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Australia eyes new fuel supply from US, Mexico and Asia as diesel prices spike to record high

Shipments of fuel into Australia secure until at least the middle of May, energy minister says

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Bruce Lehrmann loses last-ditch legal effort to appeal defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson

The high court has dismissed his bid to clear his name of findings that, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019

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Police said nothing to First Nations man immediately before opening fire, court hears

Police say they told the 27-year-old man to ‘drop the knife’ before he was fatally shot. But the only non-police witness says they said nothing, a court heard

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George Clooney calls Donald Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ threat to Iran a war crime

White House says only person committing war crimes is actor ‘for his awful movies and terrible acting ability’

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Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel – as it happened

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Ukraine war briefing: Kremlin threat to countries over Ukrainian drone transit

Warning after strikes on Russia’s Baltic oil ports – but Russia has repeatedly sent its own drones through Nato and European airspace. What we know on day 1,506

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Dan Rath: Help Me Please review – you won’t find another standup with more jokes a minute

Melbourne international comedy festivalBuckle up: the comedian doesn’t give his audience a moment to relax as he delivers a relentless string of one-liners in a show that never hits everyone all at once

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Sydney light rail trialled sensors after death but scrapped project due to cost before second fatality, whistleblower claims

Exclusive: Transdev undertook ‘coupling project’ after teen trapped between carriages in 2023. Trial restarted after second fatality, ex-employee claims, while operator denies ‘assessment’ ever shelved

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‘They poo all over the yard’: little corellas are terrorising Kangaroo Island – and nothing can stop them

The birds – not native to the South Australian island – have covered a school in faeces, torn up infrastructure and damaged crops

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Beyond the hype: why AI investors are looking below the surface

The next wave of AI innovation is likely to be in the infrastructure that supports it

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How KFC, AKA Korean fried chicken, took over the world

The dish, adapted from one brought by US soldiers after the Korean war, has sparked thousands of variations and sits at the forefront of the K-food wave

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Australia urges Lebanon’s inclusion in Middle East ceasefire amid escalating Israeli strikes on Beirut

PM calls pause in hostilities a ‘fragile peace’ as Australia issues joint call with Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Sierra Leone and UK for aid worker protections

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Morning Mail: Israeli strikes on Lebanon put Middle East ceasefire in doubt, razor gang targets NDIS, outback town for sale

Iran says the agreement has been breached by Israel’s renewed assault on Hezbollah; Labor trying to drive cuts in disability scheme

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Diesel surges 20 cents a litre in two days to record high – as it happened

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An irresistible adventure activity for New Zealand visitors? Delivering the mail by boat

In the sparsely populated Queen Charlotte Sound, tourists can accompany the skipper-come-postman as parcels are dropped off via the scenic route. No heart rate check required

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Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organized crime’, president José Ramos-Horta says

Australian federal police say they are working with tiny nation to respond to threat of online scam centres

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Truckie boss says ‘people are getting desperate’ as siphoned diesel seen as sign of ‘dire’ crisis

Anecdotal evidence of an increase in fuel theft and drive-offs is on the rise, but police data remains unclear

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‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

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Cuts to NDIS to be focus of Labor’s quietly launched razor gang ahead of May budget

Exclusive: Taskforce led by former Treasury official Anthea Long will advise on cost-cutting options for $52bn program

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Some Ben Roberts-Smith allegations were heard in his defamation trial. How would a criminal case be different?

Media outlets defended their reporting as true on the balance of probabilities, but prosecutors in criminal cases need to meet a higher burden of proof

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Is Australia headed for a recession? I hope not - but the RBA should be more worried

In backing down on his threats to destroy Iranian civilisation, Donald Trump has lessened concerns of a recession in Australia – at least for now

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The tiny outback town of Cooladdi, population two, is up for sale. It could be yours for $400,000

The new owner will serve as the Australian town’s postie, publican, cook and shopkeeper

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Two for two? Stella prize winner Evelyn Araluen nominated again for second poetry collection

The Rot is nominated for the $60,000 prize for Australian women and non-binary writers, alongside books by Geraldine Brooks and Miranda Darling

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila intensifies to one of season’s strongest storms ahead of Australian landfall

Queensland could see heavy rain and flood risks from the weekend onwards as the storm barrels towards state

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Afternoon Update: PM criticises Trump threats after Iran backdown; Jackie O alleges ‘degrading’ comments; and choosing to leave America

The PM welcomed a two-week conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran that is set to temporarily reopen the strait of Hormuz

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