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Smartglasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says

Smartglasses with cameras can benefit the vision impaired but companies might pit ‘accessibility benefits against safety and privacy’, eSafety says

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Nepal-Tibet disaster: death toll exceeds 800 amid warnings of new flash floods – as it happened

Searches continue as mass burials of unidentified victims begin days after floods and landslides hit Nepal-Tibet border

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Pacific Islands Forum meeting in turmoil after several leaders pull out of Palau summit

Solomon Islands prime minister cancels his appearance, along with leaders from Fiji, Vanuatu and Samoa

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

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Renee was at Gyirong Port minutes before flood struck, now her family want to travel from Australia to help search

Missing woman’s partner and daughters fundraise to join search in one of the hardest-hit areas of Nepal

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

One Nation’s Secret Harbour byelection win shows Labor is at a loss when it comes to calming angry voters

Even after a week in which Pauline Hanson and One Nation candidates tripped over themselves trying to explain key policies, voters still backed the party

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Wallabies’ problems were on show in win over Argentina, but Kiss found awkward answers

Rob Valetini filled in for skipper Harry Wilson at No 8 but Fraser McReight’s performance will give the Australia coach just as much food for thought

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Australia could make social media algorithms optional and follow UK ban on pornography depicting strangulation

Social services minister says social media was playing a role in the increase of sexual violence among teenagers

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

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Ukraine war briefing: Nuclear plant has lost power and running on generators, UN watchdog says

Russian-occupied plant has only 10-day diesel supply on site for generators; Kyiv investigates deadly attack on warehouse. What we know on day 1,649

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 42 Australians still missing

The walls of teaching hospital in Nepal fill with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

One Nation claims victory in Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia

One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secures 57% of the vote after preferences as Barnaby Joyce says ‘politics has changed’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

‘We owe it to history’ to defeat One Nation, PM tells Labor faithful – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

A $1.95m deposit and $10k a month: welcome to the for-profit world of Australian aged care where no one is a winner

Like all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

August reveals Australians’ big appetite for weight-loss drugs, love for ‘dupe’ brands and an accelerating EV uptake

August reporting season shows how consumers are responding to cost of living pressures and how retailers are responding

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

The moment I knew: I’d never had romantic feelings for a man – then he touched my hand and it felt electric

As a widower and a newly single father of three, Jim Rogers was struggling. Then on a poolside holiday, he sat next to Tyler – and his life changed

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Kevin Mitchell: ‘90% of us are loving, peaceful people. A few bad eggs are making us all look bad’

The musician also known as Bob Evans talks about Suburban Songbook turning 20, believing in aliens and his ‘pretty decent legs’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

A love letter to the A380, the retiring behemoth that takes Qantas travellers back in time

Quiet cabins, spacious configurations and those hallowed stairs: the Airbus superjumbo has become a favourite of many travellers – and will be missed

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Foster carers in Victoria receive just $231 a week – one quarter the cost of caring for a child

Exclusive: Report by Australian Institute of Family Studies found payments to foster carers fall ‘significantly short of a meaningful contribution’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Sydney man Nava flew to Nepal thinking his wife had been found. Crushingly, ‘the search goes on’

Sumi Adhikari was near the Gyirong border crossing between Nepal and China when catastrophic floods struck. Her family waits in hope

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

AI vaginas, customisable personalities and fake bruises: the sex doll market is booming. Does it matter how the dolls are treated?

As the sex doll industry grows and AI changes the products available, what does it mean to engage in any kind of relationship with a woman-shaped thing?

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Argentina 21-27 Australia: men’s rugby union international – as it happened

Tom Hooper scores decisive try in a messy game as Les Kiss earns biggest scalp of his early tenure

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial shows

Australian-led trial finds low risk of side effects from common cholesterol-lowering medication for otherwise healthy older people

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Emotional scenes as Jai Arrow appears for Souths three months after MND diagnosis

Jai Arrow made a brief but heart-warming return to an NRL field on Saturday as the forward brought up his 99th game for the Rabbitohs

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia made them legal as in the UK

A plug in solar kit that costs about $1,000 ‘pays for itself in three years’, one expert said

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy orders military to triple daily long-range strikes on Russia

Kyiv to increase attacks; Russian gasoline production drops after drone strikes; Fedorov joins Italy’s defence ministry. What we know on day 1,648 What we know on day 1,648

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it

There’s not much time to dig into her deep catalogue of future-facing pop, but she satisfies the hardcore

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