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Sam Ibrahim at risk of deportation as Peter Dutton reportedly cancels his visaImmigration minister said to have revoked former bikie leader’s visa on grounds of bad character, but Ibrahim’s lawyer says he will appeal -
Aylan Kurdi should not have died, Naomi Klein tells Sydney festivalAuthor tells Festival of Dangerous Ideas audience Australia’s offshore detention centres are ‘black sites’ and part of hiding the human cost of the refugee crisis
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There’s something very unsettling about the prime minister invocation of a fictitious Nazi sense of shame as part of his moral account of the Islamic StateThe Nazis, ashamed? Abbott's Third Reich comparisons are not 'gaffes'
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New statistics from the Pew research centre show the youngest workers have totally internalised the messaging of the luckiest generation in human historyWhy are the baby boomers desperate to make millennials hate ourselves?
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How to save the Australian steel industry without tariffs or subsidiesAustralia has to compete on both quality and price, and we can. Government assistance aside, BlueScope management needs to strike a deal with its workforce
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The Weekly Beast: the Australian spreads the word in a Shorten sandwich shockerNews Corp newspaper gives a lesson in ‘experienced editorial guidance’ – and then … guess what? Plus how Tony Abbott lost friends in Torres Strait
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Humpback whales entertain whale-watchers off Queensland coast – videoTwo humpback whales enjoy the warmer waters off the Gold Coast in Queensland
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'Unofficial' world record set for heaviest sheep fleece shorn – videoAn ‘unofficial’ world record has been set for the heaviest sheep’s fleece ever shorn
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Abortion clinic exclusion zone will protect women, says Sex party’s Fiona Patten – videoThe Sex party’s Fiona Patten has praised cooperation on her bill for an exclusion zone for protesters around fertility clinics in Victoria
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Fairfax is trying to bring the Abbott government down, Peter Dutton says – videoThe immigration minister has attacked Fairfax, saying some journalists are trying to be ‘political players’ rather than ‘objective reporters’
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Q&A;: Naomi Klein goes head to head with Australian writer Tom Switzer on climate change – videoWriter Tom Switzer attacks climate change activists as ‘watermelons’ who conceal their socialist agendas under their ‘green skin’
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Dyson Heydon's links with Liberal party are clear, says Mark Dreyfus – videoThe shadow attorney general says anyone looking at the invite to the Liberal party fundraiser would find it hard to see how the royal commissioner could not have known what the event was
Tony Abbott says decision on Syria air strikes will be made within a week