2 h. ago Trump briefed on military options for Iran, as death toll rises to 203

As Donald Trump considers air strikes, violence continues in Iran with at least 203 people killed and fears the death toll is actually far higher.

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4 h. ago Chalmers heads to meet with Trump administration on critical minerals

The Albanese government has revealed the priorities for its strategic reserve as it tries to reduce China’s dominance of the sector.

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7 h. ago ‘We can close a city’: Fierce comments at first Free Palestine rally since Bondi attack

The rally, called to protest an upcoming visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia, went ahead despite pressure to cancel in light of Victoria’s bushfires.

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7 h. ago Superman No.1 comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for $22m

The private deal for “Action Comics No.1” eclipses the previous record price for a comic book.

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10 h. ago Trump briefed on military options for Iran, as death toll rises to 116

The demonstrations began December 28 over the collapse of the Iranian rial currency and grew into a protest against the theocratic regime. Now the US is considering a military strike.

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13 h. ago The data doesn’t lie: it’s getting hotter and fossil fuels are fanning the flames

The big question for me is how do I keep my kids safe? The good news is that we are not powerless.

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17 h. ago Iran has brutally crushed protests before. This time could be different

After 35 years of ruling Iran, Ali Khamenei is running out of options fast.

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45 h. ago Iranian authorities struggle to contain growing demonstrations

Iran’s supreme leader derided demonstrators as “vandals” and mocked President Donald Trump’s promise to intervene if protesters were killed.

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57 h. ago If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.

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57 h. ago Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.

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59 h. ago ‘Tool of repression’: Iran is cut off from the internet as protests intensify

The government has previously enforced internet blackouts during moments of crisis.

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63 h. ago When it comes to violence against protesters, this administration has a track record of lies

It is difficult to take ICE’s claims about Minneapolis seriously when it has already been called out for gross misrepresentations about its encounters with demonstrators.

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63 h. ago ‘Quite magic’: The Sydney Festival show transforming Town Hall into a roller derby track

Dozens of skaters will transform the beautiful building into a roller derby track for a show described as “live theatre turned up to 150 per cent”.

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64 h. ago How the day unfolded after ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good

The shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis sparked outrage from local politicians and protests in major US cities, while US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the woman “weaponised her vehicle”.

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66 h. ago Vance says ICE shooter may have been ‘sensitive’, lashes media over coverage

Minnesota state police say they have been cut out of the investigation into Renee Nicole Good’s death, which will now be carried out solely by the FBI – a federal agency under the Trump administration’s direction.

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67 h. ago Vance says ICE shooter may have been ‘sensitive’, shames media over coverage

Minnesota state police, meanwhile, say they have been cut out of the investigation into Renee Nicole Good’s death, which will now be carried out solely by the FBI – a federal agency under the Trump administration’s direction.

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2 d. ago To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.

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3 d. ago Former high court judge confirmed as commissioner despite Frydenberg objections

Anthony Albanese has stared down resistance from former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and appointed Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism.

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3 d. ago Angry southside residents take bus route protest to ‘ghost stop’

The group, who gathered at a now-redundant stop in Acacia Ridge, called for the reversal of changes that they say have left them worse off.

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3 d. ago Albanese soon to announce antisemitism royal commission, Virginia Bell to lead

Anthony Albanese is set to stare down resistance from former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and appoint former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission.

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