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Friday
2
September
2016
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Australia resettles only a sixth of promised Syrian refugee intakeNearly a year after Tony Abbott announced the additional humanitarian intake, only 2,000 have been taken in
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Police search continues after family break-up on bizarre road tripMark Tromp is missing and his wife and daughter are in hospital after the family drove around regional Victoria and New South Wales for several days -
Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hits east coast of countryNo reports of serious damage or injuries have yet been reported from the quake that struck early on Friday morning -
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Introducing Australia's first Indigenous WikipediaThe people who have occupied south-west Western Australia for 30,000 years are determined to ensure the survival of the Noongar language
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Language is my identity. It's who I am, it's where I come from. It is meStan Grant Sr talks to Guardian Australia’s Mike Bowers about what the Wiradjuri language means to him and how it forms his identity
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Leipzig flat made famous in Capa war photo becomes poignant memorialApartment featured in one of the most memorable images of the second world war restored to its former glory
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Forget the bucket list, forget the ego – if you want to be a hero, stop conquering thingsThe days of the early explorers are well and truly over. Our personal challenges – even if for noble reasons like raising money for charity – are no longer serving a greater good
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Melania Trump sues Daily Mail for $150m over 'lies' about her past
'False and tremendously damaging' Melania Trump sues Daily Mail for $150m over 'lies' about her past
Trump also files suit against Maryland blogger as UK newspaper issues retraction over articles that contained allegations about Trump’s modeling career
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Nick Kyrgios v Horacio Zeballos: US Open second round - live!Game-by-game : all the live action as Australia’s Nick Kyrgios takes on Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos in the US Open
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Australia's win over Iraq shows both progress and ongoing shortcomingsAustralia’s latest World Cup campaign has started well, but Ange Postecoglou’s expectations require the team to lift further if they’re to beat Asia’s very best
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Umpiring grey areas could spell trouble in tense finals gamesIn a game burdened by on-field subjectivity, recent rule changes make tight games of AFL finals football more susceptible than ever to game-changing errors
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The transfer window specialThe final day of the transfer window threw up some surprises, not least the return of David Luiz to Chelsea – the team dissect the latest comings and goings
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Adjusting tone to audience can be a way to make sure you’re understood. But the way Donald Trump did it in Mexico and Arizona, it was just lyingTrump's immigration code-switching wasn't skillful – it was disingenuous
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Everyone in Australian politics is chasing cash, and Sam Dastyari’s lapse of judgment over a travel entitlement repayment is a symptom of a system that needs cleaning upOn political donations, Canberra is sleepwalking into its own integrity crisis
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Wilson Security to withdraw from offshore detention centresThe company announces it will leave Manus Island and Nauru detention centres at the end of its contract in October 2017
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Labor wins votes in lower house to force debate on banking inquiryGovernment caught flat-footed as absent Coalition MPs allow Labor to capture control of the chamber and argue case for banking royal commission
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Two men held on suspicion of child abduction after 13-year-old girl foundMen arrested after girl went missing for four days from an address in Nelson, Lancashire
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One in five girls at St George's school in 1970s sexually abused by trainer: reportInvestigation into Rhode Island boarding school details more than 60 alleged incidents and accuses six faculty and staff by name of crimes including rape
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The case of CIDnAP (the Children in Detention Advocacy Project) fought for the right of children caught up in the Australian justice system. It demonstrates the need to protect the rights of our youth - even those who have been accusedWho advocates for children in the justice system? -
Former Uluru Park Manager Rowan Foley is using a very modern market to help battle climate change, all while assisting Indigenous communities and protecting the landTraditional Owners burning for Indigenous carbon economy -
Energy efficiency is a mantra of modern life: cut consumption, reduce carbon emissions, stop the greenhouse effect. It can also shrink the size of the hole in your wallet. Check out what you’re paying, on average, and what nasty greenhouse gases you’re cooking up based on your state and size of household. Plus some extra tips for taming those energy-guzzling appliancesHow much energy is your household using?
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Nauru files 'an extraordinary trove of short stories'‘I suspect they will continue to be read in coming decades and even centuries,’ Man Booker prize-winning author says
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One year on, compassion towards refugees fadesToddler’s death opened European hearts and policy towards refugees, but 12 months on those changes have proved temporary
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Spaceflight is littered with explosions and disastersWhen Nasa tried to launch a satellite into orbit, the rocket crumpled into smoke and fire. Almost 60 years later, SpaceX is feeling similarly explosive growing pain
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Scooping faeces, close quarters and one shower a monthA team of six spent a year living in a small dome on the side of the mountain Mauna Loa to study the feasibility of human existence on the red planet
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Christos Tsiolkas, Matthew Mitcham and others on the marriage equality plebisciteThe Guardian asked high-profile LGBTI Australians for their views on the vote, and whether blocking it is the right path
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Backstage at North Korea's film festivalNo red carpet, a mystery lineup and 10 foreigners allowed entry … the Pyongyang international film festival isn’t your average affair. But now in its 15th edition, the event is growing – and evolving
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'Half the women in the audience will be thinking: she doesn't know what it's like'The Oscar-winner spoke at the premiere of The Light Between Oceans about co-star Michael Fassbender, and the challenges of playing a pregnant woman and having a family
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They wanted to pit me against Nicki Minaj – I wasn’t feeling thatThe rapper learned how to make music in a Solihull youth club – now, after a false start, she’s working with Timbaland and is the toast of US hip-hop. ‘Basically,’ she says, ‘I’m on the up’
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'You can't make identity the outer limit of your politics'The author reveals at a Guardian Live event that his new novel, narrated by an unborn foetus, critiques current obsessions on university campuses
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I won't play with Axl RoseRudd rules out a return to the band after his drugs and murder threat conviction, saying he ‘doesn’t really rate’ the Guns N’ Roses singer
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the big picture
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Female surfers photographed using century-old techniqueJoni Sternbach takes portraits of surfers using 19th-century photographic techniques
Expenses Ousting of Abbott left taxpayers with $60,000 bill for cancelled US trip