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How the mushroom murder trial gripped Australia – and the world

The death cap mushroom case had all the hallmarks of a Shakespearean drama

The Independent UK

Australian woman found guilty of triple murder after fatal mushroom lunch

Erin Patterson, 50, was judged to have deliberately laced beef wellington with death cap mushrooms.

Euronews

View from The Hill: Albanese’s Curtin speech becomes latest political football in debate over US relationship

Anthony Albanese seems to find himself on eggshells whenever the Australian-American relationship comes up.

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A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case

The “mushroom murder trial”, as it has popularly become known, has gripped Australia over the past 11 weeks. More than that, it’s prompted worldwide headlines, multiple daily podcasts, and even YouTube videos of self-proclaimed “body language experts” assessing defendant Erin Patterson’s every move.

The Conversation

Australian inquiry says racism behind police shooting of Indigenous teen

Coroner’s finding comes five years after acquitted policeman Zachary Rolfe fatally shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.

Al Jazeera

Woman ‘loses arm’ in lion attack at Australian zoo

The lion ‘inexplicably’ grabbed her by the arm before opening hours

The Independent UK

Lions name strong side for Brumbies game but Farrell leaves ‘wriggle room’ for first Test

Andy Farrell has picked his strongest British & Irish Lions combination so far but warned: ‘Players can play themselves in and play themselves out’

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British and Irish Lions team vs ACT Brumbies: Andy Farrell goes strong ahead of first Test against Australia

Blair Kinghorn will make his first start at full-back on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Wallabies met their match in Fiji as time comes to build rivalry into a main event

Australia snatched victory from Fiji with a last-gasp try to Harry Wilson but the rugby international was more than just a ‘warm-up’ for the Lions

The Guardian - AU

Lions offer Test selection clues in strong side to face Brumbies

Maro Itoje returns to lead the British and Irish Lions against the Brumbies

The Independent UK

'A huge lure': key reason Smith wants Australia job

Cameron Smith didn't get to experience an Ashes tour as a player, but is a favourite to do it as Australia coach, with Wayne Bennett's candidacy up in the air.

AAP

Erin Patterson GUILTY of murdering three relatives by serving them meal laced with death cap mushrooms

Guilty verdicts met with gasps from members of the public inside the packed courtroom in the Australian town of Morwell on Monday

Evening Standard

Erin Patterson trial latest: First photos of deadly beef wellington mushroom lunch released

Pictures first shown to the jury of the meal that contained death cap mushrooms have been released by the court

The Independent UK

The Making Of Australia's Mushroom Murders

Australian Erin Patterson served a beef Wellington lunch that was "delicious" by all accounts, using eye fillet steak, flakey golden pastry, and the deadliest mushrooms known to man.

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Al Jazeera

Erin Patterson guilty of Australian mushroom murders: All about verdict

Patterson fed her former in-laws beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, the jury’s verdict said.

The Conversation

A test of political courage: Yoorrook’s final reports demand action, not amnesia

Australia’s colonial era may be formally over but its legacies of inequality, land dispossession and systemic racism continue to shape daily life for First Peoples.

The Independent UK

Erin Patterson found guilty on all counts in mushroom murders case that gripped Australia

Patterson found guilty of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms

The Guardian - AU

Five key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin Patterson

Over more than two months the court heard details of a meal of beef wellingtons that contained death cap mushrooms and killed three

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In Texas, parents search flood debris for missing kids. Are Australians ready for our own sudden floods?

Harrowing stories are emerging in the wake of catastrophic and sudden flooding over the fourth of July weekend in Texas – where many people were camping, and children were at riverside summer camp.

The Independent UK

Australian woman Erin Patterson is convicted of 3 murders for poisoning her in-laws with mushrooms

Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives, who died after she deliberately served them poisonous mushrooms for lunch

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-laws

The Guardian - AU

Australian woman found guilty of murder – as it happened

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AAP

China wants AI in expanded trade deal with Australia

Ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to China, Beijing's ambassador to Australia has called for greater co-operation between the two nations on AI.

AAP

Pacific voices needed as Australia seeks climate summit

Australia is hoping elevate the voices of the Pacific as the climate change minister visits the region to strengthen a bid to co-host the UN climate summit.

The Guardian - AU

Building a nation: Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of independence

A time of opportunity seemed to lie ahead in 1975, but has PNG and its leaders lived up to that promise?

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