What we learned today, Saturday 10 December
That’s this blog done for today, thanks for being here. We’ll be back doing it all again tomorrow. Here are today’s takeaways:
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, announced Magnitsky-style sanctions on a range of Russians and Iranians.
Sol Bellear, Stan Grant and Matthew Doyle shared their memories of former prime minister Paul Keating’s famous Redfern speech.
New details were released in the Bruce Lehrmann case, containing allegations he had previously “made a pass” at Brittany Higgins.
HSC students were able to access their “preliminary” results days before they were due to be officially released.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has declared the mountain mist frog, which was once found across most of the tropics, extinct.
Atagi’s vaccine rules are stopping “desperate” parents from being able to protect their children, according to the Labor MP and infectious disease specialist Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah.
Enjoy the rest of your Saturday, wherever you are!
Updated
Bertin Huynh has written a lovely piece on the joys of the round ball:
