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Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Australia is the only advanced democracy without a human rights act or bill of rights - but Anthony Albanese's government isn't in a hurry to change that.

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Bob Carr: ‘I really thought repeatedly, “Bob, the joke is on you”’

The former NSW premier and Australian foreign minister on losing the love of his life, and figuring out how to go on

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Bob Carr, ‘a masterpiece’ and a horny queer fantasy: the best Australian books out in March

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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Dame Marie Bashir's gift for championing causes

Dame Marie Bashir has died aged 95 after a career in medicine and politics that led her to meet presidents, popes and princesses.

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Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture?

The superpower still plays a critical role in the Pacific, but there will be no going back to the liberal world order even after this presidential term ends, analysts agree

The Guardian - AU

Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say

Bob Carr says Trump foreign policy presents a ‘colossal challenge’ for Australia and Gareth Evans says the Aukus pact should be reconsidered

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Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah

Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing

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Daniel Andrews breaks silence on China parade outing

Dan Andrews is unrepentant about attending a military show of might in China, where he was photographed with dictators and alleged war criminals.

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s final appeal bid rejected by high court – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews criticised after attending China military parade and posing with Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin

Former Victorian Labor premier earlier filmed shaking Chinese president Xi Jinping’s hand

The Guardian - AU

'I would have avoided': ex-premier attends China parade

The prime minister defended the presence of ex-Victorian premier Daniel Andrews at a Chinese military parade alongside several controversial figures.

AAP

PM slams Hamas as senior leader denies praising him

Anthony Albanese has warned against trusting Hamas propaganda as an official from the terrorist group denies reports it backed Labor's "political courage".

AAP

We know the Sydney Harbour Bridge protest against the killing in Gaza was huge – but just how big was it?

NSW police initially estimated the size of the crowd at 90,000 but organisers say the figure was closer to 300,000 – and an independent expert agrees

The Guardian - AU

Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza

NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested

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Assange Joins Pro-Palestinian Protest On Sydney Harbour Bridge

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, closing the world famous landmark.

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View from The Hill: Albanese wants international cover before Australia recognises Palestine as a state

Anthony Albanese will recall well when another Labor prime minister was feeling the heat over Palestinian status.

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PM stares down internal push for Palestine recognition

The prime minister is facing growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state as prominent figures within Labor's ranks issue a clarion call to action.

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Images of children starving in Gaza have shaken some world leaders out of inertia – but what will Labor do?

Anthony Albanese’s government enters its first full week of federal parliament under pressure from outside and inside its ranks

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The Guardian - AU

‘Turned inside out with disgust’: Australia must sanction Benjamin Netanyahu, Bob Carr urges

Former Labor foreign affairs minister says Canberra must seek to be a world leader – not wait for the US or UK – and recognise a Palestinian state

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Keating says US Aukus review could ‘save Australia from itself’ as Morrison urges against overinterpreting move

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull and former foreign minister Bob Carr say Australia must seize chance to urgently review its defence needs

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Albanese says ‘we follow our own path’ after UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions over Gaza

Labor MP Ed Husic and former Labor foreign ministers Gareth Evans and Bob Carr reiterate support for targeted sanctions

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‘Vandals in the White House’ no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief says

Chris Barrie says it’s too soon to say whether we should end our Aukus partnership, but called Donald Trump in his second term ‘irrecoverable’

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Labor to cut medicine costs, Bob Carr’s Aukus warning, Rowling sparks Harry Potter feud

Labor to cap PBS-listed prescription costs at $25 as Coalition searches for policy hit; former foreign affairs minister criticises Aukus

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Minns says alleged Islamophobic threats against Lakemba mosque ‘truly disgusting’ – as it happened

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Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control

Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus

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