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  • Plains Wanderer Sanctuary owner Bill McGillivray on the porch of the old shearers' quarters on his property in Gunbower, Victoria, Australia. 2 July 2024.

    Protecting private land to save the plains-wanderer, a bird ‘teetering on the edge of extinction’

  • Snapping bananas and piercing lemons – what has the world come to?

    3:09

    That's not how you peel a banana: kitchen hacks that will up your fruit and veg game – video

    Snapping bananas and piercing lemons – what has the world come to?
  • An Uber sign displayed inside a car

    Uber is cutting fares before Australia’s minimum gig work standards take effect, drivers say

    Ride-hail giant is lowering the starting point for negotiations under the closing loopholes regime, one driver claims

  • Sex work services on the NDIS: is it a real issue or just a ‘red herring’?

  • Is coal’s recent revival in Australia’s energy mix just a blip or something more?

  • World Architecture festival 2024 shortlist – in pictures

  • Queensland Greens unveil plan to cap grocery prices and ‘smash up’ Coles and Woolworths duopoly

  • Wealthy Exclusive Brethren schools net almost $30m in disadvantage payments

  • More than 20% of Australians aged 18 to 45 have committed sexual violence in adulthood, report shows

  • Police search for teenager bailed over alleged crash that killed 28-year-old in Melbourne

Australian politics

  • The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus.

    Criticism of Israel is ‘not always’ antisemitic, Australia’s attorney general says

  • Anthony Albanese has written on X of his government’s determination to end domestic violence.

    ‘A long way to go’ on combating domestic violence, PM says – as it happened

  • Mark Dreyfus says criticism of Israel might be antisemitic when it singles the nation out and applies a standard not applied to other countries

    1:12

    Australia's attorney general says criticism of Israel 'absolutely can be' antisemitic – video

  • A man checks his mobile phone

    Labor urged to outlaw betting ‘rewards’ luring Australians into gambling

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Opinion & analysis

  • Adam Morton

    Climate protesters won’t be deterred by fines, jail or political mixed messages on the environment

    Adam Morton
  • Woman holding hand of someone in hospital.

    Don’t fight with your siblings about inheritance, and 12 other tips for coping with the death of your parents

    Emily Thompson
  • Young woman sitting on couch looking at mobile phone

    Love and theft: why is Australia’s online dating app safety code only voluntary?

    Lisa Portolan
  • Victorian premier Jacinta Allan

    Jacinta Allan’s message is clear: Melbourne airport has missed its chance to fast-track rail link

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Video

  • CCTV footage shows missing Ballarat woman leaving home with black cat – video

  • The Western Australian senator had become increasingly outspoken on Israel's war on Gaza, leading to her decision to resign

    2:56

    Fatima Payman quits the Labor party: the moments leading up to her decision – video

    The Western Australian senator had become increasingly outspoken on Israel's war on Gaza, leading to her decision to resign
  • While the exchange between McKenzie and Wong was happening, Payman watched quietly and impassively from a crossbench seat at the back of the chamber

    2:31

    Fatima Payman leaves Senate chamber after 'brutal' questioning and heckling from Coalition - video

    While the exchange between McKenzie and Wong was happening, Payman watched quietly and impassively from a crossbench seat at the back of the chamber
  • The WA senator has told a press conference she does not believe her principles align with Labor leadership over Palestine

    4:15

    Fatima Payman resigns from Labor party 'with a clear conscience' and moves to crossbench – video

  • Richard Marles says the cloud computing capability will house top-secret information across the commonwealth

    1:40

    Australian defence minister announces $2bn 'top-secret cloud' with Amazon – video

  • Activists on the roof of Australia's parliament throw down paper planes with 'war crimes' emblazoned on one side and a statement of grievances on the other

    1:14

    Pro-Palestine protesters hang banners from Parliament House roof in Canberra – video

  • The government’s anti-vaping legislation has kicked in today, it is now illegal to sell vapes other than for therapeutic reasons.

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    Health minister ‘deadly serious’ about enforcing new laws as vapes ban kicks in – video

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