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Victims of sexual offences face ‘postcode lottery’ with police, says home secretary – as it happened

Shabana Mahmood responds to claims that up to 50% of police officers on sexual violence and rape squads are trainees

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025

As it happened: Bondi attack at Jewish festival kills 11, with one gunman dead and another wounded

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2025

Bondi beach terror attack: 12 people killed in ‘evil antisemitic’ shooting at park in Australia

Police say one alleged shooter among dead, with second arrested and in a critical condition, after attack on Jewish festival in Sydney

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2025

High fire danger as thunderstorms keep risks live

A burst of summer heat is on its way across Australia, with bushfire emergency warnings in place and strong and gusty winds fanning conditions.

AAP · Dec 13, 2025

Koala 'misinformation' cry as population counts soar

Fresh data reveals Australia's koala count could be much higher than previously thought, as a contentious park to protect the species is called into question.

AAP · Dec 13, 2025

Kevin McCloud: ‘We measure the value of a home by the number of toilets it has – which is bonkers’

The Grand Designs presenter and co-host of Tim & Kev’s Big Design Adventure on living with bats, the most important room in a house and eating fermented shark

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025

Carbon capture was spruiked as a way of limiting our emissions – but has Australia been greenwashed?

Despite billions in investment, carbon capture and storage technology ‘should be in no way treated as a climate solution’, critics say

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025

From Bosnia to Brisbane: what child refugee Jasmina Joldić learned about peace, hate and the fragility of society

The 30th anniversary of the Dayton Accords, which put an end to the war in Bosnia, leads Joldić to reflect on the nature of imperfect peace

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025

Social media makes many Australian teens feel worse about their bodies. Platforms must take responsibility

Eight in 10 young people think the tech companies should do more to promote positive body image. The under-16s ban does nothing to achieve that

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025

In Australia’s cost-of-living-crisis, even lawyers are forced to rely on food banks

One in five households earning $91,000 or more experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months, a report has found

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025