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Tuesday
31
May
2016
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Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage by $15.80 a weekAustralia’s lowest paid workers will see a 2.4% increase in basic wage to $17.70 an hour – $672.70 a week – after commission rules on minimum wage case
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Distress signal from plane confirmed by authorities in Cairo and USLocator beacon was picked up by satellites in minutes after Airbus A320 carrying 66 people disappeared from radar over Mediterranean -
PM backs Julie Bishop after 'gotcha' momentPrime minister describes superannuation as ‘notoriously complex’ after Bishop unable to explain Coalition’s changes to the transition to retirement scheme -
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Can James Mathison beat Tony Abbott?Manly has form on electing independents but the TV presenter will have to lure some of Mosman’s Liberal voters to steal his seat
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How Greg Hunt and his department turned good news into an international scandalThe full draft of the Unesco report on climate change reveals many mentions of Australia were actually positive
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MP criticised for supporting $500,000 grant for school under investigationLabor MP tweets support for Coalition funding for Maharishi school, which promotes ‘consciousness-based education’ and has fewer than 100 students
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Who will win the Australian election?Our statistical model combines all opinion polls to get a better estimate of the Coalition’s two-party preferred vote
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The scandal in the Northern Territory is not youth crime but imprisonment ratesIn the midst of a budget and upcoming federal and territory elections, a cheap and nasty amendment to the Bail Act was introduced to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly last week
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Eva Orner on Chasing Asylum – Guardian Australia culture podcastFilm critic Luke Buckmaster speaks with Chasing Asylum director Eva Orner and Guardian Australia reporter Melissa Davey after a screening of the documentary for Guardian Australia’s Film Club. They discuss safeguarding sources, why Orner decided to show security guards’ faces and how the film’s release strategy was designed to avoid government interference
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Evolving, touring art show explores global politics and Australian historyPart of an global curatorial project that heads to Palestine next, the Brisbane iteration is sprawling and high in concept, rewarding time and an open mind
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A Tony Abbott return to Liberal leadership seems far-fetched until you consider the political landscape that enabled the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd melodramaThe more the Liberals flounder, the more credible an Abbott comeback seems
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Cronk a pawn in mind games, says GallenNSW skipper Paul Gallen has accused Queensland of using halfback Cooper Cronk as a pawn in State of Origin mind games
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Golden State beat Oklahoma City to return to finalsStephen Curry and Klay Thompson carried the 73-win Warriors right back to the NBA finals, as Golden State rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Thunder
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Roughead vows to return after melanoma treatmentAn upbeat Jarryd Roughead will commence treatment next week on a melanoma found on his lung
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More woe for Parramatta with Foran out for seasonParramatta skipper Kieran Foran has been ruled out for the rest of the NRL season with a shoulder injury, throwing the club into further disarray
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Mike Baird's cool-dad persona loses its sheen when he treats the public like childrenNot long ago, Mike Baird was the country’s most popular politician but last weekend, 5,000 people marched against his increasingly paternalistic policies
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The Coalition hammers away at its ‘plan for jobs and growth’ at every opportunity, but it appears to contain no ideas for increasing female workforce participationRemember when the government cared about women working?
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Most voters support transition to 100% renewable energy, says Australia InstitutePolling indicates 71% would be more likely to vote for a party that supported distributed small-scale solar and storage
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Coalition and Labor turn on 'arrogant' Richard Di NataleLabor’s Terri Butler and the Coalition’s Steve Ciobo turn on Greens leader after he describes their commitment to coalmines ‘the great tragedy’
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Australian family win reprieve from deportationThe Home Office has allowed the Brains to remain in the Highlands until August but refused them the right to work, provoking fresh outcry
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Trump a demagogue who appeals to 'lowest common denominator'Scientist repeats backing for remain in EU campaign and says US presidential candidate is ‘demagogue who appeals to lowest common denominator’
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Energy efficiency is a mantra of modern life: cut consumption, reduce carbon emissions, stop the greenhouse effect. It can also shrink the size of the hole in your wallet. Check out what you’re paying, on average, and what nasty greenhouse gases you’re cooking up based on your state and size of household. Plus some extra tips for taming those energy-guzzling appliancesHow much energy is your household using? -
While Europe was deep in the Dark Ages, Asia’s Tang Empire was the richest and most powerful political unit in the world. Benjamin Law looks at treasures from the golden age of China alongside latest art world innovations at the Art Gallery of New South WalesBenjamin Law explores 'Tang: treasures from the Silk Road capital'
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Alliance of Sex and Marijuana parties aims to change all thatThe new Senate voting rules have forced a joint ticket between two parties that are serious but far from po-faced as they target the progressive vote
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Seven weeks ago, author Helen Bailey and her dog vanished without trace ...
'It really is a mystery' Seven weeks ago, author Helen Bailey and her dog vanished without trace ...
The writer was last seen walking with her beloved dachshund, Boris, near her home in Hertfordshire
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The three big reasons Windows 10 tablets don't cut itMicrosoft needs to fix battery life, screen and app issues if Windows 10 tablets are to successfully compete on the same footing as Android or the iPad
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St Kilda’s remoteness doesn’t shield it from humanity's influenceThe tiny Scottish archipelago celebrates 30 years as a world heritage site this summer but its sea birds are suffering the results of overfishing in the Atlantic
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Measure of a Man – portrait of economic injustice that struggles to make ends meetLaconic depiction of a man who resorts to theft during financial strife is so downsized it feels like a shrug
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When porn gets in the way of a real-world relationshipMany believe that porn is addictive, and that the endless stream of on-demand internet erotica makes real-life sexual experiences not stimulating enough
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Alter ego Robert Galbraith shortlisted for crime novel awardGalbraith’s Career of Evil is one of six titles selected by Theakston for their Old Peculier crime novel of the year
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Rapper lambasts Roots remakeRapper says he is sick of films and TV shows that depict historical racial abuse against African Americans when they are still ‘taking the same abuse’
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Coldplay singer, philanthropist … and comedian?The global superstar might be playing Glastonbury this year but his penchant for making comedic cameos of varying success has been overlooked – until now
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Author buries latest manuscript for a hundred yearsAuthor of Cloud Atlas delivers his new work – which won’t be read until 2114 – to Oslo’s Nordmarka forest as part of the Future Library project
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The annual dachshund raceDuring Memorial Day weekend more than 60 dogs take part in contest at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut
Live Australian election 2016: record low inflation triggers Fair Work wage decision