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South Sudan’s aid crisis deepens as food stocks run low
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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Hunter Valley community group has won Australia’s first high court case to consider climate change, in a ruling advocates say sets a binding national precedent for fossil fuel projects in New South Wales. In a landmark judgment, the nation’s highest court ruled that the approval of the MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Musswellbrook was invalid. Continue reading...
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Comedian Dave Hughes to stop speaking at Liberal party events over political donation concerns
Entertainer alleges complaint made about ‘in-kind’ donations over Victorian fundraisers, where he has been railing against Labor Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Dave Hughes says he will no longer be taking the stage at Victorian Liberal events, claiming the party decided having him on the bill could run afoul of the state’s political donation laws. The comedian, better known as Hughesy, once described himself as a lifelong Labor voter, but has become a vocal critic of the party following May’s federal budget , which included sweeping reforms to negative gearing and capital gain tax concessions. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
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Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies aged 70 after cancer diagnosis
Anthony Albanese fondly recalls the passionate environmental advocate keeping an infant flying fox under his desk as he presented the news Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Former ABC news presenter Richard Morecroft has been remembered as “one of the great broadcasters of his generation” and a “trusted presence” for Australians after his death at the age of 70. Morecroft presented ABC’s 7pm news bulletin for almost 20 years until 2002 and was a fixture on screens. Continue reading...
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Politicians slam Trump’s suggestion that Iran ‘take’ San Diego, Los Angeles
Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump's remarks that cities could be sacrificed in Iran war.
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What’s behind Israel’s growing shift to the right?
Three years after the October 7 attacks, the politics of Israeli society has shifted further right.
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US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
Experts and lawyers called the apparent recovery unprecedented, noting she is believed to be the only known person to survive a lethal injection.