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‘The whole world is becoming rightwing and anti-gay’: William Yang on 60 years of capturing LGBTQ+ life

Yang has taken more than 500,000 photographs since he first moved to Sydney in the late 1960s and now devotes most of his time to untangling the past

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

I’m not usually patriotic. But Pauline Hanson’s cheap nationalism has me rooting for multicultural Australia

Patriotism can be angry and stridently militaristic – or it can be a gentle pride in the success of an experiment like multiculturalism

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Woman allegedly repeatedly stabbed with scissors while protecting son from ‘random’ Melbourne CBD attack

Man arrested after being restrained and pinned down by ‘heroic’ bystanders, Victoria police say

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Afternoon Update: Woodside scraps clean energy targets; Sydney property developer collapses; and Japan’s moving castle

Energy giant is doubling down on fossil fuels after recording a 27% increase in sales profit in the six-month reporting period

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Australia’s ideal team for South Africa tour still no clearer than before Bangladesh visit

The quick-fire series in the Northern Territory did little to answer batting line-up questions and the top of the order remains an almighty jumble

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle

Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wrong hands’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

eHarmony deceived Australian customers with ‘subscription traps’ that cost hundreds of dollars, court finds

Australian consumer watchdog says it received hundreds of complaints about the US-based dating site and its memberships

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Sydney shark attack survivor describes moment she came to face-to-face with ‘monster’

In her first media interview since the June incident, Leah Stewart, 34, says her thoughts while being bitten were of her one-year-old daughter

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Matcha drinking doubles in Australia, with the $8 green beverage now considered a ‘staple’ on menus

An annual report has found a 133% increase in matcha orders in businesses, with customers aged under 35 driving the demand

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25