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Will we be saying goodbye to petrol? What the major parties are planning for electric vehicles

Soaring petrol prices across Australia have sparked fuel security concerns. But it has also sparked hope in Australians — hope that their future government will invest in a transport system that isn't reliant on oil, but electricity. Here, we break down what the major parties are offering around electric vehicles.

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Political candidates are campaigning hard this election to court Indian-Australian voters. Are their strategies paying off?

Scott Morrison is not the only politician trying to influence the Indian-Australian voter. Candidates across the spectrum are seeing Australia's Indian diaspora as a demographic of growing influence — and working hard to woo them.

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Australian trade deal allows cows kept in ‘poor’ conditions to be imported to UK, say campaigners

The free trade deal, which was agreed in principle last year, is expected to be ratified in the final three months of 2022

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Dramatic moment hero weatherman stops live broadcast to rescue boy, 10, from ocean

Paul Burt was covering a story in Surfers Paradise on Australia's Gold Coast when he noticed the 10-year-old boy getting into difficulty in the water - he ran to help bring the boy back to safety

Daily Mirror

Cows kept in cruel conditions outlawed in UK included in Australia trade deal

Exclusive: Cattle transported for up to 48 hours without eating and drinking included in post-Brexit deal hailed by Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Marise Payne holds first meeting with Solomon Islands counterpart since China security pact

Anthony Albanese says meeting ‘about time’ as Scott Morrison says Australia reassured Solomons would not host military base

The Guardian - AU

Australia, Solomon Island's Foreign Minister meet for first time since pact signed

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since his government signed a controversial security pact with China, and agreed Australia remained security partner of choice.

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Litty Committee: There’s Too Many Good Books Out In May, So Here’s What’s Made Our TBR

Hot new releases fresh from the book oven!

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Australian, Solomon Islands ministers discuss China pact

Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since the South Pacific island nation signed a security pact with China

The Independent UK

China tensions dominate Australia-Solomons diplomats’ meeting

Australia used its first face-to-face diplomatic talks with the Solomon Islands since the Pacific nation inked a controversial security agreement with China to outline its “deep concerns” over the new pact.

Bangkok Post

IPL 2022: 'Slower ball paid off' - Daniel Sams after bowling Mumbai Indians to victory

MUMBAI: Australian pacer Daniel Sams, who conceded just three runs in a dramatic last over to help Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by five runs, said he stuck to his slower deliveries and it was an "awesome" feeling to finally take his team over the line.

The Times of India

Marise Payne meets with Solomon Islands for first time since Pacific nation signed security pact with China

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has met with her Solomon Islands counterpart for the first time since the Pacific nation signed a controversial pact with China, saying she "reiterated our deep concerns about the security agreement".

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National autism strategy in the pipeline, with both Coalition and Labor committing to plan

No matter who wins the federal election, Australia is set to develop a national autism strategy — a move that has been welcomed as a "good start" to changing community attitudes to children and young people with a disability.

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Is Tasmania still the Apple Isle? Growers crunch the numbers as domestic and export markets shrivel

For 100 years the state was marketed to the world as an idyllic English farming utopia. But last year it produced a small fraction of Australian apples. So what now for an industry started by William Bligh and buffeted by the winds of change?

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Pub Test panel: no room for green ideals in a not-so 'broad church'

While they are not agreed on the future of Australia's energy landscape, our panellists see climate policy as an election decider.

Newcastle Herald

Aid Concert for Ukraine dubbed a success

Over $22,000 was raised for Ukraine during last weeks 'Aid Concert for Ukraine' at Newcastle Christ Church Cathedral. Co-organiser Marty Adnum said the organisers were nervous for the event without knowing what support they would receive but the concert sold out, with 550 tickets purchased. "It was absolutely incredible. We…

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Is Gil the one? The search begins for CEO of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games

Gillon McLachlan has led the AFL to unprecedented highs, but also overseen historic lows. Is he the right person to lead Australia's next Olympics?

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Feral-free zones plan in South East NSW to bring native mammals back from the brink of extinction

Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world, but proposed feral-free zones in NSW national parks may help some species survive.

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'It's herstory': ParaMatildas set to begin new chapter for Australian football at first ever CP Women's World Cup

Over 30 years after Australia's first appearance at a women's international football tournament, another Australian team is about to write a new 'herstoric' chapter.

The Independent UK

Key revelations so far in the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial

Four weeks of testimony provides insight into the lives of actors at centre of case

ABC News

Aaron Evans and Jacynta Galabadaarachchi find football success after moving abroad as teens, despite struggles

Two-hundred Australians ply their trade in football leagues around the world. Many are not household names. And a few find success.

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: Most explosive moments so far in star-studded defamation trial

Over first two weeks of testimony, jury has heard from string of witnesses including couple’s former marriage counselor, their friends and Depp himself. Testimony has painted captivating and disturbing portrait of actors’ doomed marriage, laying bare violent fights, drug use and vicious words to each other. Here are some of…

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Mother's Day flowers mark change of season for industry as growers, florists bounce back from pandemic

Victoria's flower industry hopes this Mother's Day will be the advent of the local grower as Australian blooms become a favourite of buyers and demand outstrips supply from overseas.

The Guardian - AU

Seven downsides to Australia’s dangerous property obsession

Home ownership creates unbalanced growth and deceptive prosperity while contributing to structural problems

The Guardian - AU

‘I’ve never felt this vulnerable’: Guardian readers share their rental crisis horror stories

From eye-watering rent hikes and knock-backs to barely livable properties, this is the pointy end of Australia’s housing disaster

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