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Morning mail: threatened species plans scrapped, Depp v Heard verdict, Sheryl Sandberg quits

Thursday: Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened animals, plants and habitat. Plus: jury finds in favour of Johnny Depp in defamation case

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2022

How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to 'White Australia'

Despite years of critique, the Australian national parliament has been overwhelmingly white and male, unlike the country as a whole. But something changed at the 2022 election – most clearly around racism and sexism. How might this play out in the negotiations to come?

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Alan Kohler: We all lose when monopolists prosper

The role of government is to correct the tendency towards monopoly and inequality through regulation, but they have been falling down on the job.

The New Daily · Jun 1, 2022

Coal snap: Eraring power station running out of coal, ASX told

Eraring Power Station is running out of coal, threatening to deepen Australia's worsening energy crisis.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 1, 2022

Irish labourer went on 12-hour burglary spree stealing cash, tablets and phones just before being kicked out of Australia

Fionnbharr McHugh is now facing sentence over his thefts in a Sydney suburb earlier this year

Irish Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

World's largest plant is a vast seagrass meadow in Australia

Scientists have discovered the world's largest plant off the Australia coast — a seagrass meadow that extends underwater

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Will the change of Australian government end the trade war with China?

The trade war between Beijing and Canberra is hurting both sides greatly, but will the change of Australian government bring it to an end?

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers sworn into office in historic moment

Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim ministers to be sworn into Federal Parliament.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Cold weather to ease in eastern Australia today, but the weekend will bring frigid conditions and rain

The Bureau of Meteorology says maximum temperatures in the east and south-east are expected to stay well below average as cold fronts arrive over the weekend.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Partners must 'treat Pacific with respect'

The EU's Indo-Pacific envoy says the sovereignty of Pacific island nations must be respected and the region should be supported by the EU, Australia and the US.

AAP · Jun 1, 2022