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One of the wettest winters on record has firefighters worried about a potentially deadly NSW bushfire season

Heavy rains have driven growth that could fuel devastating fires. The wet conditions have also hampered efforts to conduct hazard reduction burns

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Community fights lead mine near primary school as report highlights Australia’s failure to protect children

Report commissioned by Mudgee health alliance suggests mine’s health and environmental assessments accepted by NSW government contain errors and outdated evidence

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Kim Beazley defends Australian War Memorial decision to exclude Ben Roberts-Smith book from prize

The former Labor leader says the Les Carlyon award is ‘explicitly for emerging authors’, disqualifying Chris Masters’ biography of the alleged war criminal

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Scam weight-loss drops marketed to Australians contain ‘basically salty water’, analysis finds

Exclusive: Scientists from UNSW school of chemistry analyse sample of treatment, bought online and purported to mimic effects of Ozempic, and find nothing more than saline solution

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Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff

Exclusive: Letter to CEO argued event would pose a risk of ‘moral injury, vicarious trauma and harmful workplace behaviours’ to staff and patients

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Secret rating system kept parents in dark about safety fears at NSW childcare centre

Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue

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Australia’s eSafety watchdog tells social media giants to shield kids from gruesome Kirk shooting footage

Commission asked platforms to apply content warnings to protect children or others who do not want to see US shooting

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Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw

Government rules out using taxpayer funds to buy off competing bid as Pacific leaders urge Turkey to step aside as an ‘act of good faith’

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Afternoon Update: Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070; Islamophobic hate laid bare; and embracing your lameness

The Albanese government says it has agreed on conditions to protect world heritage-listed rock art near the Woodside plant

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Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith

Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book

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Victorian Liberal party shapes up for ‘nastiest, most toxic’ state council in years amid leaks and infighting

State party’s deep divisions on show as sexist messages force resignation of director days before annual meeting

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The baby shower, 357 texts and alleged ‘misbehaviour’: NSW children’s guardian sacked after inquiry

Report into Steve Kinmond alleged he failed to maintain ‘proper’ boundaries and had created conflict of interest risks. Kinmond denies the allegationsk

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Doctors outraged after NSW health department ‘recklessly’ leaks their personal and professional data online

Exclusive: Confidential documents, including passports and medical credentials, made available, meaning ‘there is a risk of identity theft or fraud’

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Slashing migration would actually lead to higher house prices in Australia. Here’s why

Economic modelling reveals the effects of eliminating migration for a decade on growth, the workforce and the budget

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Pocock questions Bishop’s ANU leadership as pressure builds for chancellor and vice chancellor to step down

Independent senator claims there was ‘no faith’ in leadership of Genevieve Bell or Julie Bishop among university staff

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Right-leaning MPs rally around Nampijinpa Price as she resists calls to apologise to Indian Australians

But Liberals say party has ‘degenerated into open warfare’ over the issue and accuse NT senator of pushing her own agenda

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In Australia, racist violence is nothing new. But emboldened neo-Nazis form a frightening new spectre

The so-called ‘March for Australia’ echoed the Cronulla race riots – and not by accident. Are we seeing history repeating, or the start of something worse?

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‘No more empty homes while people are homeless’: the squatters being evicted from the northern rivers’ ‘buyback’ homes

Since the catastrophic floods of 2022, just 41 homes in the Northern Rivers have been raised, retrofitted or relocated. Far more have been bought back – and those living in them have been told to leave

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Afternoon Update: $475m win for robodebt victims; factchecking ‘mass migration’ claims; and Tony Abbott joins Substack

Government announces additional compensation in largest class action settlement in Australian history

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Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first

Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case list

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A meaty topic: what is the carnivore diet and why do so many influencers seem to swear by it?

Some claim eating steak and whole sticks of butter has improved their skin, cleared brain fog and even eliminated farting. Experts say an all-animal diet carries risks

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Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

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Musicians v the climate crisis: ‘We’re trying to put on the greenest show in Australia’

A two-week tour produces the equivalent of an average household’s yearly carbon emissions. So some bands, including Lime Cordiale and Cloud Control, are trying small changes – like ditching confetti – and big ones, like building solar farms

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‘I could get a gun within an hour of leaving jail’: how Australia’s licensed firearms end up in criminal hands

With as many as 600,000 illicit weapons in circulation, gun control experts say the long-planned national firearms register is needed urgently

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Teacher alleges she sustained injuries in neo-Nazi-led attack on Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty

Woman, 30, says incident was ‘the most terrifying thing’ she had encountered

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