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  • EMBARGOED UNTIL 8PM Wednesday 28th February 2024. The Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Mike Burgess poses for portraits at their headquarters in Canberra. Wednesday 28th February 2024. For Daniel Hurst story. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia.

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    Australia news live: security chiefs fire warning shot at social media over encryption; immigration points system up for reform

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    Morning Mail: Border Force ‘not safe for women’, spy chief’s privacy warning, Gaza ‘mass graves’ claim

    A secret report lays bare sexual harassment and bullying in marine unit; Mike Burgess to say rights are ‘not absolute’ in fight against extremism
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    Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

    Exclusive: Human rights commission calls for immediate intervention in the division and says sexism and bullying are rife

  • One in five Australians wrongly believe dementia is ‘normal part of the ageing process’, survey shows

  • ‘He could have killed my dog’: ride-share drivers accused of refusing passengers with guide dogs

  • Peter Dutton may face party upset if opposition supports government’s misinformation bill

  • ASIO boss says privacy ‘not absolute’ as he urges social media companies to do more on extremism

  • Central Coast Mariners star Angel Torres charged with sexual assault and stood down from A-League

  • Senator’s X account removed – as it happened

  • Afternoon Update: Ten says Lehrmann lawsuit ‘deliberately wicked’; Beau Lamarre’s lawyer flags mental health defence; and the return of acai

Australian politics

  • Six killed in Sydney shopping mall stabbing attack

    Why wasn’t the Bondi stabbings declared a terrorist act? – Full Story podcast

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    Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers

    Belinda Barnet
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    Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’

  • Tesla boss and X owner Elon Musk

    Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing

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Opinion & analysis

  • Graham Readfearn

    Dutton’s plan to save Australia with nuclear comes undone when you look between the brushstrokes

    Graham Readfearn
  • Ranjana Srivastava

    Australia’s new national cancer plan is brimming with good ideas – here are my top three picks

    Ranjana Srivastava
  • Gabrielle Chan

    If Australia has reached ‘peak milk’, what does that mean for our food security?

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Aboriginal flags planted into a lawn

    The staggering suicide crisis billows unabated through our First Nations communities

    Megan Krakouer and Gerry Georgatos
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  • Hundreds honour Westfield stabbing victims with paddle-out at Bondi beach - video

  • Anthony Albanese speaks at candlelit event in memory of the six people who were killed in mass stabbing in Sydney suburb

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    Hundreds attend Bondi Beach vigil for victims of shopping centre attack – video

    Anthony Albanese speaks at candlelit event in memory of the six people who were killed in mass stabbing in Sydney suburb
  • Visual artist Archie Moore has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale 2024 for his exhibition kith and kin, becoming the first Australian to receive the top honour. Moore brought the Australia Pavilion to life with a genealogical chart informed by 65,000 years of history. With kith and kin, Moore highlights our shared ancestry and humanity.

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    Kamilaroi Bigambul artist Archie Moore wins Gold Lion award at Venice Biennale

    Visual artist Archie Moore has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale 2024 for his exhibition kith and kin, becoming the first Australian to receive the top honour. Moore brought the Australia Pavilion to life with a genealogical chart informed by 65,000 years of history. With kith and kin, Moore highlights our shared ancestry and humanity.
  • Nathan Stafford mows the lawn of a social housing block in Glebe for free

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    Australia's Instagram-famous 'lawnmower man' transforms a Sydney yard – video

  • A 31-year-old man has been charged with several offences relating to the production, possession and distribution of illegal drugs

    Magic mushrooms: 200 tubs of psilocybin seized at suburban Queensland house, police allege – video

  • The Australia federal police arrest a 36-year-old Queensland man, alleging he conspired to import 20 tonnes of drugs into Australia

    AFP arrest man allegedly behind failed drug plot that led to cocaine bricks on NSW beaches – video

  • Emmanuel has previously criticised Islam in public sermons and gained a large online following during the Covid pandemic

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    Who is Mar Mari Emmanuel? The Sydney bishop stabbed on livestream – video

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