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Amber Heard gives evidence at defamation trial, accusing Johnny Depp of sexual assault and threatening to kill her during Australia visit

Actor Amber Heard says her ex-husband Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle and threatened her life shortly after the pair were married.

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South Australia's corrections department facing legal action after refusal to supply prisoners with voting materials

Lawyers will file proceedings against the South Australian corrections department in the Supreme Court on Friday morning.

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PM refuses to comment on leadership future

Scott Morrison has declined suggestions the coalition has lost its way, following remarks by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Song composed for 2000 Sydney Olympics finally brought to life by Forster man, in honour of late wife

When 81-year-old Erich Raab discovered an Australian ballad composed by his late wife more than 20 years earlier — sitting in an untouched drawer — he knew it needed to be shared.

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Malcolm Turnbull says voters will consider independent candidates in blue-ribbon Liberal seats because party has lost its way

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull denies he is encouraging voters in traditional Liberal strongholds to consider backing so-called 'teal independents', but argues his party could be about to get a wake-up call at the upcoming election.

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Malcolm Turnbull says Australians are ‘voting with their feet’ to support teal independents in election

Former PM tells Washington Harvard Club the rise of the independents could mean the ‘capture’ of the Liberal party is thwarted by ‘direct democratic action’ in the 2022 federal election

The Guardian - AU

'This is not a death tax': Coalition claims on Labor housing scheme fall flat with experts

Aspects of Labor's newly unveiled affordable housing scheme have been likened to a "death tax", but tax specialists have shot down those suggestions.

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U.S. Senate confirms Caroline Kennedy to be ambassador to Australia

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Caroline Kennedy, a former ambassador to Japan and daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, as the U.S. ambassador to Australia, an important ally to the United States.

Reuters

Alert raised for missing Australian woman after daughter, two, found wandering alone in Mexican resort

The girl’s father was also reported missing

The Independent UK

Dempsey insists he won't make Scotland allegiance switch call until discussion with parents

MUM’S the word, as far as Glasgow Warriors back-row Jack Dempsey is concerned when it comes to the prospect of switching allegiance from Australia…

The National (Scotland)

Canadian prisoner attacked by convicted terrorist now in legal fight with Victorian government

A Canadian woman serving a sentence in a Melbourne jail has launched a lawsuit against the Victorian government over a 2020 attack by another inmate, alleging prison officials failed to supervise her attacker.

ABC News

Morning mail: voters’ top priorities, Coalition climate plans ‘catastrophic’, Putin’s ‘girlfriend’ faces sanctions

Friday: The Morrison government’s emissions target is consistent with more than 3C global heating, analysis says. Plus: men more likely to take time from female partners for exercise

The Guardian - AU

Greens pledge five new birthing on country hubs in $144m federal election promise

The Greens pledge to expand dedicated birthing on country hubs across Australia in a bid to improve culturally appropriate healthcare for First Nations parents and babies.

ABC News

Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

The federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east coast, where some residents remain in temporary accommodation a month after the disaster. It’s just the latest reminder Australia is set to become a poster child for climate change harms.

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Politicians in high-vis say they love manufacturing. But if we want more Australian-made jobs, here's what we need

Most politicians vocally support Australian-made products. Manufacturing certainly provides excellent opportunities for candidates in high-vis to make election campaign announcements.

The Conversation

Beyond angry protesters and inked arms, there's this First Nations story of the Southern Cross – one of unity and belonging

Can the Southern Cross represent Australian identity? Waved by a proud athlete or an angry protester, inked into skin or stuck to a car window, these five stars condense different aspirations, identities and histories into a recognisable symbol.

The Conversation

Amid COVID and heated debate about China, how will multicultural Australia vote in 2022?

The debate over whether an “ethnic vote” phenomenon exists in Australia re-emerges at each federal election.

ABC News

Australians support further restrictions on foreign ownership of farmland, Vote Compass data shows

Australian voters are split on many issues but there's strong agreement on who should own Australian farms — and it's not foreigners.

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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…

ABC News

Clouds gather in Singapore over Cannon-Brookes, Twiggy-backed $30b Sun Cable project

It's billed as a poster child for Australian renewable energy exports, but Sun Cable's plan to build the world's biggest solar farm draws scepticism in its target market, Singapore.

ABC News

Climate change experts say India's heatwave offers the world a terrifying glimpse into the future

More than 1 billion people in India and Pakistan are sweltering through a record-breaking heatwave. Is this a taste of things to come for the world?

The Independent UK

Australian man sentenced to 12 years after admitting to pushing gay American off cliff in 1988

‘The value of a gay man’s life?’, says critic of court’s decision

The Canberra Times

'Vital evacuation': Canberra mission to frontline Ukraine ... to save animals

Wolves, lions, elk and a bear in line for rescue by Australian mission

The Independent UK

Amber Heard sobs as she recounts fight where Johnny Depp allegedly sexually assaulted her

The Aquaman star says she slept behind a “barricaded” door and took sleeping pills to fall asleep

ABC News

Why Solomon Islands' deal with Beijing is different to past agreements with Pacific nations

Experts say a new security agreement signed by Beijing and Honiara is "qualitatively different' to Beijing's past agreements with Pacific nations and the geopolitical context has changed.

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