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Australian government knew obscure retailer had no PPE experience before paying $100m for unusable Covid masks

Exclusive: Internal documents show health department was aware of company’s lack of experience importing PPE

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Australian immigration detainees’ lives controlled by secret rating system developed by Serco

Security Risk Assessment Tool – or SRAT – and similar algorithmic tools condemned as ‘abusive’ and ‘unscientific’

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Revealed: the secret algorithm that controls the lives of Serco’s immigration detainees

The opaque risk rating system, used in Australian detention centres, is riddled with errors and effectively makes the company ‘judge, jury and executioner’, says one former detainee

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Clive Palmer says Labor’s plan to cap political donations would silence ‘diversity of ideas’

Mining billionaire warns government against pursuing laws that would prevent him from continuing to spend millions in support of his electoral ambitions

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TGA investigating telehealth websites prescribing nicotine vaping products for exclusive pharmacies

GPs say patients should be able to fill scripts at any pharmacy and that a health professional should be consulted first

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Gareth Evans tells Labor to ‘get off the fence’ and restart UNRWA funding to help ease Gaza crisis

Former Labor foreign minister says $6m in emergency funding should be released immediately as Canada and Sweden have done

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More than 550 issues raised on behalf of children in police lockups this year, Queensland public guardian says

Exclusive: Influx of reports comes amid concerns about welfare of young people detained in overcrowded adult watch houses

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‘A big boys’ club’: senior Liberal women fight to solve the party’s gender problem

The preselection of Simon Kennedy in Cook has fanned fears about lack of balance – with more men set to replace retiring female MPs

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Australia’s high court to hear two appeals over legality of re-detaining more than 100 non-citizens

Greens senator Nick McKim says decision to hear both cases is welcome as legislation passed in February 2023 is ‘clearly punitive’

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Australian news media could seek payment from Meta for content used to train AI

News media bargaining code could apply to tech companies using massive amounts of online information for generative AI, researchers say

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The extraordinary case of the Queensland councillor seeking re-election while fighting a murder charge

Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden maintains his innocence and says his focus is on ‘delivering’ for his Gold Coast community

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Tesla quits major Australian auto lobby over its ‘false claims’ about government’s clean car policy

Tesla accused Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries of favouring car companies wanting to delay action on climate crisis, Guardian Australia revealed on Wednesday

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British American Tobacco makes first donation to Nationals in over a decade amid vaping crackdown

The $55,000 donation grants access to National party politicians via a policy forum membership scheme

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Asio conduct in Daniel Duggan case transcended ‘the bounds of propriety’ in one aspect, watchdog finds

Duggan’s family and spy agency both confirm one negative finding but Asio says despite this IGIS found Asio acted ‘both ethically and within the law at all times in matters regarding Daniel Duggan’

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Writers puzzled after State Library Victoria cancels workshops for teens citing ‘child and cultural safety’

Omar Sakr, Jinghua Qian and Alison Evans have been left to speculate on whether cancellations relate to their pro-Palestinian stances

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TikTok, Apple News and Instagram should be included in news media bargaining code, Greens say

Sarah Hanson-Young says scope of deals should be widened beyond Meta and Google

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Talk of nuclear power plant sites ‘conjecture’, says Liberal MP amid internal division on Dutton’s policy

Rowan Ramsey says overturning ban on nuclear first is the ‘most logical thing’ to do as opposition leader prepares to nominate up to six locations

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‘Her hair was luscious’: Elle Macpherson makes runway return at Melbourne fashion festival

Australian supermodel appears in a fashion show for the first time in over a decade. Plus, high-end ‘happy shoes’, two blockbuster fashion exhibitions, and more this March in Australian style

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Spill or no spill, Victoria’s Liberal party can agree on one thing: no more messiahs

As discontent with leader John Pesutto rises, the fractured party is casting around for a replacement that will unite them

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Dozens of koalas allegedly killed or injured during plantation logging on Kangaroo Island

Exclusive: Ex-employees of Australian Agribusiness Group allege dozens of injuries occurred as blue gums cleared for agricultural use, claims which the company rejects

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Morning Mail: ‘Oppressive’ Centrelink suspensions; Asio defends targeting autistic boy; Dunkley byelection fallout

Asio boss insists agencies don’t radicalise people after criticism of an undercover operation

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Asio boss defends undercover police operation targeting boy with autism

Mike Burgess says security agencies ‘don’t radicalise people’ and stands by actions of police in case of 13-year-old with Islamic State ‘fixation’

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Brain tumour patient had Centrelink payments suspended while in hospital recovering from surgery

Australian Council of Social Service says ‘unconscionable’ case shows why mutual obligations system must be ‘replaced with a fair system’ for jobseekers

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‘Nearly a billion dollars’: BoM chief indicates cost of IT overhaul to staff after refusing to disclose to senators

Exclusive: January 2023 video shows Andrew Johnson detailing Robust project’s initial and ongoing costs, despite telling senators such details were bound by cabinet secrecy

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Kumanjayi Walker’s family’s complaint about The Australian’s coverage not investigated by media watchdog

Revelation comes after inquest into 19-year-old’s death shown texts between journalist from newspaper and Zachary Rolfe

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