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Eight years ago Australia had a wake-up call on family violence. So how did we end up here again?

There was hope for change after Victoria’s royal commission. Now the experts agree that it’s past time for ‘an abundance of words’ to be met by action

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Investors with questions: how a ‘clean food’ farm scheme born of Covid vaccine fears descended into rancour

Family Farms in NSW and Queensland promoted by Covid vaccine-sceptic group Parents With Questions were intended to operate outside a ‘corrupt’ food system. But not all has gone to plan

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Financial rights advocates ‘seriously concerned’ about how Youpla support scheme will be spent

‘Disappointment’ comes after documents reveal only two-thirds of $96m will go to Indigenous victims of predatory funeral fund

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Australian government weighs supporting Palestine to become full UN member as draft resolution revealed

Exclusive: Intense negotiations under way as Penny Wong backs two-state solution after meeting Germany’s Annalena Baerbock

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Housing deficit worse than ever

All-time lows in housing supply are contributing to Australia’s rental crisis, Melbourne is spending $30m on ‘greening’ itself, and a criminologist ex-cop outlines the most necessary reforms to combat domestic violence.

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About a third of $96m ACBF-Youpla victim support scheme to be spent on administration

National Indigenous Australians Agency and Services Australia will receive about $30m to run program for Aboriginal victims of predatory funeral fund

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Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions since 2005, industry report found

Drop is a result of reduced land clearing and greater vegetation regrowth, but experts say land clearing in Queensland may be significantly underreported

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WA premier’s teen defamation danger

Two teenagers have accused the WA premier of defaming them, a 15-year-old charged with planning a terrorist act allegedly wanted to ‘attack Jews’, and the salaries of university heads have bloated even as the institutions post deficits.

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Australia expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 as part of ‘nest of spies’, reports claim

Asio director general Mike Burgess had referred to expulsion of foreign operatives in 2021 speech but did not name country behind threat

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AGL’s use of Centrepay not audited for two years despite allegations it wrongly took $700,000 from vulnerable Australians

Exclusive: Services Australia says it is also working to retrieve overpayments from Queensland’s Ergon Energy

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Students as young as five with disabilities disproportionately suspended from Australia’s schools

Guardian Australia data analysis shows suspensions are increasing in most states. Students with disabilities are overrepresented

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Bonza enters voluntary administration after abruptly cancelling all flights across Australia

Passengers were earlier left stranded as discussions took place on ‘viability of business’

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NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station

Exclusive: Decision to keep the ageing plant operating for up to four more years could cost taxpayers as much as $150m a year

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Morning Mail: education in crisis as autism and ADHD rise; Gaza ceasefire talks; thousands rally against men’s violence

Some caregivers are removing their children from a school system that’s failing to accommodate them

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Payslip wars: Australian jobseekers suffer harassment in ‘a crazy system that doesn’t work for anyone’

Private job providers can claim public money when jobseekers find work. But they need their payslips to do so, and some resort to extreme methods to get them

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WhatsApp and the Wakeley riot: how a messaging platform became a fake news broadcaster

The spread of misinformation on the night of the alleged stabbing of a priest in Wakeley escalated violence faster than news outlets could report the story

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‘A deeply colonial backward step’: why are donors, staff and politicians up in arms about the South Australian Museum?

The South Australian Government has just intervened to pause a restructure of the state’s biggest museum. Why?

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‘It’s not the 19th century’: tenants in new social housing block in Victoria say they go weeks without flushing toilets

The complex was heralded as the ‘most advanced’ of its kind when it opened but residents say maintenance requests are often ignored or take weeks to address

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‘Climate denial’ ad pulled from The Australian after being labelled ‘deceptive’

Advertisement from IPA-linked Climate Study Group claimed fossil fuel use would not damage the environment. Plus: Janet Albrechtsen holds forth on the importance of not taking sides

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Urban Rampage banned from using Centrepay to sign up mostly Indigenous customers to credit arrangements

Asic finds arrangements posed ‘significant risk’ of financial hardship but clothing store says it will appeal ‘racist and paternalistic decision’

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Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays

The environment minister says she is approving windfarms at the fastest rate in history amid industry concerns about an ‘alarming’ slowdown

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Road not taken: the moment Andrew Giles passed on chance to shut down detention court case

FoI documents show immigration minister refused to grant a visa or release NZYQ into community detention before Five Eyes allies rejected request for deportation

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Sussan Ley ‘really disappointed’ with Elon Musk – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Defence suicide plea, AFP reviews Lehrmann leaks, Trump’s $1.2bn bonus

Royal commission chief says recognition of problem has been missing in ADF; questions over evidence from former Liberal staffer’s criminal trial

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Damning report alleges sexual discrimination and harassment by ABF officers

Exclusive: Human rights commission finds ‘potentially unlawful conduct or inappropriate behaviour’ towards women is rife in Australian Border Force

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