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Cabinet papers 2004: Howard government worries about drought, house prices and the Iraq War

Selected cabinet records from 2004, released today by the National Archives of Australia, provide insight into the Howard government’s policies domestically, in the region and in the Middle East.

The Conversation

Curbs on transgender rights were proposed for Australia’s 2004 Marriage Act, cabinet papers show

John Howard’s government legislated that marriage must be ‘the union of a man and a woman’, but excluded any reference to birth gender

The Guardian - AU

Human rights touted despite expected detention backlash

Criticism was predicted as Australia prepared to show off its human rights record while upholding some of the world's most notorious anti-refugee policies.

AAP

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How the world is getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve

From Paris to Tokyo

The Independent UK

Lost footage showcasing life on Scottish island to air on BBC in Hogmanay special

LOST footage showing the daily lives of islanders in the Outer Hebrides over five decades is set to be aired this Hogmanay ...

The National (Scotland)

His cricket was fierce but 156 summers later, has Australia done justice to Johnny Mullagh?

Trailblazer whose name adorns the prize for player of the Boxing Day Test would be shocked at the lack of Indigenous Test cricketers in Australia’s history

The Guardian - AU

The chef championing native foods from island backyards

Food is part of culture, connection and community for this Torres Strait Islander chef, who has returned home to showcase the flavours of her childhood.

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Liberal leader promises party unity after messy battle

Brad Battin has paid his respects to former leader John Pesutto after taking his place at the helm of the Victorian Liberals.

AAP

Brad Battin ousts John Pesutto as Victorian Liberal leader as Moira Deeming returns to fold

Leadership spill came after Pesutto lost a defamation suit brought on by Deeming, who returns to party room

The Guardian - AU

Victoria could be a key election battleground: Newspoll

Victoria could be a big player in deciding the next federal election result, according to a new Newspoll analysis.

AAP

Australian story: PM remembers 50 years of Tracy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reflected on how Cyclone Tracy impacted the nation on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Darwin being flattened.

AAP

Sydney trains to run on New Year’s Eve as unions and Minns government reach last-minute deal

Government and unions still in deadlock over pay as NSW opposition warns of ‘chaos kicked down the road’

The Guardian - AU

Woman Accidentally Runs Herself Over After Exiting Car to Help Victim of Crash She Caused

An elderly Australian woman was hit and killed by her own car after exiting the vehicle following a collision.

Latin Times

'A gentleman': tributes flow for longtime federal MP

Liberal Party stalwart Kevin Andrews has been remembered as "a man of honour in the bear pit of public life" at a state funeral.

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John Pesutto facing Friday leadership spill as Victorian Liberals pull forward party room meeting

State opposition leader in the crosshairs as party splits over ‘desperate’ backflip on Moira Deeming readmission

AAP

Pesutto facing chop as MPs call second Deeming meeting

Senior Liberals have turned on Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto, calling a meeting after he backflipped on readmitting expelled MP Moira Deeming.

AAP

State's last One Nation member quits over party funding

State MP Tania Mihailuk has quit One Nation over irreconcilable issues with the party's funding arrangements.

The Guardian - AU

Climate 200 puts Coalition in crosshairs, with only one Labor seat on election hitlist

Exclusive: Fundraising body backing candidates in suburbs and regions, particularly in Victoria and south-east Queensland

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Gisele Pelicot's Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf

A group of Gisele Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape case has acknowledged her distant supporters Down Under by wearing a scarf adorned with Aboriginal art

AAP

Retiring backbencher gifts a lump of coal for Christmas

A retiring backbencher known for his staunch opposition of a net-zero carbon emissions target has taken a swipe at his party leader on his way out the door.

AAP

Mum says she reported pedophile 13 years before arrest

A police ethical investigation team is reviewing claims a mother reported abuse by one of Australia's worst pedophiles more than a decade before his arrest.

The Guardian - AU

After a decade of Labor government, will voters be convinced by Jacinta Allan’s ‘new’ cabinet?

With a new treasurer and a cabinet reset, Victoria’s premier has taken Tim Pallas’ advice to ‘renew’

The Guardian - AU

The path to truth-telling in Australia is thorny and long. But there is some ground for hope

There is undeniable evidence that the nation has turned away from the three core principles of the Uluru statement from the heart

AAP

Racism rife at universities as many fear speaking out

Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, racism against foreign students and Indigenous people feeling diminished are under the Human Rights Commission's spotlight.

AAP

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

More than a decade after it was decommissioned, a notorious jail is again taking on inmates as authorities scramble to deal with rising prisoner numbers.

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