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More Australians in debt spiral as buy now, pay later loans increase to cover daily basics

Australians are seeking out buy now, pay later options to cover daily essentials at an alarming rate, as more people struggle to survive.

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Human Rights Commissioner questions WA's ongoing use of state of emergency powers

Australia's Human Rights Commissioner says state of emergency laws are getting harder to justify at this stage in the pandemic.

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Reserve bank holds interest rates at record low; 38 Covid deaths reported – as it happened

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Aust defence missiles package fast-tracked

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced new missiles with a 900 kilometre strike range will arrive years ahead of schedule to arm the RAAF and navy.

AAP

Sample the best of Australia on LazMall

Good news for lovers of Australian products! The best of Australia is now available at the "Australian Pavilion" on Lazada's platform, making it easy for shoppers to access their favourite items right at their fingertips.

Bangkok Post

Wages boom in northern Australia as businesses compete for staff ahead of tourist surge

As the clock ticks towards the start of the northern tourist season, desperate businesses are offering escalating wages and relocation payments as they jostle for staff.

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British father and nine-year-old son die in horror landslide while on holiday in Australia

The nine-year-old boy and his 49-year-old father died at the scene, at Wentworth Pass in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales police said.

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Australian coal exports smash records

Surging prices are forecast to propel Australia's annual thermal coal exports to a record $45 billion this financial year, almost $20 billion more than the previous peak.

Newcastle Herald

Australia's chief vet backs calls to import lumpy skin disease samples for vaccine work

Mark Schipp is supporting the cattle industry's proposal to import live samples of the disease in a bid to protect Australia's $40 billion red meat industry.

ABC News

The Loop: Joe Biden calls for war crimes trial against Vladimir Putin, two dead in NSW helicopter crash, the cost of your #SheinHaul

Get in The Loop with this quick wrap-up of today's headlines.

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British father and son, nine, killed in landslide on Australian holiday

The boy and his 49-year-old father died at the scene, at Wentworth Pass in the Blue Mountains.

The Independent UK

Lack of access to MS nurses: report

A report by MS Australia has found almost one in three people living with multiple sclerosis don't have access to condition-specific nurses.

AAP

What will the fuel excise cut save you? Not as much as the Treasurer says

As an appeal to middle Australia, to the voters politicians routinely describe as working families or battlers, the Morrison government’s centrepiece budget move to halve the fuel excise for six months has obvious attractions.

The Conversation

COVID cases are rising but we probably won't need more restrictions unless a worse variant hits

COVID case numbers are tracking up in Australia, with an average of 57,000 new cases recorded each day.

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'Kafkaesque' true stories of ordinary people: inside the first days of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

We have lived through two tumultuous years as the COVID-19 pandemic has swept through Australia. Our Prime Minister Scott Morrison took the lead, for domestic political purposes, in calling for an investigation into the origins of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

ABC News

Labor and Coalition ramp up pressure on multinational tax avoidance ahead of election

As part of its election pitch to fight multinational tax avoidance, Labor announces plans to tighten legal loopholes that allow big companies to shift profits offshore, as well as to introduce steps to increase transparency.

ABC News

The show must go on: How Australia’s performing arts sector has survived two years of COVID

After two years of cancellations and billions of dollars lost, we take stock of the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on Australia’s performing arts and the challenges ahead.

ABC News

A community battery 'like a corner store': Is this the future of home energy storage?

Quietly humming crate-sized batteries may become a familiar sight in suburbs, towns and and inner-city areas within the next five years. So what are community batteries, and are they better than home ones?

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The Hindu

Implications of Ukraine crisis will reverberate in our region: Australian envoy

Both countries remain committed to a full Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

AAP

Ease isolation rules, PM encourages states

The debate over the future of COVID-19 isolation rules is hotting up as Scott Morrison urges premiers to weigh up the benefits of lifting restrictions.

AAP

Government failing on rural health: report

Many government policies are failing country Australia, an interim Senate inquiry report into GP services in regional and rural areas has found.

AAP

Farmers lay out their election demands

Farmers have identified five key priority areas ahead of the federal election, and are calling for billions more to be invested in regional Australia.

AAP

Ukraine envoy invokes ANZAC identity

Australia has added a range of luxury goods on an export embargo to Russia, as Ukraine's envoy likens Kyiv's war effort to the Anzac experience in World War I.

The Guardian - AU

Graham Arnold Socceroos speculation is a mess partly of Football Australia’s making

FA spoke of the need for a ‘stable environment’ and level of ‘certainty’ – after a week of disruptive conjecture

The Guardian - AU

Camp Cope, Chris Cheney and Beckah Amani: Australia’s best new music for April

Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month

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