www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... another one...
Pauline Hanson failed to declare another flight from billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company
Exclusive: One Nation leader gifted the flight from company of Australia’s richest person last year, but did not declare in line with parliamentary rules
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www.theguardian.com/global-devel... Catching up on stories from this week... "...the killings bore the hallmarks of executions. Medical workers..described receiving bodies with close-range gunshot wounds to the head that had been transferred from hospital morgues while still attached to catheters...
Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... He's a journalist... "The White House celebrated Lemon’s arrest with a post on X. “When life gives you Lemons,” the White House account’s official post said, accompanied by a chain emoji."
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon released after arrest over Minnesota church protest
Lemon and three others charged with civil rights crimes, DoJ says, as White House celebrates arrest on social media
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Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined
Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... This is why I’m voting for Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge in the favourite children’s picture book poll
I’ve read this picture book so many times – but only 25 years later do I really understand it | Lenore Taylor
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a favourite when my son was small. Now my father’s in a nursing home – and Mem Fox’s book remains a balm
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The Liberals’ fatal flaw was becoming Nationals-lite. Here’s how they can come back from the brink | Tony Barry
If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats
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Oh it's there - there are 50 on the voting list
Patrick@pgvdw.bsky.social · 6mo agoFour of those are still tattooed on my brain. But where's the green sheep??
ICYMI, since I posted very late Friday night (and am back at work today after three weeks off), @australia.theguardian.com was the 4th biggest news website in Australia in December
Dave Earley@earleyedition.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... It's hot. The news cycle is pretty bleak. We're covering all of that. But ALSO we have this joyful happy poll about Australia's favourite children's picture books. There are so many to choose from. I've written about my favourite for later in the week....
Australia’s best picture book: voting now open in Guardian Australia poll
It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll works
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... No great options here...
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
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‘Bizarre’ bonuses and sausage sizzles: how Australia’s outsource call centres try to lure in poorly paid workers
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Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... My favourite story today..
Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The last Full Story newsroom edition for 2025....
Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025 - podcast
Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and deputy editors Patrick Keneally and Gabrielle Jackson about Labor’s ambitions, the Coalition’s existential crisis and the stories that will define...
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