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Shelley Nitschke keen to carry on Matthew Mott's legacy in new era for Australian women's cricket team

Shelley Nitschke is an Australian cricket legend on the field. Now she'll take on a new challenge as the interim head coach of the national team she used to represent.

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Australia's cities policies are seriously inadequate for tackling the climate crisis

It will be impossible to tackle climate change unless we transform the way we build and plan cities, which are responsible for a staggering 70% of global emissions. Yet, Australia’s national policies on urban environments are seriously inadequate.

The Conversation

Australia election: voters to go to polls in battle of ‘bulldozer’ and ‘builder’

Opposition Labor party’s lead in polls has narrowed in final week of an attritional campaign

The Guardian - AU

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‘Bring them home’: Australian crowdfund campaign seeks to buy Wurundjeri art at New York auction

Aboriginal heritage council says it will need to raise $1m to secure bid for two works by artist William Barak in Sotheby’s auction

The Guardian - AU

Australian election: Voters baulk at rising living costs

Liberal-National Coalition and centre-left Labor Party running neck and neck in election focused on rising prices.

Al Jazeera

Cost of living in focus as Australia's election race hits final stretch

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison criss-crossed the country in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday's election despite polls pointing to a change of government or hung parliament.

Reuters

How WWII prompted the ABC to bring early learning into homes via Kindergarten of the Air

Nearly 80 years before COVID closed schools, Australian parents looked to the ABC to help educate and entertain their children during another national crisis — the result would become a generational game-changer.

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Factbox-Australian democracy at a glance

Australians will vote in a general election on Saturday. The two main groups are the ruling conservative Liberal-National coalition and the opposition Labor Party, and there is a competitive cohort of independent and minor party candidates.

Reuters

Independents' day prediction at ballot box

Independent candidates in several key seats could topple the major party incumbents and deliver a history-making election for Australia, data analysis suggests.

AAP

Rheumatic heart disease funding needed to help Indigenous communities

A dramatic increase in funding will be needed to eradicate a disease which stems from poverty in Australia's Indigenous community, according to a leading paedeatrician.

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Australian election 2022 voting guide: everything you need to know, including how to vote if you have Covid

Who can I vote for? Where can I vote near me? How do I vote if I have Covid? All your polling-day questions answered

The Guardian - AU

Who should I vote for? Guide to seven key policies in the 2022 Australian federal election where Labor and Coalition differ

Real differences between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have emerged across a range of election policies. To help you decide who to vote for, check our policy comparison of the two major political parties in Australia around aged care, federal Icac, childcare, climate change, housing, health and a voice to…

The Guardian - AU

Cricket Australia announces Commonwealth Games women's cricket squad

Cricket Australia names an unchanged squad to the side that won the ICC Women's World Cup last month, but an injury cloud over Ellyse Perry means she is unlikely to bowl at the Commonwealth Games.

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Australia could join monkeypox nations

NSW Health is carrying out confirmation testing after a possible case of the rare disease monkeypox was identified, as more nations grapple with outbreaks.

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Whether it was climate, integrity or the economy, no topic was safe from political spin in the 2022 election campaign. Here are the facts

Politicians were spinning hard for Australian's votes during the 2022 election. So who got their facts straight, and who missed the mark?

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Election rules to change to ensure all Australians with COVID-19 can vote

All Australians with COVID-19 will be able to vote under rule changes requested by the Australian electoral commissioner.

The Guardian - AU

Final polls roll in as campaign hits home stretch – as it happened

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Perry restricted to batting duties only

A lower back stress fracture means Australian cricket star Ellyse Perry has been selected as a batter only ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

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Jesse Southwell enjoys best of both worlds with Commonwealth Games in sights: Rugby 7s

The Cameron Park 17-year-old is in France with the Aussie team.

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Australia's housing crisis could be tackled by taking inspiration from Scotland, industry leaders say

Scotland plans to deliver more affordable housing, tackle high rents and decarbonise homes while creating jobs, while in Australia a lack of strategy at a federal level is hurting the country, industry leaders say.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: election legal challenge, coal emissions fall, NDIS participants stuck in hospital

Friday: Teal independent plans legal action after AEC says some Covid-positive people ‘may not be able to vote’. Plus: the moments that lit up the campaign

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Hundreds of millions of dollars in JobKeeper went to a group of private schools that grew their surpluses to almost $1 billion

Most private schools that took JobKeeper increased their income during the first year of the pandemic, including some of Australia's most exclusive schools.

Inverse

The world's most vital forests are dying at twice the rate they did 35 years ago — study

Evidence shows that tree mortality has doubled in the last 35 years in Australian tropical forests, which could result in forests becoming carbon sources one day.

Bangkok Post

Grim reflections in the mirror of Ukraine crisis

I read with interest the article of colleagues from Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the US published in the Bangkok Post on May 12, 2022.

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Rain forecast for election day in eastern Australia, with sunny voting in most other regions

If you haven't pre-polled, Saturday is one day that almost all Australian adults have to leave the house to vote, rain, hail or shine. So what's the weather doing in Australia this election day? And could it influence the result?

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