headlines
Wednesday
30
November
2016
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Culleton says he won't be led after voting against Hanson's proposalSenator avoids answering when asked if he warned One Nation leader he would vote with Labor and the Greens
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Thunderstorm asthma was 'world's worst' as state set for more rough weatherKeep medication close at hand, says state’s chief health officer, after death toll from last week’s storm rises to eight -
Queensland braces for hottest December day in 15 yearsBureau forecasting temperatures above 40C in parts of southern Queensland and a high of 38C in Brisbane -
spotlight
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International maths and science rankings: keep calm but change directionLet’s not panic about Australia slipping in international education rankings
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Big-screen debut with a holiday in AustraliaCharacter to fly over Uluru, learn to surf, throw a boomerang and visit the Great Barrier Reef
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Peter Dutton did not appear out of thin air. He represents consistent Australian policyThe minister's comments remind Muslim migrants, in case they innocently forget, that they are not – and never were – welcome in this country
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Tears and prayers for tight-knit team as fairytale ends in tragedyThe crash of the Brazilians’ plane claimed a 22-year-old striker who was about to become a father but spared a team-mate who missed the flight through injury
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A bloody showdown is the last thing the NRL needsUnder Grant, rugby league has ground to a standstill at a time when the code should be cranking up its efforts to win the public’s hearts, minds and dollars
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Radradra will not face sanctions over court no-showSemi Radradra’s sudden departure and no-show at court for a domestic violence hearing is ‘sort of explained’ by his father’s medical emergency
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Amor to sit out another match after one-game banAdelaide United coach Guillermo Amor will serve an additional A-League ban of one game plus another two suspended for making ‘intentional contact’ with a match official
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Castro, cricket, and a crackpot Foreign Office planThe revolutionary leader’s decision to join a scratch game of cricket in Barbados in 1998 led to one of the more curious British Foreign Office schemes: to take the game to Cuba
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I'm being sued by the government for opposing its Medicare policy. What next?I see a stronger Medicare building a better future for Australians. That’s why I decided to build my 'Save Medicare' website. The government should not be able to stop me from doing that
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Four questions George Brandis's statement to parliament did not answerLost on the story of the attorney general, George Brandis, former solicitor general, Justin Gleeson, and the Western Australian government? Here it is, explained
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video and pictures
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Who are the football team involved in the Colombia plane crash?Find out about the Brazilian side who were travelling to Medellin to face Atlético Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana
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A portrait of a mining town in its darkest daysThomas Hyland’s powerful and evocative film tracks the story of Tasmanian town Queenstown, its people and their football team through shock, grief and change
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Madonna before stardomPhotographer Richard Corman photographed a 24-year-old Madonna six weeks before the release of her debut album in July 1983. Richard captures the singer’s physical beauty, fashion, humour, playful sexiness and total accessibility that took this character into a rare and visionary state
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Gas explosion injures at least 14 in ChinatownTwo children and at least 12 adults were injured in an explosion in the loading dock of a food court in Haymarket about 7.30pm on Tuesday
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Ken Russell's post-war LondonBefore his uproarious film career, Ken Russell started out with a Rolleicord camera, documenting teddy girls and bomb-scarred streets
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David Attenborough on climate changeAn extract from Liberatum’s documentary In this Climate, in which a range of cultural and environmental figures respond to the threat of climate change
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Nine charged in raids over gangland murder of Pasquale BarbaroOfficers raid more than a dozen properties, including four at Sydney’s Olympic Park and nine men aged 18 to 29 were charged
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Coalition agrees to new rulesLabor says Australian Building and Construction Commission bill now unrecognisable due to ‘desperate’ changes
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Ban upheld against MPs who mocked oath of allegianceYau Wai-ching and Sixtus ‘Baggio’ Leung remain disqualified for protest at swearing-in ceremony, while third legislator faces similar sanction
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Clinton supports hand-counting Wisconsin ballotsAn attorney for Clinton said in a court filing that she argues, like Jill Stein, that hand recounts are superior to automatic recounts of ballots by optical scanners
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explore
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How to solve a 400-year-old problemThe internet echo chamber satiates our appetite for pleasant lies and reassuring falsehoods and has become the defining challenge of the 21st century
people
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We are looking at rape culture at the executive levelThe comedian talks about her show Asking For It, comics’ lazy use of sexual assault for laughs and how, post-Trump, rape culture is ‘at the executive level’
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Tycoon set to lose $100m Theranos investmentMogul is likely to lose big on blood testing startup that has been plagued by scandals exposed by the Wall Street Journal, Murdoch’s own newspaper
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Scion of Fiat dynasty charged with faking own kidnapGrandson of Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli asked family for $10,000 ransom but allegedly spent weekend taking drugs with escort
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How a ‘crazy blogger’ turned her life into a shop windowWith her blog The Blonde Salad, the former law student has used her social media style posts to create a multi-million pound business. ‘People like my story as a self-made woman,’ she explains
the big picture
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Alice and the City of LightThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best images from around the world
Backpacker tax Senate votes down 15% rate in surprise defeat for Turnbull government