, while analyst notes target market ‘not exactly short of Mexican food options’
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Melbourne activist can’t rely on evidence from climate experts to defend protest charges, court finds. Brad Homewood is charged with four offences after a 2021 Extinction Rebellion protest at the Exxon/Mobil depot in Spotswood
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Move over Myki, Victoria will soon get ticketless public transport fares. Train passengers will be able to tap-and-go with a bank card, phone or smart watch early next year, with trams and buses to follow
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Neighbours cancelled for second time as Amazon backs out. Long-running Australian soap will be ‘resting’ from December, after streaming giant withdraws from production
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Antisemitism summit: John Howard says ‘God bless Sky News’ as Mark Dreyfus warns against partisanship | Weekly Beast. Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYT
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year. Velvet worms have rows of pudgy legs, skin speckled like a galaxy and dissolve their prey with sticky goo
#Feb.20.2025 ×
#bbc.com. Children routinely using social media, Australian regulator says. It found they were easily able to bypass age checks on apps, which face being banned for under-16s.
#Feb.20.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Australian public school voluntary fees surge almost 40% in two years. Greens vow to abolish public school fees and accuse major parties of shifting costs on to families struggling with cost of living
#Feb.20.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘Misleading’: Gina Rinehart’s mining firm breached environmental code with ‘clean gas’ job ad, panel rules. Ad Standards Community Panel upholds complaint over Hancock Prospecting’s promotion in the Weekend Australian
#Feb.20.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘Wilful acts of bastardry’: former Treasury secretary says young Australian workers ‘robbed’ by tax system. Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fall
#Feb.20.2025 ×
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