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Leeser urges Labor to offer asylum to Iranian women’s football team – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The LNP’s phrase-banning law is wide open to constitutional attack. Is it a victory for the people, or a smart political play?

By banning two political slogans outright, the government has exposed the law to a greater risk of being struck down as invalid

The Guardian - AU

Bulls appear doomed as WA circle for the Shield kill

Queensland have crashed to 6-43 chasing 267 for victory in their Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at Allan Border Field.

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Big airlift of evacuees from flood-hit communities

Hundreds of people have been evacuated by air from their flood-hit outback communities as rivers rapidly rise after "extraordinary" downpours.

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Canadian backpacker, 19, died by drowning after dingo attack in Australia, coroner finds

Coroner finds 19-year-old died as a result of drowning ‘in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack’

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Bulls on the ropes as Fanning nears maiden Shield ton

Fringe opener Sam Fanning is on track to make his maiden Sheffield Shield century as WA put Queensland to the sword at Allan Border Field.

AAP

Tualima out to fill 'big shoes' in Reds battle

Tuaina Taii Tualima has been parachuted into the ACT Brumbies starting line-up and will face a big test against the Queensland Reds' star-studded back row.

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Twenty pregnant women evacuated from NT hospital as two states prepare for major flooding

BoM issues flood watch covering most of Queensland while NT authorities warn houses and roads could be inundated

The Guardian - AU

Homeless people camping in Queensland park ‘not treated as humans’ during council evictions, court finds

Moreton Bay council’s clearing of tent city breached human rights, supreme court rules

The Guardian - AU

J'maine Hopgood banned after Parramatta's horror loss

Queensland representative J'maine Hopgood has received a one-game suspension in the fallout from Parramatta's horror round-one loss to Melbourne.

AAP

One Nation senator for NSW still lived in Queensland four months after his appointment, expense reports show

In September party said Sean Bell was ‘currently in the process of moving to NSW’ but he claimed $6,600 in chauffeured cars in Brisbane in last quarter of 2025

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne mosque closed after suspicious package found – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Flooding forces closure of town's hospital and schools

The mayor of an outback community forced to close its hospital, schools and courts due to a flood threat says it's been so wet "even the ducks have left town".

AAP

Gannon strikes late as Bulls slump against WA

Queensland stars Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja were among the big-name batters to fall late on day one as WA paceman Cameron Gannon found his groove.

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Anti-Semitism laws banning chants draws mixed reaction

Critics have slammed new laws designed to combat anti-Semitism as overreach, but a last-minute change reduces a minister's extraordinary powers.

The Guardian - AU

‘From the river to the sea’ is being outlawed in Queensland. How will the slogan’s ban work, and will it be challenged?

The LNP government passed legislation to deem the chant a ‘proscribed phrase’ – along with ‘globalise the intifada’. Here’s what to know about the laws

The Guardian - AU

Police told Kelly Wilkinson to ‘cool off’ and give estranged husband ‘a break’ days before he burned her to death, inquest hears

Wilkinson was turned away by police while seeking help four days before she was murdered, Queensland coroner’s court told

AAP

Move to blacklist labour firm after Gatto link aired

A company with alleged ties to underworld figure Mick Gatto can continue operating on major state project sites despite an impending ban.

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The Conversation

The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them

The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.…

AAP

Call to ban kids under 16 riding e-bikes and e-scooters

Children shouldn't be allowed to use e-mobility devices and adults should keep to a 10km/h limit, a state parliamentary committee recommends.

AAP

'Completely separate': CFMEU probe's crime link slammed

An inquiry into corruption in a state's construction industry has publicly targeted a company it claims is linked to underworld figure Mick Gatto.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police missed two opportunities to prevent Kelly Wilkinson’s murder, inquest hears

Reported breach of protection order ‘fell through the cracks’ before Brian Earl Johnston killed estranged wife, coroner’s court told

AAP

Cyclone threat firms as far north braces for bucketing

Areas already hard hit by flooding are bracing for another deluge, with a tropical cyclone forecast to cross the coast in coming days.

The Conversation

We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast

When a coastal carpet python was brought into a wildlife hospital in South East Queensland in August 2024, vets were confronted with something they didn’t recognise. The python had damaged scales, crusted lesions across its body and a mysterious fungal infection that defied explanation.

The Guardian - AU

Eight-year-old Australian girl dies in snowmobile accident in Japan

Chloe Jeffries from the Gold Coast in Queensland was holidaying in the Hakuba Valley with her family

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