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‘I’m alive, and that’s it’: rising cost of living puts pressure on people already struggling

Australia’s largest annual rise in inflation for decades compounds the suffering for those hit by the national rental crisis

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Analysis-Solomon Islands pact with China roils Australian PM's election campaign

For the first time in decades, the actions of a foreign state have taken centre stage in an Australian election campaign, analysts said, as China's security pact with the Solomon Islands reverberates into neighbour Australia's domestic politics.

Reuters

Thousands of shocking reports reveal extent of Australian aged care residents’ suffering due to understaffing

More than 6,500 reports of distressed and neglected residents and unsafe conditions the ‘tip of the iceberg’, union says

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Climate rows resurface in Australia's ruling coalition ahead of election

Australia's ruling conservative coalition on Wednesday looked to downplay internal debates over climate policy ahead of a national election to be held on May 21 after signs of division re-emerged over the government's emission reduction targets.

Reuters

Labor to support global push for minimum 15% tax rate on multinational corporations

Opposition backs OECD approach and says Australians pay more while ‘losing out on funds’ as multinationals avoid taxation

The Guardian - AU

Australia faces prospect of pre-election rate rise as inflation and consumer prices soar

Annual CPI rate rise to 5.1% was higher than expectations and reflects higher fuel and food costs, sparking fears of an interest rate rise

The Guardian - AU

PM 'out of touch' on housing crisis: Labor

The prime minister has pointed to a number of schemes in response to Labor claims he is not doing enough to solve Australia's housing crisis.

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Larry Stone: Storm legend Lauren Jackson gets second chance to revive career, and looks like her old self

SEATTLE — Lauren Jackson, on the shortlist of the greatest women’s basketball players in history, limped reluctantly into retirement six years ago. Her heart and mind were still willing, but her chronically ailing knees simply would not allow Jackson to play the game she had dominated for so long in…

Tribune News Service

Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users

Days out from the event, festival goers for Canberra’s Groovin the Moo festival were told the event would no longer be offering a free drug checking service after Pill Testing Australia, which provides the testing service, had public liability insurance withdrawn, without explanation from insurers.

The Conversation

A brief history of the US-Australia alliance - and how it might change after the May election

This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came into power in 2019. You can read the other pieces here and here.

The Conversation

Spy boss denies 'intelligence failure' before Solomon Islands signed security pact with China

One of Australia's top national security figures denies there was a failure by intelligence agencies to stop a military pact being signed between Solomon Islands and China.

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Iron ore profits likely to remain 'significant' despite anticipated price volatility, wider China lockdown

Australia's highly profitable iron ore sector is expected to ride out market volatility as fears of additional COVID-19 lockdowns in China see a 10 per cent price drop to start the week.

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Federal election: Labor rubbishes Morrison's claims of a 'sneaky carbon tax' as scare campaign

Scott Morrison has said Labor's net zero plan is an attempt to revive the carbon tax. In response, Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare said this was a sign the Liberal Party was getting desperate.

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Sydney news: Big acts named in concert for Lismore residents to be held next month

MORNING BRIEFING: A free concert will be held in Lismore next month to lift the spirits of those affected by the recent floods with performances from big names including Grinspoon and Daryl Braithwaite.

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Reward of $500,00 over missing NSW woman

A reward for information about the 1997 disappearance of NSW woman Marion Barter has been increased to $500,000.

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Thailand exports culinary charm in animated series on Netflix

Thailand recently exported its culinary charm to the world with the release of the locally-produced animated series, Tasty Tales Of The Food Truckers, which is streaming via Kidoodle.TV in Australia.

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Bird watcher's Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle photo shows group's vulture-like behaviour

Australia does not have vultures, but a Tasmanian bird watcher's photograph shows they are willing to take the role on.

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Rental car shortage creating tourism headache in Queensland as production delays stymie supply

Visitors returning to Australia's tourism hot spots are experiencing an acute shortage of rental cars as companies struggle to restock, with some having reduced their fleet for COVID-19.

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'Don't read the comments': misinformed and malicious comments stifle Indigenous voices

Content warning: This article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people.

The Conversation

Fern syrup, stewed eel and native currant jam: this 1843 recipe collection may be Australia's earliest cookbook

A chance find in a colonial newspaper from 1843 has us very excited: have we discovered evidence of Australia’s earliest cookbook?

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Morrison, Dutton go hard on national security - but will it have any effect on the election?

Elections held in the shadow of war or overarching national security concerns tend to favour incumbents.

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Shortage of portaloos hits Brisbane's construction industry as building projects face delays

Forget timber and labour, building sites are struggling to find another critical type of construction infrastructure.

ABC News

Human waste turned into renewable energy at Australia's first biosolids gasification plant

A council in Australia opens the first biosolids gasification plant in the Southern Hemisphere, which turns human waste into renewable energy, at Logan, south of Brisbane.

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Full story behind Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission revealed for first time

In what reads like a Hollywood movie script, the calamitous series of bungles that led to $73 million worth of drugs ending up on a barren island off Western Australia's coast can be revealed for the first time.

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India as a democratic superpower

The country is more than capable of providing leadership that the world often needs

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