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The Guardian - AU · Jan 8, 2025

Preston’s golden age: mysterious guerrilla art tackles everything from toilets to Shakespeare

An ever-changing display of toilets, fans and plungers, painted gold and combined with written commentary, keeps Melbourne’s north enthralled

The Guardian - AU · Dec 25, 2024

The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes celebrated, sometimes controversial Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig – who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his children, loved ones, and sunflowers” – was the closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet. By turns over his long career, he was a poet, a prophet and a provocateur.

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2024

Victorian woman wins $30,000 in case that recognised right to privacy in Australian law

Court found man co-authored true-crime book, appeared on Seven Network and gave interviews to Marie Claire, the Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The Guardian - AU · Oct 29, 2024

Hold the front page: Sydney Morning Herald forgoes Lidia Thorpe protest in favour of sneezing alpaca

Herald and the Age opt not to use photograph of Thorpe wearing possum-skin cloak and shaking her fist at King Charles on page one. Plus: The Australian fails to read fine print

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2024

Moira Deeming created ‘extreme’ political problem akin to ‘lobster with a mobster’ incident, defamation trial told

John Pesutto had to ‘cauterise the damage’ to the Victorian Liberal party caused by MP’s conduct, lawyer argues

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2024

Disruptions by conspiracists forced some Victorian councils online. Will they affect local elections?

Experts raise concerns about lack of disclosure of affiliation and point to success in NSW and Queensland of candidates from ‘fringe’ groups

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2024

Morning Mail: platforms could escape social media age ban, mortgage rates ease, Nadal to retire

Sites will be asked to show that they pose a ‘low risk’ of harm to children; expectation of rate cuts prompts lenders to lower rates

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2024

Morning Mail: Albanese marks 7 October anniversary, coalmine damages Indigenous art site, Panthers claim NRL title

Anniversary of Hamas attacks on Israel marked; rock falls at NSW place bearing ‘culturally significant’ artwork; Penrith make it four in a row

The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2024

Seven’s Andrew O’Keefe coverage turns ugly as goading cameraman crosses a line

Viewers lash out at ‘harassment’ of former TV star. Plus: AFR parts ways with Rowan Dean

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2024