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Victoria considers sentencing changes as premier says community wants ‘consequences’ for ‘brazen behaviour’

Exclusive: Jacinta Allan’s comments come after a cabinet subcommittee met to address growing concerns about youth crime

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Afternoon Update: Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of peace plan; Australia’s best-ranked university; and falcon chick ‘watch parties’

Donald Trump announced the agreement saying all of the hostages would be released and Israel would withdraw troops to an agreed upon line

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Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

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Afternoon Update: Jewish Australians mark 7 October anniversary; Zelda Williams decries AI content of late father; and how to view the supermoon

Muslims and the Palestinian diaspora in Australia also mark the moment as start of bombardment that has killed about 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza

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Potential contempt charges in relation to Kyle and Jackie O comments on Erin Patterson still under consideration

Office of public prosecutions says decision has ‘not yet been finalised’, four months after judge referred comments including Kyle Sandilands saying ‘lock that bitch up’

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Trent Dalton, Bri Lee and Melissa Leong’s ‘raw’ memoir: the best Australian books out in October

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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Five Great Reads: Blake’s extraordinary father, trying to live forever, and Italy’s pasta grannies

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month

Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage

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‘Psychologically unsettling’: ATO pursuing more taxpayers for decades-old debt

Tax office has launched a new initiative to claw back debts despite criticism of similar scheme dubbed ‘robotax’

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Optus’s triple-zero outage could boost Telstra’s customers – and allow it to charge even more

No longer competing on price, Telstra is benefitting from consumer inertia, a strong regional network and Optus outages, consumer advocates say

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Afternoon Update: PM backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan; festivalgoer’s legal win after strip-search; and a night out in Sydney’s coolest suburb

The Australian government says the 20-point peace plan leaves the door open to a two-state solution

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Mary Fowler makes catwalk debut during Paris fashion week in show celebrating sisterhood

Matildas and Manchester City star is recuperating from an ACL injury and calls event ‘a little outside of my comfort zone’

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Senior Liberal women warn party will alienate female and younger voters if it abandons net zero as Andrew Hastie urges

Exclusive: Three high-profile female members speak out as the party publicly fractures over its climate and energy policy

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Is an end to Sydney’s ‘tollmania’ in sight? Negotiations for a fairer and simpler system slow to a crawl

A plan to unify the city’s patchwork system of road tolls has been promised by the end of the year. That’s also when a $60 weekly toll cap expires

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Australian defence force says ‘no place’ for extremists despite member’s link to neo-Nazi group

Man who remained in service more than eight months after involvement revealed was also charged with possessing extremist material

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Calls for change after Qantas refuses to fly British woman with mobility scooter due to its battery

As airlines toughen rules on lithium batteries due to fire danger, disability advocates want clearer accessibility standards

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‘Like being stabbed in the eye’: the risk of serious injury by police at protests is escalating, experts warn

Baton rounds and flash-bang devices – so-called ‘less lethal’ tools – are part of an increasingly dangerous use of force to crack down on protests across Australia, lawyers say

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Bird of the year is back – reminding us why joy matters in difficult times

In this week’s newsletter: from the red goshawk to the tawny frogmouth, the poll reveals the richness of Australia’s birdlife and the risks it faces

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Influencers make the AFR Power List for the first time as Coalition left out in the cold

Inclusion of Abbie Chatfield, Konrad Benjamin and Betoota Advocate annoys veteran Fin Review journo. Plus: Nine looks to offload talkback stations

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DNA tests to determine if heart belongs to Australian man who died in Bali

Australian officials demanded answers after the body of Byron Haddow was returned without his heart

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Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns

State and federal anti-discrimination laws on collision course as Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh refuses to recognise Myka Sanders’ gender identity

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‘They’ve engaged a barrister!’ Parents of high-needs children say Labor is waging lawfare over disability support

Exclusive: The federal government paid big law firms more than $60m in 2024-25 to fight NDIS participants appealing decisions about their care packages. Most families represent themselves

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Optus claimed live updates on triple-zero outages would impose ‘huge burden’ months before outage

Telco had resisted new rules that will require greater sharing of information with authorities during outages

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Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society

Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments

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Hindu Council of Australia accused of Islamophobia in complaint to Australian Human Rights Commission

Alliance against Islamophobia alleges social media posts say Muslims are ‘inherently criminal, dangerous, violent or evil by nature’

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