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Labor to speed up new anti-racism strategy amid voice and Israel-Hamas war tensions
Exclusive: Multicultural affairs minister Andrew Giles ‘very concerned’ about social cohesion in Australia ‘given the events of recent weeks’

Katharine Murphy Political editor

19, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Methane bubbles in groundwater cast doubts over Beetaloo basin fracking approval, scientists say
Experts warn the NT government has ‘significant and critical gaps in the knowledge base underpinning fracking approvals’

Lisa Cox

19, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Indigenous Queenslanders in ‘double mourning’ as state’s pathway to treaty loses bipartisan support
Liberal National party withdraws support for treaty days after Queensland overwhelmingly votes to reject voice to parliament

Andrew Messenger and Eden Gillespie

19, Oct, 2023 @8:44 AM

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Australians told ‘do not travel’ to Lebanon – as it happened
This blog is now closed.

Henry Belot and Amy Remeikis (earlier)

19, Oct, 2023 @7:35 AM

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Albanese government accused of ‘deep division’ and ‘confusion’ over Israel-Hamas conflict stance
Sussan Ley’s comments come after Labor MPs including Ed Husic and Anne Aly break ranks to condemn Israel’s blockade on Gaza

Sarah Basford Canales and Paul Karp

19, Oct, 2023 @7:33 AM

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Afternoon Update: Biden announces Gaza aid deal; boy killed in quad bike crash; and changes to Netflix’s basic tier
The US president secures an agreement with Israel and Egypt to allow aid delivery of 20 trucks into Gaza

Antoun Issa

19, Oct, 2023 @5:48 AM

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Sydney pro-Palestine rally to go ahead on Saturday despite premier’s concern over ‘bad faith actors’
Chris Minns says he believes protesters do not want ‘hate speech within their march’ but final decision on event is up to NSW police

Tamsin Rose

19, Oct, 2023 @5:31 AM

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‘Not proportionate’: Australian government urged to axe extraordinary terror powers amid low threat level
Australian Human Rights Commission says preventive detention regime is now harder to justify

Christopher Knaus

19, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM

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Queensland treaty appears doomed as Annastacia Palaszczuk makes it contingent on LNP support
Path to Treaty laws passed with bipartisan support five months ago would be ripped up by an LNP government, opposition leader says

Eden Gillespie

19, Oct, 2023 @3:05 AM

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Bridget Archer says Dutton appears to be ‘weaponising’ child abuse for ‘political advantage’
The Liberal backbencher says Peter Dutton’s call for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities is divisive and inconsistent

Katharine Murphy Political editor

19, Oct, 2023 @2:42 AM

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Mysterious loud bang heard in Melbourne’s north likely a meteor, expert says
Doreen and Mernda residents describe seeing flash of light followed by ‘massive explosion’ on Wednesday night

Rafqa Touma

19, Oct, 2023 @1:23 AM

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‘Gaza this … Hamas that’: the rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia in Australia
Slurs and insults hurled in the streets and alleged assaults leave Jewish and Arab communities nervous and in fear

Tory Shepherd and Rafqa Touma

19, Oct, 2023 @12:04 AM

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