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The Australian company behind Splendour has a rich parent – so why does it need millions in public money?

The NSW government was ‘devastated’ when Secret Sounds cancelled the 2024 Splendour in the Grass festival, but says financial support for it is in the public interest

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At Bondi Westfield someone said: ‘There’s been a stabbing, we have to go.’ I could see in her face it was real

I was in a department store when an apparently random, and ultimately deadly, stabbing attack began. I hid in a cupboard, then found a fire escape

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Suno AI can generate power ballads about coffee – and jingles for the Guardian. But will it hurt musicians?

Plug in some prompts and the ‘ChatGPT for music’ whips up a song in seconds – if you don’t mind slightly silly lyrics

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Andrew Forrest accuses Facebook of ‘blatantly refusing’ to take action against scam ads

The Australian billionaire’s criminal case against Meta in WA was discontinued on Friday by the commonwealth prosecutor

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Bruce McWilliam’s spicy messages, The Tele gets with the times, and Guardian Australia’s mea culpa

This week’s Briefs brings you some of former Seven fixer Bruce McWilliam’s finest work in the DMs, a throwback Tele front page, and a Guardian Australia correction.

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US considers dropping Assange charges

Julian Assange might have his charges dropped by the US, Dutton criticises Wong’s comments on Palestinian statehood, and NSW ICAC ditches its investigation into Tim Crakanthorp.

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Charles Darwin University asked inquiry not to publish staff submissions critical of its support for harbour project

In letter vice-chancellor requested committee not publish joint submission by two academics and redact parts of second submission ‘unfairly’ critical of CDU

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‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients

Consumers Health Forum calls on Australian government to address ‘significant safety concerns’ about prescribing without any conversation with patient

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My Place groups worry about 5G and chemtrails. Some are also taking an interest in Queensland’s council elections

Network founded in Victoria writes about setting up a parallel system of governance and promotes a range of conspiracy theories

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Chris Minns orders review of termination payouts for senior NSW public servants

Premier says review of public money spend is ‘appropriate and necessary’ after Guardian Australia reveals $700,000 was paid out to former NSW police media officers

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Trans man bullied further after X shares takedown notice over alleged hate speech

Watchdog said post was found to mock his gender identity and equated transgender identity with a psychiatric condition

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Abbott wanted zero women: Bishop

Julie Bishop has alleged that Tony Abbott wanted no women in his 2013 cabinet, Australia ‘alarmed’ by Israel’s dismissal of Zomi Frankcom’s death, and Bridget McKenzie wanted heaps more cash for sports rorts.

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Lehrmann headlines $100-a-ticket event

Bruce Lehrmann will speak at an event organised by men’s rights activist Bettina Arndt, almost half the kids in NSW state care are Indigenous, and the big supermarkets could be fined for anti-competitive behaviour under a new code.

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‘He didn’t realise the danger’: the family grieving a lost son and their push to slash Australia’s drowning deaths

In February, a promising young athlete was swept off a beach and never found. Can anything help prevent the increase in drownings at unpatrolled beaches?

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Reality TV star Gamble Breaux knew she’d been hacked. Then the deepfakes of the prime minister began to appear

Hundreds of scam ads featuring manipulated videos of Anthony Albanese flooded Facebook via her account before she was able to regain control

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Mohamed came to Australia as a teenager. Now, he faces being deported to a country he doesn’t know

After almost a decade in immigration detention Mohamed Coker was told he would be put on a plane to Sierra Leone within hours

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‘Financial abuse’: how a debit scheme to help vulnerable Australians led to exploitation instead

A Guardian investigation has revealed that Centrepay is exposing scores of welfare recipients to financial harm. Advocates say the government must act now

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Penny Wong says Netanyahu trying to ‘brush aside’ death of Zomi Frankcom ‘deeply insensitive’

Foreign minister’s condemnation of Israeli PM comes as IDF says it has completed its investigation into drone strike that killed seven aid workers

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Government ignored warnings more than 100 companies may be misusing Centrepay scheme, Asic says

Services Australia’s failure to act ‘inexcusable’ and urgent action needed to help people struggling to get by, senators say

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Israeli military likely knew identities of aid workers killed in charity convoy, humanitarian groups say

Australian Council for International Development head says ‘intense coordination and negotiation’ would have occurred prior to passage of workers

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Ex-Seven producer’s $10k massages claim

Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach reportedly told his then boss that $10,315 spent on massages on the company card ‘had nothing to do with work’. Plus Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz are likely heading to trial in July.

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Another twist in Lehrmann trial

Channel Seven allegedly reimbursed Bruce Lehrmann for drugs and sex workers, Anthony Albanese has summoned the Israeli ambassador after an Australian aid worker was killed in Gaza, and Pauline Hanson is continuing her Woolies boycott.

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Robotax? More like a robo-beatup that misleads readers and duds taxpayers

The media campaign against ‘robotax’ is about looking after people who haven’t paid their taxes. The comparison with robodebt is offensive.

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Second energy firm wrongly received money from welfare payments under Centrepay scheme

Services Australia is working with Ergon to return overpayments, prompting fears the issue first identified at AGL could be widespread

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Andrew Giles faces years of litigation as he fights to prevent another disastrous defeat on immigration

The immigration minister has a reputation as the most sued person in Australia. This year the legal terrain got even rockier

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