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  • Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil

    Bad actors seizing on Microsoft IT outage to scam public, Clare O’Neil warns

  • A Jewish settler prays in the Eviatar outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during morning prayers calling for the legalisation of the outpost.

    Australia urges Israel to stop settler violence in Palestinian territory in wake of ICJ ruling

    Statement from the foreign minister, Penny Wong, follows damning ruling from international court of justice accusing Israel of activities amounting to apartheid
  • Fire Rescue Victoria evacuated five people safely from a neighbouring building in response to a fire at the Orica factory in Melbourne on Saturday morning.

    Chemical fire in Melbourne’s west forces evacuations and closes roads

    More than 80 firefighters attended an early morning blaze at the Orica factory, a short distance from the scene of last week’s fire at a chemical factory

  • Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks

  • Two Australians and three Indonesians survive helicopter crash in Bali, officials say

  • Custom-mixed hormone therapies misleading menopausal women to think personalised products are necessary, experts say

  • Putting design first: six social housing projects from around the world

  • Microsoft IT outage: Australian airlines, banks and supermarkets begin return to normal operations

  • ‘He was a beautiful man’: one man’s long journey to justice for the killing of his brother

  • Crime and nourishment: the Koori court giving help and hope to traumatised kids

Australian politics

  • Chalmers Op ed

    Australia can be an island of decency and opportunity in a violent and divided world

    Jim Chalmers
  • Australia's home affairs minister Clare O'Neil

    Clare O’Neil on why democracy is more important than ever – Australian Politics podcast

  • Karen Middleton

    Leaders had many chances to scrutinise the CFMEU before now – and may have to explain why they didn’t

    Karen Middleton
  • John Setka in a black CFMEU t-shirt holds megaphone, surrounded by union members

    Alleged crime links and the CFMEU: what to know about the political furore over the construction union

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Opinion & analysis

  • Composite image showing a plane, a dog, a lightbulb, a food scraps bin, and a card payment

    Ten effective habits to adopt if you’re an eco-enthusiast

    Abigail Austin
  • A young girl being taken into Cairns watch house

    Inhumane treatment of kids in custody won’t make Queenslanders safer. Empathy must triumph over fear

    Natalie Lewis
  • Nick Miller

    When the weather forecast says it’s 13C but it ‘feels like’ 11C, what exactly does it mean?

    Nick Miller
  • Amanda Meade

    Nine CEO urges staff to ‘get into the Olympic spirit’ – but doesn’t mention he will keep the flame burning in Paris

    Amanda Meade
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Video

  • Australian athletes begin to arrive at the Paris Olympic village – video

  • Police release video showing laser strike after a police helicopter was allegedly targeted in Rockingham

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    Police vision shows alleged helicopter laser strike in WA – video

    Police release video showing laser strike after a police helicopter was allegedly targeted in Rockingham
  • Workplace relations minister Tony Burke has appointed the Fair Work Commission general manager, Murray Furlong, as an independent administrator of the CFMEU

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    Independent administrator of CFMEU announced in response to organised crime allegations – video

    Workplace relations minister Tony Burke has appointed the Fair Work Commission general manager, Murray Furlong, as an independent administrator of the CFMEU
  • The lodge’s proprietors said it was the first – albeit brief – time they had seen snow there since 2015

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    Snow falls at Queensland lodge for first time in nearly a decade - video

  • The alleged suspect was said to be identified by hotel employees based on an image captured by security cameras showing a part of his masked face

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    Police parade suspect in alleged killing of two Australians and relative in Philippines – video

  • Concert comment came hours after a shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania left the former US president injured

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    Tenacious D's Kyle Gass makes Trump assassination comment at Sydney concert – video

  • A man is recovering after being bitten on a trawler in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

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    Helicopter rescues man with sea snake bite off Northern Territory coast – video

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