headlines
Tuesday
8
March
2016
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Tony Abbott dismisses book attacking his loyalty to Peta CredlinFormer prime minister says his government’s ‘objective record’ is best rebuttal to Niki Savva’s book
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MH370 families believe loved ones are still aliveOn the eve of the two-year anniversary of plane’s disappearance many relatives reject the idea it crashed in the ocean -
Unbeaten Matildas book ticket to Rio with Olympic qualifying winNeeding just a point to secure passage to Rio and the 2016 Olympic Games, the Matildas did more than enough with a famous 2-1 victory over a physical North Korea in Osaka -
highlights
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From messages between academics to a global epidemicRay Tomlinson, the man who invented the @ sign, has died. Here’s a brief history of email, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam
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What are the minor technical issues with this cool-looking jet?Australia is handing over $18bn or so for 72 dud F-35 jets that may or may not work. Surely there is a better way to spend this money!
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Airbnb's most popular rentalKitty Mrache’s ‘geodesic dome loft’ has appeared on the site for seven years and is so busy her own children have to wait in line
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12 things today's gamers don't remember about the good old daysWe look back on video game history with rose-tinted nostalgia, but some things tend to get overlooked amid those misty-eyed tales of gaming yore
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The secret life of a games programmer: I’ve lived my dream and it came up short‘Passion’ meant working six days a week –16-hour days. I still play games, but having seen the inside of the sausage factory they’ll never be the same again
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Six things we learned at Sydney's All About Women festivalIt may be impossible to change the system, our sex lives are not what they’re cracked up to be, and we’re all a little bit sexist. Who knew?
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Detention of teenage terrorism suspect 'awful and inhumane', says lawyerLawyer of Alo-Bridget Namoa, 18, who has been charged with collecting documents connected with a terrorist act, says ‘hysteria around the word terrorism’ has created a ‘dire situation’ for her client
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Parade threatened to ban refugee advocates if they harassed Bill ShortenVideo filmed by No Pride in Detention activist shows the parade producer warning a float organiser after a protest at the Labor leader’s media conference
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EU migration summit stalls as Turkey ups demandsEU leaders are set to call on Turkey to do more to stop migrants and refugees from making the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea to Greece
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Rebels clash with Kurds in Aleppo with peace talks set to go onUmbrella opposition group likely to send delegation to Geneva despite some of most intense fighting since truce began
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in depth
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Restaurant serves up Florida's most reviled breedsCrickets in brie and wild Texas antelope sushi are on the menu at pop-up restaurant Prey, where disruptive plants and animals find a new purpose
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Sydney's Mardi Gras paradeFlamingos, glitter, bondage suits and more – Jonny Weeks captures the colour
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10 of the best industrial-chic spaces worldwideAt these cool conceptual spaces, the design is just as compelling as what’s on offer at the shopping, exhibition, dining and drinking venues
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The most radioactive towel in historyThe Russian dissident was murdered with polonium, but only on the third attempt. In an extract from his book A Very Expensive Poison, Luke Harding traces the toxic trail the clueless assassins spread around London
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One man’s mission to create a sovereign Indigenous country inside AustraliaIn 2014 the former press gallery journalist officially ‘quit’ Australia to form his own nation in Queensland. Almost two years later he is the Yidindji foreign minister, and it’s clear he’s doing much more than making a symbolic point
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No 6 – A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)The theoretical physicist’s mega-selling account of the origins of the universe is a masterpiece of scientific inquiry that has influenced the minds of a generation
pictures & video
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It's gone to the dogsAt the Noosa Festival of Surfing on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, paddle- and long-boarders are joined by their best friends for the dog surfing competition
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Mini masterpieces of bubblegum artNew Jersey artist Michael Massaia’s masticated sculptures of sea creatures, flamenco dancers and space helmets are made entirely from spat-out gum
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Northern lights as seen from spaceTimelapse footage filmed from the International Space Station shows the northern lights above Earth
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Thousands gather at Greece's border with MacedoniaAerial footage of 14,000 people at Greece’s border with Macedonia
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TV broadcast says US will be 'held accountable for igniting war'During a television broadcast, North Korea has strongly denounced annual military drills between the US and South Korea, which are scheduled to begin on Monday.
people
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Knife discovery puts burden of proof on LAPD againInfamous trial had all the elements for a sensational story except a murder weapon, and retired officer’s ‘odd’ reveal years later extends saga that won’t end
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Ghostbusters star defends racial stereotyping criticism‘It’s not a man, woman, race, class thang!’ the Saturday Night Live actor says of her black subway worker character, adding ‘if I’m the stereotype, so be it’
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Actor quits adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman over creative differencesGordon-Levitt had been in line to direct and star in the big-screen version of Gaiman’s graphic novel fantasy
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Psychocandy endures (even if the blistering live show doesn't)The Reid brothers may have lost a little of their edge – but their longtime fans, also in their 50s, don’t seem to mind at all
the big picture
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Workers at Fukushima nuclear plantWorkers of Tepco, Toshiba and Kajima Corp at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant five years on from the 9.0 earthquake
Revealed The 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
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