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Australia's leader says reducing Bali bomber's sentence will upset victims' families

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.

WEKU

Duel in the Pool begins with Bondi beach battle

The competition between swimming powerhouses Australia and the US returned to Sydney after a 15-year absence with a new twist

The Guardian - AU

Holdsworth excited ahead of milestone race

Supercars veteran Lee Holdsworth will join an exclusive Australian motor racing club when he lines up for his 500th career race at Sandown.

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What happened to Yusuf – and all children left behind after IS siege?

Family of missing Australian boy share their doomed efforts to bring him home

The Guardian - UK

Hawkes filly set to make dashing return at Newcastle

The Hawkes stable will send classy three-year-old filly Dashing Legend to Newcastle to kick off her spring campaign on Saturday. The daughter of Snitzel resumes in the maiden plate (900m). She has a soft draw and, with 55kg and more than $71,000 in the bank, she is very well weighted…

Newcastle Herald

Australia upset at Indonesia reducing Bali bomber's sentence

Australia’s leader says it’s upsetting that Indonesia has reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali terror attack that killed 202 people — meaning the terrorist could be freed within days if he’s granted parole

The Independent UK

The rum reformation: No longer just for the bucks' night, this one's for the high end toast

If rum, to you, is hate juice, a Coked accelerant to a bucks' night, it probably means you live in Australia. But rum is being reframed.

Newcastle Herald

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Wallaroos want Black Ferns breakthrough

With a World Cup around the corner, Australia's women's rugby union side believe there's never been a better time to defeat their nemesis New Zealand.

AAP

AGL takes Newcastle gas storage plant off the market

It came as Australia's largest generator posted a slump in full-year profit amid "unprecedented" market conditions as it continues to search for a new boss.

Newcastle Herald

ACT charging network kicks off as heavy-hitters gather at EV summit

Mike Cannon-Brookes has urged greater speed on tough vehicle emission standards

The Canberra Times

Australia surge past US in ocean swim duel

Australia have finished stronger to win the opening-day ocean relay event in their head-to-head clash with swimming rivals the United States.

AAP

'We've all done the right things': in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless

The Australian documentary Under Cover, premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival, presents the voices and faces of older women’s housing insecurity. Many of us would have seen the figures: the number of homeless people aged 55 years or above increased 28% between 2011 and 2016. And single women of…

The Conversation

The Australian’s buried scoop on Morrison raises the question: who knew what, when?

Oz journalists criticised for sitting on dynamite revelations of grab for power for two years. Plus: journalism’s gender gap

The Guardian - AU

Maturing NRLW shows potential to shape international rugby league

Australia’s relatively early investment in the domestic competition, which enters its sixth season this weekend, will be notable in a World Cup year

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EU open to help plug Aust capability gap

Europe is pushing to increase defence ties and technology cooperation with Canberra after inviting it to join an AI and cybersecurity research fund.

The Conversation

Australian conservatism succumbs to the same radical tendency as like-minded parties abroad

As bad as it is, Scott Morrison’s surreptitious circumvention of Australia’s parliamentary and Cabinet processes might have got worse.

ABC News

As the bush food industry expands in Australia, there are calls for more to be done to boost Aboriginal involvement

Australia's bush food industry is expected to increase tenfold over the next few years, but with only around two per cent of the product coming from Aboriginal people, there are concerns Indigenous Australians won't reap the benefits.

ABC News

How Luke Buchholz changed careers from an electrician to an award-winning commercial fisherman

When Luke Buchholz decided to hang up the tools and leave his job as an electrician, he never thought it would lead to a career as an award-winning fisherman, supplying high-end restaurants across Australia.

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Hurry The Buk Buk Buk Up: Australia Will Phase Out Battery-Farmed Eggs But Not Until 2036

What the buk is taking so long?

The Guardian - AU

Laboratory to study dark matter opens 1km under Australian town – with no bananas allowed

From deep inside a gold mine in Stawell, Victoria, researchers are hunting for the invisible substance thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe

The Guardian - AU

Russian embassy spokesperson suggests Australian government unwilling to support espionage-proof building – as it happened

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Battery caged eggs to be phased out in Australia over the next decade

A farmer lobby group says the phasing out of battery caged eggs will have a huge impact on food security in Australia, but advocates say it doesn't come soon enough.

ABC News

Chronic wounds affect 420,000 Australians each day, cost $3b a year to treat

Sam Gregory-Jones was the only registered nurse in her small country hospital when her son needed urgent treatment. But like so many other rural health centres, it didn't have the right dressings for his wounds.

ABC News

The Loop: Donald Trump affidavit one step closer to release, UN Secretary-General visits Ukraine, and tourists fined for surfing Venice's Grand Canal — 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 happen.

ABC News

Country football loses an icon as Quambatook Football and Netball Club folds

After more than a century, a proud country football and netball club is folding. Its demise tells a bigger story about rural Australia.

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