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New Salvatore in town? Seal spotted in Yarra River brings excitement to Melbourne

Frolicking seal surprises locals who caught a glimpse – and revives memories of visitor who appeared during lockdowns

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‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Walter Mikac, who lost his wife and two daughters in the 1996 shooting, warns that Labor-backed Shooters party bill will weaken national firearms agreement

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Victorian couple sue TikTok for blocking account after allegedly competing in live battles against banned users

Pair allege platform failed to provide them with procedural fairness, claiming it has ‘permanently removed’ their livelihood

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Murray Watt advised by own department to declare protection order over ‘significant Aboriginal area’ in WA

Exclusive: Environment department document states that Burrup peninsula site near Woodside gas plant ‘under threat of injury or desecration’

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‘There’s no room to grow’: Aunty Donna on why Australian TV comedy needs a massive shake-up

The beloved comedy trio – Broden Kelly, Mark Bonanno and Zachary Ruane – are about to trial their own subscription service because, ‘the writing is on the wall with network comedy in Australia’

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Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge

There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

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Coalition’s climate tussles to get public airing as parliament debates Barnaby Joyce’s bill to dump net zero

Ideological tensions to be on full display amid growing list of Liberal state divisions opposed to emissions reduction policy

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Kmart supply chains under scrutiny for potential Uyghur forced labour links in Australian court case

Retailer says it has systems to identify and mitigate modern slavery risks and is ‘committed to respecting human rights’

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Australian doctors subjected to vexatious complaints over social media posts on Gaza, GP peak body says

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners letter to health regulator cites ‘growing number’ of complaints

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How the Bendigo writers’ festival’s code of conduct caused a walkout and claims of censorship

The last-minute code of conduct and the backlash are the latest in a string of controversies ‘symptomatic of the current environment’ in the arts

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Database to track childcare workers and mobile phone bans on the table as Australian ministers set to meet

Governments scramble to establish national register of workers after allegations of abuse of children in early education, but states and territories yet to agree on personal device ban

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Concern Australian doctor ‘pushed’ out as chair of medical insurer board over social media posts on Gaza war

Dr Stephen Parnis says public comments based on ‘my views and conscience’ in resignation email that has prompted letter-writing campaign in his support

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Key stakeholders in Australia’s social media age assurance trial frozen out amid media leaks and resignations

Trial’s advisory board may not see the final report until communications minister releases it in the coming weeks

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‘Dump it, or we’ll dump you’: secretive consultancy group sends Liberal MPs barrage of emails over net zero policy

Some MPs received more than 100 emails within 48 hours from the same address criticising the party’s energy policy

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Guardian Australia wins Kennedy awards for outstanding digital innovation, photography and columnist

Leaving Gaza interactive, a portrait by picture editor Carly Earl and columnist Ranjana Srivastava claim media accolades

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If you dogwhistle it, neo-Nazis will come: the ‘March for Australia’ – and the problems reporting it poses for media

News Corp tabloid reproduces event flyer complete with slogans. Plus: a landmark defamation ruling

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Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs

Exclusive: Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel

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Writers’ festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers’ festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code

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Labor to use black summer-era measure to fast-track algal bloom response as dolphin carcass washes up on beach

Murray Watt and Sussan Ley survey devastation in Adelaide as scientists call for urgent funding for affected species

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Developing Coffs Harbour foreshore will amount to a ‘desecration of the land’, traditional owners say

Elders call plans to ‘revitalise’ 60-hectare precinct with six-storey housing and tourism facilities ‘inappropriate’

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Lincoln is out of prison but a ‘lifetime’ penalty hangs over him. Does a NSW police anti-firearm scheme go too far?

New data examining enhanced police search powers brings into question the efficacy and fairness of weapon and firearm prohibition orders

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Five Great Reads: the killing code, our AI future and a Sydney Sweeney culture war

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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Labor decision to lift ban on PwC ‘an insult’ to inquiry that investigated Treasury scandal, Pocock says

Finance department rejects last minute plea from three senators urging it to maintain block on consultancy firm competing for new government work

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Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australia’s largest beef producer

Jesse Gregson led massacres of Aboriginal people before joining the Australian Agricultural Company as its longest-serving superintendent

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Bryce Courtenay, conspiracies and campfire cooking: the best Australian books out in August

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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