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PM to work with PNG following hostage release

The government has offered its thanks to Papua New Guinea for securing the release of an Australian professor held hostage by armed criminals.

The New Daily

India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma's red-ball resolve

Rohit Sharma has shown determination intelligence to emerge as the best top-order batter from either side on some difficult pitches in this series.

The Times of India

Zoë Coombs Marr: ‘Making a queer history of Australia? What a terrifying, impossible task’

The comedian’s new ABC documentary Queerstralia is a sprawling history of LGBTQ+ people in Australia, covering lesbian convict gangs, gaybashing and trans liberation – but with humour

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Steve Waugh calls urgently for cricket nets in Tennant Creek, as players forced to practice in tennis court

The Australian cricket legend says the lack of cricket facilities in the outback town is "ridiculous" in this day and age.

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Super fund hauled before court over greenwashing claims

Australia's corporate watchdog has taken the unprecedented step of launching court action against Mercer Superannuation over alleged investment greenwashing.

AAP

Australia moves to fast-track ban on silica stone benchtops that cause fatal lung disease

Federal government hopes to draft ban to combat silicosis by end of year with support from states and territories

The Guardian - AU

Are Western sanctions on Iran making a difference?

The Iranian Islamic regime has been seriously challenged since the start of public protests last September. The government has sought to contain and suppress the protesters – even resorting to executions – but has been unable to stop them.

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Blacksmiths added to Australian Apprenticeships Priority List as trade remains in hot demand amid dwindling numbers

Blacksmithing is far from the outdated image of medieval sword-making. It's one of the dozens of trades recently added to the government's Apprenticeships Priority List.

ABC News

Black American John Joseph recognised, honoured 168 years after Eureka Stockade treason trial

John Joseph was the first man to face court in the Eureka treason trials, and was carried aloft by a 10,000-strong crowd after the verdict. But only four years later, he was buried in an unmarked grave.

ABC News

Archaeologist Bryce Barker home in Toowoomba after being held hostage in PNG for a week

Australian archaeologist Bryce Barker touched down in Toowoomba on a specially chartered flight on Monday night. A colleague says his arrival brought an "enormous sense of relief".

ABC News

India-Australia relationship is a great fit, says envoy

Indian High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra says there are many reasons why the relationship with Australia is a great fit, flagging further areas of growth.

AAP

Scott's Refrigerated Logistics in receivership with question mark over 1,500 jobs

The Transport Workers' Union says it will work with receivers to ensure workers are prioritised after Australia's largest cold chain transport operator goes into administration.

ABC News

Australia's ambassador to Ukraine should return to Kyiv, former high commissioner to UK says

The Australian ambassador to Ukraine should return to the country, George Brandis says, after Ukraine's president jokes he should come back to Kyiv "on a Bushmaster".

ABC News

Matildas to face world number 5 France in final friendly in Melbourne before 2023 Women's World Cup

For the first time in 22 years, France will travel Down Under to take on Australia a week before the World Cup kicks off.

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The New Daily

Sale of new high tech missiles for Australia approved

The United States has given the green light to the sale of long-range, guided missiles and training missiles to Australia.

The Conversation

Emergency department crowding has gone beyond hallways onto ambulance ramps. Now there’s nowhere left to wait.

A hospital’s emergency department (ED) has long been considered the canary in the coal mine for the health-care system: when it’s congested, the whole hospital is congested.

ABC News

Zoë Coombs-Marr explores Australia's queer history in Queerstralia, uncovering lesbian convict games and a gay bushranger

Comedian Zoë Coombs-Marr says there are common threads running through Australia's queer history: isolation, loneliness and defiance.

The New Daily

Supermarket supply chain fears as trucking giant collapses

One of Australia's largest trucking companies has collapsed, putting 1500 jobs at risk and putting supermarket supply chains at risk.

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Australian 'Tina Trial' to test whether anti-depressant can help people quit crystal meth

Researchers hope an anti-depressant will revolutionise treatment for people trying to quit crystal methamphetamine, with a new trial to commence across four states in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Superbug health alert, new social justice push for voice, Brexit breakthrough

CSIRO scientists warn about ‘global health crisis’ from superbugs; social justice bodies join referendum campaign

ABC News

The Loop: Andrew Tate to stay in Romanian jail, Vladimir Putin gives Steven Seagal award, and SpaceX rocket grounded — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News

Could city dwellers be the answer to declining emergency service volunteers in the country?

Natural disasters are putting the volunteer workforce under increasing pressure at the same time as volunteer numbers are declining, so how can it be made more sustainable?

The Guardian - AU

Opposition criticises super proposal – as it happened

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Daily Mirror

Cleaner who found £50k stuffed in bin speechless at reward after handing in cash wad

Chamindu Amarsinghe was cleaning a ground flood bathroom at a TV company's building in Melbourne, Australia, when he found the hidden notes

ABC News

How have other Australian F1 drivers done in their first race?

Oscar Piastri's grand prix career begins this weekend. Four Australians have won races in Formula 1 — here is how they fared in their debut grands prix.

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