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Art posters that depicted Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Benjamin Netenyahu and other global figures wearing Nazi uniforms have been seized from a Canberra music venue and bar. ACT police declared the venue a crime scene and said the five posters would be investigated to determine whether charges would be laid under hate symbols laws passed in response to the Bondi terror attack.
David Howe, the owner of Dissent cafe, described the works as an “anti-fascist statement”. The ACT senator David Pocock said it was important police protected against hate and prohibited symbols while also “permitting peaceful protest”.
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Australian freestyle skier Danielle Scott last month told her family and friends to cancel plans to watch her compete at the Olympics because she was feeling so low about her form – then on Wednesday, clinched a silver medal.
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“We are the auditor of the company, which we do not define as a ‘partner’. This is now reflected on their website.” – KPMG
The global accounting giant has distanced itself from the Sydney writers’ festival, requesting its name be removed from the event’s website where it was listed as a corporate partner. The move follows the festival scheduling Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak at two sessions in this year’s event.
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The political furore over Islamic State families
A group of 34 Australian women and children have been forced to return to a detention camp after attempting to flee Syria for their homeland.
Reged Ahmad speaks to senior reporter and former foreign correspondent Ben Doherty about the fierce debate over their repatriation and what it means to be an Australian citizen.
Before bed read
The latest hack for getting back to sleep if you wake at 3am is something called cognitive shuffling – a way of interrupting your overactive brain and inviting it to go into sleep mode. But when Polly Hudson tried it with her husband, it “made me wonder if I’d married the right person”.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: NOUS. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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