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The Los Angeles Police Department has responded to reports of media being hit with rubber bullets while covering protests in LA, saying “we’re very concerned about it and we’re looking into that”.
Nine’s US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber bullet on Monday and a British news photographer believed he was also likely hit over the weekend with a non-lethal round.
Speaking at the National Press Club, Anthony Albanese described the footage, which appears to show an LAPD officer aiming in the direction of Tomasi, as “horrific”. The prime minister said there was “no ambiguity” that Tomasi was a reporter, and that the issue has been raised with the US administration.
Top news
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Public disorder breaks out in Northern Ireland town Ballymena after alleged sexual assault
Israel preparing to deport Gaza aid boat activists, including Greta Thunberg
In pictures
Funk music pioneer Sly Stone has died aged 82. He leaves behind a career filled with influential, experimental and uplifting music that’s soundtracked generations of dancefloors.
What they said …
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“If we have another three years like the last six years, the party will disappear.”
Intense discussions are under way within the Liberal party about an alternative to the three-person administrative committee now in control of its New South Wales branch. Liberals who spoke to Guardian Australia take us inside the battle for the soul of the party in NSW.
In numbers
The Climate Council issued the prediction on Tuesday, amid heightened demand for home batteries after the announcement of a $2.3bn federal government scheme to subsidise their purchase by 30% from July.
Before bed read
Life outside work can be chaotic and grubby, but things are different behind the beauty counter: its strict code of conduct, its obsession with ritual and its insistence that perfection is possible between the hours of 10 and six. Perhaps you know someone with the same story as Chloe Elisabeth Wilson? Someone who went from casual employee to dedicated, dewy-skinned disciple.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: LIP. You have five goes to get the longest word, including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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