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How we used machine learning to cover the Australian election

We used AI to help show how campaign promises were targeted at particular seats, with marginal seats and seats held by the same party as the one making the promises being hugely overrepresented. Here’s how we did it and what we’d do differently next time around

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‘Unchaperoned, unexpected and unknown to my parents’: Guardian readers share teenage festival stories

As a licensing change denies unchaperoned under-18s entry to one of Australia’s biggest festivals, we asked readers to recount their own experience

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Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalisations and vaccination

Guardian Australia brings together all the figures on Covid-19 cases, as well as stats, charts and state-by-state data from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, the ACT and NT. Here you can also find the numbers on the vaccine rollout and fourth dose booster vaccination rates.

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China willing to ‘recalibrate’ strained Australia ties, FM says

Wang Yi says Australia should “correct” its understanding of China for relations to “set sail again”.

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Leeds United Australia diary day three: Leeds fans take over, Michael Bridges and Tony Dorigo

The Whites picked up a 2-1 win over Brisbane Roar on day three

Leeds Live

A growing number of Australians want to see health-based responses to drug use instead of jail time

Calls are growing for Australia to shift its approach to tackling drug use, away from jail time to a health-based response.

ABC News

Comm Games diver Li needs no COVID prompt

Australia's Commonwealth Games athletes remain on high alert after a COVID-19 case less than a fortnight before the opening ceremony in Birmingham.

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Big chill: frosty Friday weather for Australia’s east with parts of NSW dipping below zero

Coldest temperatures recorded near Cooma and Bega at -8C as Southern Ocean cold front moves across country

The Guardian - AU

How to watch Melbourne Victory v Man Utd today: Kick-off time and live stream info

Everything you need to know about the upcoming clash in Australia

Wales Online

Press watchdog wades once again into Australian tabloids’ unfair reporting of trans issues

Spike in adjudications about trans issues at various Australian publications. Plus: the political journos jumping on the Labor bandwagon

The Guardian - AU

How are Australia and NZ managing the rising COVID winter wave – and is either getting it right?

New Zealand, Australia and many countries are experiencing a further Omicron wave driven by the latest BA.4/BA.5 subvariants. Our response to this threat is remarkably laissez-faire compared with past approaches, as society has pivoted more to “living with the virus”.

The Conversation

First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government’s pandemic response struggled to include the country’s most minoritised groups, including First Nations people.

The Conversation

China willing to 'recalibrate' ties with Australia - Wang Yi

China-Australia relations are facing both challenges and opportunities at the present, and China is willing to "recalibrate" ties in the spirit of mutual respect, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Reuters

Australians are installing rooftop solar like never before. Who is burdened with taking care of it at home?

Rooftop solar panels and small batteries are driving Australia’s rapid shift towards renewable energy. Some 30% of detached homes on Australia’s national grid have these systems installed. By 2050, this proportion could reach 65%.

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Adelaide Oval funeral for Neil Kerley

South Australia's Acting Premier Susan Close has provided details of an Adelaide Oval state funeral for football identity Neil Kerley.

The Guardian - AU

The Uber files: firm knew it launched illegally in Australia, then leaned on governments to change the law

Exclusive: company acknowledged in documents leaked to the Guardian it had used ‘hyper-aggressive tactics’ in global expansion

Reuters

Australia gov't faces pressure to reinstate COVID quarantine pay amid fresh wave

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a snap meeting of federal and state leaders next week as he faces pressure to reinstate compensation pay for casual workers forced to isolate due to COVID-19 amid a fresh wave of infections.

The Conversation

The Barassi Line: a globally unique divider splitting Australia's footy fans

A particular eccentricity of the Australian sporting landscape is that, culturally, our football codes remain strongly tied to their geographic origins.

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Foot-and-mouth disease fears spark extra $14m in government funding to keep it out of Australia

Australia is bolstering its defence against a disease that threatens to wipe out the country's farm and tourism sectors.

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Australians reject discrimination that is based on religious belief: new research

Since the change of government at the May federal election, the fate of the contentious religious discrimination legislation remains unclear.

ABC News

Pacific leaders to declare 'climate emergency' in PIF statement, praise Australia's move to lift emissions reduction target

Australia is set to sign up to a joint statement from Pacific Islands Forum leaders that is expected to declare a "climate emergency" and says there is a need for rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

The Guardian - AU

PM says he ‘wants to keep economy open’ – as it happened

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Wales Online

Neighbours final episode: When will it air, what's the storyline and why is it ending?

Here's everything you need to know as Australian soap Neighbours comes to an end later this month after over 30 years on our screens.

The National (Scotland)

Ange Postecoglou gives assurances over welfare of former Celtic star Tom Rogic: ‘I think Tom’s fine mate’

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has moved to ease concerns over former Celtic midfielder Tom Rogic after Australia head coach Graham Arnold expressed his fears…

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Forum leaders declare climate emergency

The Pacific Islands Forum's final communique has declared there is a climate emergency as the leaders committed to bringing Kiribati back to the table.

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