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Australia’s Jai Hindley on brink of proving he deserves place at cycling’s top table

A second place finish in 2020 appears to have been no fluke with the 26-year-old again within touching distance of victory in this year’s race

The Guardian - AU

Planning a holiday? What's the COVID situation in Bali, Fiji, NZ and the UK?

Many of us are considering a long-delayed overseas trip. However, despite what our politicians are telling us, the pandemic is not over yet, and there is always the risk you could catch COVID on holiday or just before you depart.

The Conversation

Tamil asylum seeker family cleared to return home to Biloela on bridging visas, Acting Home Affairs Minister says

Acting Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers announces a Tamil asylum seeker family will be allowed to return to their central Queensland home in Biloela on bridging visas.

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Alvey Reels set to close Australian-owned company due to cost pressures

The owner of an Australian reel manufacturer says he will close his 102-year-old company rather than have his products made offshore after supply chain issues and "drastic cost increases" forced his hand.

ABC News

Probe into strip club where British dancer, 29, died in private manager's lounge

Fitness instructor Stacey Tierney, then 29, was working at Dreams Gentlemen's Club in Melbourne, Australia, in 2016 when she died after consuming a cocktail of drugs in a private manager's lounge

Daily Mirror

NSW paramedics take industrial action; interest rate rises predicted – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australian-based Opals hoping to impress selectors in the lead-up to the Women's Basketball World Cup

As they prepare to face Japan in a three-match series, the Opals local players have a golden opportunity to push for selection for September's Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney.

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Morning mail: Chalmers on cost of living crisis, Texas shooting response questioned, Ray Liotta dies

Friday: New treasurer Jim Chalmers outlines how he plans to tackle a ‘cost of living crisis’. Plus: what is Sydney without sunshine?

The Guardian - AU

Texas school shooting prompts look at responses of other nations

Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand tightened their gun laws following mass shootings in recent years.

Al Jazeera

TAT banks on short-haul markets for off-peak season

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is gearing up for a plan to bring back tourists from short-haul markets, particularly India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, to build momentum for the off-peak season.

Bangkok Post

Expect more power price hikes – a 1970s-style energy shock is on the cards

Yesterday the Australian Energy Regulator increased the “default market offers” that apply to electricity retailers in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland by 8% to 18%, depending on type of tariffs and location.

The Conversation

Albanese will bring a different style of leadership to the PM's office –– can Australia make the adjustment?

One of the fundamental questions that emerges from the election of Anthony Albanese’s Labor government is whether Australia will put behind it a decade and a half of instability in the prime ministership.

The Conversation

Dumbed-down curriculum means primary students will learn less about the world and nothing about climate

Revisions to the Australian primary school curriculum for geography mean children will learn much less about the world and its diversity than they do at present. They will learn nothing about some significant concepts such as climate.

The Conversation

Laggard to leader? Labor could repair Australia’s tattered reputation on climate change, if it gets these things right

For much of the past three decades, Australia has been viewed internationally as a laggard on climate change – and with good reason.

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Friday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women

Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise insist on political correctness, will open their mouths and deliver a hurtful, hateful judgement.

Daily Mirror

Mouse-sized marsupial could hold key to bringing Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

Scientists at the University of Melbourne, Australia, hope a tiny marsupial could be the key to bringing back the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger back from the dead

The Independent UK

How was Johnny Depp’s finger severed in Australia fight and why is it central to his case against Amber Heard?

Depp and Heard each shared their own accounts of the events that led to Depp losing the tip of his finger during their defamation trial

Reuters

Australia wins U.S. approval to buy rocket launchers

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of mobile rocket launchers to Australia, as the country seeks to boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Federal election 2022 result fails to make impact on lives of multicultural Australians

A number of informal votes and a shift away from the major parties are some of the trends seen in the more diverse communities in Australia.

The Canberra Times

The Voice grand finalist credits Canberra music teacher for her stellar rise

The young mum grew up in Canberra after moving to the national capital from Zimbabwe

ABC News

Scott Morrison instructed Border Force to reveal election day asylum boat arrival

One of Scott Morrison's final acts as prime minister was to instruct the Australian Border Force to publicise an intercepted boat of asylum seekers on election day, which the Liberal Party then seized upon.

The Hindu

Reimagining Australia

Mr. Albanese's decisions in the next three years will have far-reaching consequences

ABC News

Flu vaccinations are being urged as cases rise. So, how effective is this winter's jab?

As Australians head into winter with little natural immunity from the flu, and facing the potential risk of a co-infection with COVID-19, experts say getting a flu shot is more important than ever.

Daily Mirror

Lord's rename Sky commentary box after Shane Warne ahead of international summer

Shane Warne sadly passed away in March, and the Australian great has been remembered on British shores after having the Sky commentary box named after him at the iconic Lord’s.

The Guardian - AU

‘Highly implausible’ that new Galilee Basin coalmines would be profitable, study finds

Report says Adani’s Carmichael mine in central Queensland seems ‘rather a political decision, not an economically driven one’

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