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Stephen Smith named UK high commissioner as government flags fewer political appointments

Penny Wong defends appointing former Labor minister as a sign of the ‘eminence of Australia’s relationship with the UK’

The Guardian - AU

Stephen Smith named UK High Commissioner

Ex-Labor defence minister Stephen Smith is Australia's next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and will take up the role in early 2023.

AAP

Naga Munchetty pays emotional tribute to BBC co-star as he quits show

BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty paid tribute to Newsnight's Stephen Smith, describing him as a ‘bloody decent person’

Daily Mirror

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Australia can't contain or deny China's rise, but can join forces to compete with it, Kim Beazley says

Former federal defence minister and WA governor, Kim Beazley, is urging Australia to focus on strengthening its relationship with India to compete with the rise of China.

ABC News

Step Aside USDA Organic: Oregon Hemp Company Earns 'Regenerative Agriculture Certification,' It's New And It's Awesome

In the last decade, the extension of global cannabis value chains has played an important role in the proliferation of a number of certifications. Increasingly, whether producing cannabis flower, industrial hemp or derived products for global markets, producers have become subject to a variety of certifications, standards and good manufacturing practices.

Benzinga

Shocking new allegations against former dean Graeme Lawrence as Anglicans examine Adamstown priest

Shocking underbelly of Newcastle Anglicans revealed in sensational church determination

Newcastle Herald

"'Holographic Conversational' AI Lets Dead Speak at Funerals"

From AV Magazine (Darron Kirkby): [Start-up] StoryFile creates a digital clone of the subject by using 20 synchronised cameras to record them answering a series of questions. The footage is then processed, with clips tagged and used to train an artificial intelligence (AI) that can provide responses to questions in…

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Grandma uses hologram to speak at her own funeral and shares previously unheard secrets

Marina Smith passed away in June, but appeared as a hologram at her own funeral to speak to mourners and answer their questions - sharing previously unheard secrets

Daily Mirror

Grandmother talks to mourners at her own funeral as part of new technology in UK

'People feel emboldened when recording their data. Mourners might get a freer, truer version of their lost loved one.

Irish Mirror

Defence expert Paul Dibb says Australia faces 'probability of high-intensity conflict' in the region

When the government announced a landmark defence review this week, it invoked Paul Dibb's work for the Hawke government 30 years ago. Three decades on, he explains why this latest review is so significant.

ABC News

Corporations' profits soaring as inflation skyrockets and real wages fall, report reveals

There are fresh calls for Australia's biggest corporations to rein in record profits in order to provide low wage earners with some cost-of-living relief.

ABC News

Government launches defence force review

The federal government has announced a strategic review of Australia's military structure and posture, the first in 10 years, alongside talks on new submarines.

AAP

Australia's military structure, preparedness and investments to be reviewed for first time in a decade

Former defence minister Stephen Smith will join retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston in conducting the first review of Defence Force structure in a decade.

ABC News

This 13-year-old drag queen from Bristol wants to empower other queer kids in being unapologetically themselves

“The LGBTQ community have not had their rights for a lifetime so if I can share my voice and put my 10p in, then I’m going to do it”

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Wales Online

Charge hospital patients £8 a day says former NHS trust chairman

With a record 6.6m people waiting for routine NHS treatment, Professor Stephen Smith wants the charges to pay for medical equipment - but critics slam the proposal

The Guardian - UK

Charge for hospital stays to help fund NHS, says ex-health boss

Experts warn move would ‘depart from founding principles of a tax-funded public service’

ABC News

New information emerges about 1995 death of Quirindi teen Stephen Smith found dead on rail tracks

After receiving fresh information about the death of an Aboriginal teenager found dead on train tracks outside a NSW town in 1995, police are again appealing for assistance from the public.

AAP

Aust economy to slow: Deloitte

The country's economy will chart a "middle ground" between recovering from the pandemic and continued uncertainty and rising interest rates and inflation.

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Tribune News Service

The Murdaugh family murders: A list of documentaries and podcasts on the case

It’s been a little more than a year since attorney Alex Murdaugh called 911 to his family’s home in Hampton County, South Carolina, to report that his wife, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and son Paul, 22, had been shot multiple times and left dead in the yard.

The Guardian - US

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh charged with murder of wife and son

Charges for prominent lawyer represent milestone in sprawling saga involving interlocking deaths and dozens of fraud charges

The Independent UK

A timeline of events surrounding Alex Murdaugh's charges

The mounting indictments and police investigations surrounding Alex Murdaugh have led to widespread interest in the yearlong saga that has unfolded since his wife and son were found shot to death on their property

Tribune News Service

Alex Murdaugh indicted in June 2021 murders of his wife, son at their SC estate

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Disbarred Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh has been formally indicted by a Colleton County grand jury in the June 2021 murders of his wife and youngest son.

The Independent UK

Personal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh's downfall

The downfall of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh can be traced through people whose lives crossed his

Axios

New AI tools let you chat with your dead relatives

'It was like having my dad in the room'

Manchester Evening News

Devastation as 'fabulous' dad-of-four, 29, found dead by friends

'He will be sorely missed by all his family'

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