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Australia makes biggest carbon polluters curb emissions

The Australian Parliament has created landmark new laws that will make the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters reduce their emissions or pay for carbon credits

The Independent UK

US, UK, Japan, Australia denounce dissolution of Myanmar’s NLD

Myanmar’s military rulers disbanded Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party ahead of new elections and to cement their power.

Al Jazeera

Gangrenous Toe Clive Palmer Is Suing Australia For $300 Billion In Damages Over A Rejected Mine

And he's hired Christian Porter to help him do it.

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'There is no blueprint’: how Australian theatre companies are facing the climate crisis

At the launch of the new national cultural policy earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said we must lift the arts beyond the economic debate, and see it as a vital part of Australia’s identity and soul.

The Conversation

Factbox-Five things to know about Australia's planned Indigenous referendum

The Australian government on Thursday took the first formal step towards a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an Indigenous "Voice to Parliament" to advise lawmakers on matters that impact their lives.

Reuters

Wallabies duo Hodge and Kellaway back for Rebels

The first Australian side to play a Super Rugby Pacific game in Fiji, Melbourne have welcomed back Wallabies pair Reece Hodge and Andrew Kellaway from injury.

AAP

What is Prime drink, is it okay for kids and why have schools in Australia banned it?

Created by controversial YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI, the drink has sold out multiple times in the US and the UK, and now it is here in Australia — but what's in it and is it OK for kids?

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How Tigers great Brasher found Dolphins rookie Bostock

Jack Bostock will make his NRL debut on the wing for the Dolphins in round five, after Tim Brasher's old Tigers connection with his father played a role.

AAP

Australia will have a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action across the economy

Australia is about to take a big, constructive step on climate change policy: we will have a carbon price for the industry sector, under the safeguard mechanism.

The Conversation

F1 star Valtteri Bottas to champion Save the Children Kindergarten at Australian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas has taken a detour to northern Victoria to help a regional kindergarten get back on its feet after disastrous flood damage.

ABC News

Asia’s arms race: potential flashpoints from Taiwan to the South China Sea

Guardian correspondents look at the buildup of tensions across the region, from North Korea to the Pacific islands

The Guardian - AU

Australian War Memorial funding dwarfed that of other cultural institutions in Coalition’s final years

Memorial given more than $600m in last two years of Morrison government, as the nation’s peak collecting museums languished

The Guardian - AU

A climate policy that actually cuts emissions? It’s the reality that fossil fuel bosses and News Corp commentators can’t see

Changes to the safeguard mechanism take us a step closer to net zero by 2050 – the goal consecutive governments have signed up to

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer hires Christian Porter for $300bn lawsuit against Australian government

Billionaire claims commonwealth liable for WA law, which prevented him seeking compensation for rejected mining project

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Lexi Rodgers: Australian transgender basketball hopeful breaks silence

Lexi Rodgers, who wants to play in the national league, pleads for more understanding and says people forget she’s an ‘actual person’

Reuters

Australia govt introduces Indigenous referendum bill in parliament

The Australian government on Thursday took the first formal step towards holding a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an Indigenous "Voice to Parliament" to advise lawmakers on matters that impact their lives.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s laws cannot protect whistleblowers like Richard Boyle, court finds

ATO whistleblower’s defence argues outcome contradicts objectives of whistleblower law but judge says that would sanction ‘vigilante justice’

Daily Mirror

Mum's disgusting discovery after tracing source of grime and smell in shower at new home

Julia Lang-Malone was wondering why the bathroom in her new home in Gold Coast, Australia, smelt disgusting and peeled back the shower unit to find out why

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The Guardian - AU

Stella prize 2023 shortlist: small publishers dominate Australian literary award

No major publishers represented among final six books in contention for $60,000 prize for female authors

Daily Record

Married at First Sight Australia fans in stitches after alter blunders as two new couples enter

The Channel 4 reality dating show welcomed Hugo Armstrong, Tayla Winter, Rupert Budgen and Evelyn Ellis to join the other couples.

Daily Mirror

Woman flies from Australia to US for first date after falling in love with podcast host

Student Jemma Gregory, from Australia, was listening to a podcast broadcast from Florida, US, on her iPod in 2006 when she decided to email into the show. It soon changed her life

ABC News

Household battery uptake surges to record high amid market turmoil, rocketing prices

Last year was something of a turning point for household battery systems in Australia, with the number of new installations soaring.

ABC News

The Reserve Bank doesn't need an overhaul, Australia needs fairer policies, says former governor

Former governor Bernie Fraser says the Reserve Bank of Australia's attempt to improve the welfare of all Australians has been undermined by decades of neoliberalism.

The Guardian - AU

Shorten attacks Robert’s links to lobbyist – as it happened

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Banks split on interest rate pause, ASX gains on tech, miners and banks and job vacancies fall — as it happened

The big four banks are divided on whether the Reserve Bank will pause rate hikes on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Australian share market closed higher after tech stocks led overnight on Wall Street. Follow the day's events and insights from our live markets blog.

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