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‘Systemic failures at every step’: the Indonesian children Australia sent to adult jails for years

Six children jailed as adults for acting as crew on people-smuggling boats have had their convictions quashed. But Australian authorities had been told before they were jailed of doubts about the wrist X-ray technique used to prove they were over 18

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Indonesian children jailed in Australia as adult people smugglers win court battle to clear their names

Six teens lured to crew boats from their impoverished villages repeatedly told officials they were children – 12 years on, a court has finally believed them

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Aussies more vulnerable to flu this winter

Australians are being warned they are particularly vulnerable to flu this winter, as COVID-19 measures, which also suppressed circulation of flu, are eased.

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Temper tantrums and invasion threats over Solomon Islands deal with China will push Pacific allies away

Behaving like the security deal is a catastrophe lessens our standing in a region sick of being seen as a geo-strategic chessboard

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The dingo's mysterious genetics

Scientists know humans domesticated dogs during the Neolithic, but didn't know where dingoes fit in — till now

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How can more people be on unemployment benefits than before COVID, with fewer unemployed Australians? Here's how

So low is Australia’s unemployment rate, the official count says there are now just 580,300 people unemployed – the least since 2009, when Australia’s population was one-sixth smaller than it is today. Compared to just before the start of the pandemic, 184,800 fewer Australians are now unemployed.

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Boxer Rahimi to make history at Games

Tina Rahimi is among four women in the Australian Commonwealth Games boxing team and the first Muslim woman to fight for this country at the Games.

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Federal election: Major parties target northern Australia as national security dominates campaign—as it happened

National security continues to be a key election issue as both major parties target the north of the country in the third week of campaigning.

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Keanu Baccus pens St Mirren pre contract as Stephen Robinson seals Western Sydney Wanderers coup

The Australia under-23 cap had attracted interest from several sides in Scotland and England.

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Australian share market suffers $55 billion loss on China lockdown fears

Plunging commodity prices dragged the ASX lower, while the Australian dollar fell to a two-month low, despite a stunning rebound on Wall Street as Twitter agreed to be taken over by billionaire Elon Musk.

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The Loop: Trump on Twitter's new owner, UN boss to visit Putin, and could a mushroom protein powder help the planet?

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In election 2022 battleground seats, voters are switching off politics but economic issues loom

From marginal seats with diverse communities to blue-ribbon ones with climate-focused independents, voters are fed up with political spin and are seeking policy action on big issues like the cost of living and climate change.

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Morning mail: lobby group under fire for trans billboard, old China trip sparks new dispute, Elon Musk buys Twitter

Tuesday: AOC and Swimming Australia threaten legal action over billboards claiming ‘women’s sport is not for men’. Plus: the world’s richest man now owns Twitter

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Australia's Defence boss heads to UK to inspect British-designed warships and have talks on AUKUS, Ukraine

Defence Department secretary Greg Moriarty is visiting the United Kingdom during the election to receive updates on the troubled $45 billion future frigate program and speak to officials about the war in Ukraine and the AUKUS partnership.

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A new $2 coin features the introduced honeybee. Is this really the species we should celebrate?

The Royal Australian Mint has released a $2 collectors’ coin to celebrate 200 years since the introduction of the European honeybee.

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Oil giant Shell feels heat over giant $21 billion Prelude floating LNG plant

It was supposed to be the dawn of a new era, but Shell's $21 billion Prelude has been blighted by problems and there are claims it may never pay Australia a cent in royalties.

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Young people are on front line of climate change, but they're not accepting it as an inevitability

Young Australians are front and centre of the climate crisis and, in the face of extreme weather events across the country, it's a story shaped by personal experience.

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With wait times for public elective surgeries stretching out, Australians are funding their own procedures

With wait times for elective surgeries in public hospital systems ballooning following lockdowns, some patients are self-funding their own procedures to try and skip the queue.

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Australia's biggest meat company JBS is repeatedly failing to protect its workers from horrific injuries

Australia's biggest meat company has an appalling track record on safety, repeatedly failing to protect its workers from death or serious injuries. Employees and family members tell Four Corners their stories.

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Economic outlook 'tricky' despite strength

Australia's economic recovery has been faster and better than expected, but war in Europe and China's COVID-19 outbreaks are wildcards for the nation's outlook.

The Guardian - AU

Seven tired old tropes politicians trot out in place of a vision for Australia’s future

Policy drift has consequences. Problems become larger. Future generations are left with the mess

The Guardian - AU

Too little, too late: who will fix the home care crisis for Australia’s ageing population?

As aged care firms as a key election battleground, thousands are still dying each year waiting for home care packages

The Guardian - AU

Richard Marles’ contentious China trip was praised by Coalition MP

Deputy Labor leader was joined in Beijing in 2019 by Ted O’Brien who wrote a positive testimonial of the study tour

The Guardian - AU

Labor pledges more foreign aid to Pacific with plan ‘to restore Australia’s place as first partner of choice’

Seven-point plan also includes funding boosts for regional broadcasting and fight against illegal fishing

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