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Queensland’s anti-discrimination commissioner says treatment of Somali refugee Hodan Yasin, who suffered burns to 70% of her body, provides ‘a test of whether we are a civil society’
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Parties support ACTU-proposed crackdown after several discoveries of asbestos on Australian building sites
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Interfering Southerner Cartoons presents the wallaby laser death festival!
First Dog on the MoonMammal boffins say a light festival in Alice Springs could cause native black footed rock wallabies to abandon their territory or eject joeys from their pouches! -
I was subjected to exorcisms as a child to treat my epilepsy
Linda ChaniotisWhen I was two years old, my parents told me I had been cursed by a witch. I’m lucky I didn’t die while trying to hide my seizures from them -
The science is mounting – giving babies peanuts and eggs cuts allergy risk
Merryn Netting and Katie AllenResearchers now have ‘moderate’ certainty that infants should be given potential allergens from four months to help prevent severe reactions -
Would church leaders support a populist vote on euthanasia or abortion?
Kristina KeneallyMany church leaders have been enthusiastic supporters of the marriage equality plebiscite but they should examine the implications of their position
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Dean Nadler congratulates Colin Barnett after the spill motion was defeated 31 votes to 15 in a ballot of the WA Liberal party’s 46 government MPs
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Addressing the US State Department’s Our Oceans conference, DiCaprio says Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered what is thought to be the largest bleaching event ever recorded
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Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A panel on Monday night, comedian and author Magda Szubanskii led a passionate discussion about the same-sex marriage plebiscite, asking Nationals MP Fiona Nash: ‘Do you think I’m equal to you?’
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Video footage of the Great Ocean Road before it was closed on Tuesday 13 September due to landslides, flooding and fallen trees. Fifty kilometres of the road from Moggs Creek to Skenes Creek were closed.
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Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese tells the Canberra press pack he is ‘certainly’ not surprised’ by the abrupt resignation of veteran senator Stephen Conroy but soon shows his irritation at the barrage of questions
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The Guardian Australia columnist goes in pursuit of a late-night sharpener and talks to bar staff about navigating baffling after-hours regulations
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A young rugby player in Canberra is captured on camera dominating a junior tournament last weekend
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Productivity Commission calls to privatise public health and housing