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‘We’re all responsible for Afghanistan’: confronting exhibition spotlights Australia’s 20-year war

An artist’s blood and the Brereton report feature in a month-long Sydney show and symposium that aims to platform victims of a war whose legacy lives on

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Saudi sisters found dead in Sydney told acquaintance queer women ‘live in fear’ in their homeland

Exclusive: Guardian understands sisters attended girls-only queer event and police are investigating if one or both feared being persecuted for their sexuality

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Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

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Liz Watson's mum Manuela shares why she believes the Australian captain could lead the Diamonds to Commonwealth Games glory

New Australian captain Liz Watson may have experienced heartbreak when England beat the Diamonds by just one goal to steal the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but her mother Manuela believes the side has what it takes to win it back in Birmingham.

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Hancock Prospecting, Main Roads WA proposal sparks fear for Aboriginal heritage, workers on Wittenoom route

The company led by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, wants to put iron ore roads and workers' camps in Western Australia's north near a national park and through asbestos-riddled Wittenoom.

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'Decolonising' classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police

The recent decision to transport juvenile offenders into an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia shows the youth justice system is in crisis. The findings of the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were uncomfortably similar, even though being held almost three…

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Birmingham 2022: Team Hunter at Commonwealth Games day 6

Raymond Terrace lawn bowler Natasha van Eldik and the Australian women's triples team face a tricky situation at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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Natural tissue replaces implants in trial

An Australian woman has received a world-first surgery that will pave the way for women requiring breast reconstructions.

AAP

Former world featherweight boxing legend Jean-Pierre 'Johnny' Famechon dies, aged 77

Australian boxing legend Jean-Pierre 'Johnny' Famechon — who came from a famous French boxing family before becoming part of Australia's golden age of fighters in the 1960s — dies, aged 77.

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Orpheus Island concert featuring William Barton captivates Australian Festival of Chamber Music

It's a long way from a traditional stage, but the tropical paradise of a north Queensland island provides the perfect backdrop to a unique musical celebration.

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Commonwealth Games | Indian women's cricket team maul Barbados by 100 runs, qualify for semifinals

Barbados were dismissed for 64 in their nine-wicket defeat against Australia in an earlier match

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Evan O'Hanlon shows he still has what it takes at Commonwealth Games, Brandon Starc pushes through pain for high jump silver

One of Australia's most enduring para sprinters, Evan O'Hanlon, wins another gold, while Brandon Starc breaks through the pain barrier for high jump silver.

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Australian Wagyu beef producers report 300 per cent increase in demand

Australia's Wagyu producers are eyeing big opportunities in domestic and foreign markets, but one says he'd need three times as many animals to sate the appetites of buyers.

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Classy Peter Bol defies rolled ankle to stay on track for Commonwealth gold

Australia’s Peter Bol qualified fastest for for the men’s 800m final despite having rolled an ankle earlier in the week

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Australia’s Charisma Amoe-Tarrant lifts for her late mother and uncle, while England’s face of the Games, Emily Campbell, wins gold

Weightlifter Charisma Amoe-Tarrant says she lifted for her late mother and uncle, as she wins bronze in the women's 87+ kilogram category at the Commonwealth Games.

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Depth fuelling T20 freedom for Aussies

The depth of Australia's batting line-up is fuelling a freedom which the side hopes can deliver women's T20 gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Ariarne Titmus wins 400m gold and Brandon Starc takes high jump silver

Australia leads the medal tally with 46 gold medals at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games swimming program. See the latest medal tally here.

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Locum doctor costs skyrocket 50pc to $3,500 a day due to shortage

The cost of a short-term locum doctor contract jumps 50 per cent in a year as GP clinics across the country struggle to find staff.

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Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

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Govers powers Kookas to third Games win

Blake Govers has reminded the hockey world of his drag flicking prowess to seal a 3-0 Commonwealth Games victory over South Africa at Birmingham University.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: climate bill set to pass, new affirmative consent laws proposed, gold for Ariarne Titmus

Thursday: ‘Stealthing’ and ‘deepfake’ porn to be criminalised under new legislation being introduced in Victorian parliament. Plus: the best value fruit and veg this month

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Higher chance of more tropical cyclones, early monsoon amid negative Indian Ocean Dipole and possible La Nina

The Bureau of Meteorology is expecting two weather systems to bring an earlier than usual wet season to northern Australia.

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Territories' right to legislate around voluntary assisted dying only a step away from being restored

For more than two decades, both of Australia's territories have been barred from legislating around voluntary assisted dying. That could be about to change.

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There's a global shortage of epidurals — and Australian hospitals are feeling the pinch

Epidurals have been commonly used for pain relief in childbirth for more than 40 years and more than 40 per cent of people who give birth in Australia use them, writes Alicia Dennia

The Guardian - AU

Ariarne Titmus and Australia’s swimmers wrap up golden Commonwealth Games

Ariarne Titmus, Sam Short and the women’s 4x100m relay medley team picked up yet more gold as the swimming competition came to a close in Birmingham

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