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Government’s religious discrimination bill enshrines the right to harm others in the name of faith
OPINION & ANALYSIS: The bill turns discrimination protection on its head. It doesn’t merely protect a person from being discriminated against because of their religious beliefs, it allows a person to actively discriminate on the basis of their religious beliefs.
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Is the coronavirus a pandemic, and does that matter? 4 questions answered
SPECIAL FEATURE: he new coronavirus has now affected more than 20,000 people. Some public health officials have said the outbreak is likely to soon be a pandemic. Just what is a pandemic anyway?
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To Scott Morrison’s relief, Michael McCormack holds his job as Nationals’ leader
But Barnaby Joyce is unlikely to give up his ambition, and having a restive Matt Canavan on the backbench will be unhelpful for McCormack.
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Adam Bandt elected unopposed as new Greens leader
The new Greens leader's challenge will be to manage from the lower house what is essentially a Senate party.
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Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack
The shock resignation comes as former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announced he would challenge Nationals leader Michael McCormack if there was a move for a leadership spill at Tuesday’s party meeting.
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Scott Morrison’s ‘resilience’ speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens
Sport Australia wrote to McKenzie’s office before the election expressing concern it was being compromised by political interference.
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The Wuhan coronavirus is now in Australia – here’s what you need to know
SPECIAL FEATURE: From a market in China to the world - an animal infection has probably learnt to jump to humans and then spread within our species.
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Put another koala on the barbie for Adani, Scott
OPINION & ANALYSIS: The real reason Scott Morrison cancelled his Hawaii trip was to postpone a secret tryst with a controversial Indian mogul, writes TESS LAWRENCE.
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Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code
Reports revealing McKenzie had approved a grant to a clay target shooting club without publicly disclosing her membership of it have been referred to the prime minister's office. The opposition continues to call for her resignation or sacking.
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Heartwarming images of Aussies saving our animals following the bushfires
The bushfires have shown nature at its cruelest but there is hope we can save our beloved wildlife, as these clips show.
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And now flood, biblical hail and apocalyptic dust storms [VIDEOS]
Australians' love for their harsh land has been pushed to breaking point as flood, hail and dust follow the fires.
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Morrison should control that temper in Liberal climate debate
OPINION & ANALYSIS: The prime minister's Monday salvo against the NSW environment minister over the response to the bushfire disaster was gratuitous and inept.
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Bushfires: can ecosystems recover from such dramatic losses of biodiversity?
SPECIAL FEATURE: The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity fires on ecosystems could be colossal.
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Scott Morrison’s approval ratings crash over bushfires in first 2020 Newspoll
The bushfire crisis almost certainly explains the crash in Morrison’s ratings, with opposition leader Albanese now the preferred prime minister, according to poll.
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Some say we’ve seen bushfires worse than this before. But they’re ignoring a few key facts
SPECIAL FEATURE: Climate change is making extreme events even more severe, resulting in unprecedented conditions that are rewriting our nation’s history.
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How to donate to Australian bushfire relief: give money, watch for scams and think long term
SPECIAL FEATURE: One thing to be mindful of during times like these, is that unfortunately some people may seek to prey on the generosity of others.
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Photos of Australia from space, before and after the bushfires and drought
'This crisis has been unfolding for years'. NASA images reveal a ravaged continent.
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Making sense of Australia’s bushfire crisis means asking hard questions – and listening to the answers
SPECIAL FEATURE: I should have twigged straight away. At 8am the sky was a gruesome orange-black, the surrounding bush freakishly quiet. Our mobile phones had no signal. Outside, my car was coated in soot.
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Prime minister turns his back on distraught resident of fire ravaged town
Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with angry locals of bushfire ravaged Cobargo, and it didn't go well.
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Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?
Australians spent $400 million on unwanted Christmas gifts last year. There must be a better way.
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Fair play gaming industry in Australia
Trump's bid was rejected due to bad connection.
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Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party’s left
OPINION & ANALYSIS: Scott Morrison has refused to meet calls for a national summit or a COAG meeting on the fire effort, but he is no longer able to gloss over the climate debate.
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What kind of Brexit will Britain now ‘get done’ after Boris Johnson’s thumping election win?
OPINION & ANALYSIS: Despite being one of the best-known and biggest characters in British politics, so much remains uncertain about Boris Johnson. Now that he has achieved his parliamentary majority, he must decide what he wants to do with it.
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Volcano disaster: more Australians expected to be confirmed among the dead
11 Australians likely to have been killed by the horrific Mount White volcano eruption.
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The British election explained in five key phrases
SPECIAL FEATURE: It almost seems as if, for many voters, the election is more about who they don’t want than who they do.
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2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse
SPECIAL FEATURE: 2019 may go down as the most disrupted year in global politics since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. The likelihood is that 2020 will be worse, and bloodier.
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Australians caught up in NZ volcano eruption
Up to 50 tourists, including many Australians, are believed to have been on White Island in New Zealand when its volcano began erupting.
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Angus Taylor’s troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf
OPINION & ANALYSIS: Controversial American feminist writer Naomi Wolf, in an extended phone call (which she videoed) with a Taylor staffer, demanded an apology from the energy minister over his inaccurate claim they’d been corridor near-neighbours at Oxford in 1991 and for implying that she’d campaigned against Christmas.
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Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie
Lambie had indicated previously that her vote for the repeal would be conditional on the government meeting a condition which she would not specify. She suggested security matters were involved.
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Lessons on terrorism and rehabilitation from the London Bridge attack
OPINION & ANALYSIS: In a deeply tragic irony, the two victims who lost their lives to a man who made a mockery of their idealism were assisted by two others who appear to have genuinely benefited from prison rehabilitation programs.
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Chinese ‘spy’ case may be the greatest challenge to Australian security since Petrov – but caution is needed
OPINION & ANALYSIS: If this alleged attempted interference by China is proved – if it is indeed provable – this would rise to the level of an unacceptable attempt to subvert Australia’s democratic processes.
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