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Friday3 May 2024
  • Prime minister Scott Morrison attends the 2020 Ecumenical Mass at the Presbyterian Church of St. Andrew in Canberra

    How good are memoirs?
    In his testimony to Christian faith, Scott Morrison talks to God and God talks back

    Plans for Your Good is not written for Australians at all – but for American evangelical Christians more interested in scripture than statecraft
    • Amanda Meade

      The Weekly Beast
      Feelgood story turns bad as Sky humiliates Indigenous teenager who caught $1m barramundi

      Amanda Meade

    • Missing surfers
      Three questioned in Mexico as concerns grow for Perth brothers

    • Melbourne public housing towers
      Residents to continue fighting demolition despite court setback

    • UK local election results 2024 live
      Labour wins Blackpool South in byelection as Conservatives pip Reform; Tories losing council seats

    • Ballarat
      Samantha Murphy’s alleged killer charged with drink and drug driving offences

    • 'Completely destroyed'
      Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds

    • Boeing
      Second whistleblower dies after short illness

    • 'The very wet day'
      Weekend drenching ahead for NSW with long spells of rain and severe thunderstorms

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Spotlight

  • School students walking

    To the parents of school-aged children with disabilities: it’s not your fault

    Anonymous
    My son spent his high school years isolated in the library or watching YouTube videos. Am I angry? Absolutely. Do I blame his teachers? I don’t
  • A close-up black and white photo of Pedro Sánchez with white rips in the paper

    ‘A brutal business’
    Toxicity of politics takes toll on world leaders’ mental health

  • Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny sing during an Easter Sunday service at Horizon Church, in Sydney, in 2019.

    Full Story podcast: newsroom edition
    Political lessons from Scott Morrison’s faith

    Bridie Jabour speaks with editor in chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor Patrick Keneally on the nuanced relationship between faith and politics
  • Going for a song … Jude Rogers at Ty Newydd Writer's Centre in north Wales.

    ‘Push through the feelings of: I’m worthless, this sucks’
    Can anyone learn to be a top songwriter?

    Songwriting courses are exploding in popularity, with everyone from Mark Ronson to Alicia Keys as teachers. On a retreat in north Wales, our folk music critic tries to write her first song
    • From left: Barbie, Colin from Accounts, Let It Be, Anatomy of a Fall and EO are all streaming in Australia in May

      Barbie, the Beatles and Anatomy of a Fall
      What’s new to streaming in Australia in May

    • Fish River House in Mount Olive, NSW

      In pictures
      Australia’s best new sustainable homes of 2024

    • Bluey S2E13 Dad Baby

      The one where Bandit gives birth
      Is America ready for the banned Bluey episode?

    • Painting: Visit to a New Mother (1835) by Moritz Calisch.

      Leading questions
      My mother-in-law pushes to spend more time with our baby. How can I keep her at arm’s length?

Sport

  • A man in a suit arrives at AFL House in Melbourne

    AFL platitudes are easy. Real action on gender-based violence is tougher but desperately needed

    Jonathan Horn
    On-field activations are all well and good but they mean nothing if a stronger stand is not taken with the likes of Tarryn Thomas
  • Delhi Capitals' Jake Fraser-McGurk plays a shot

    Why not give Fraser-McGurk a chance to go berserk for Australia?

    Geoff Lemon
    • Ukrainian wrestler Oksana Livach holds a ticket for the Paris Olympic Games in Lviv last month.

      Olympics
      Ukrainian athletes told to avoid Russians in Paris

    • Sergio Pérez (left) and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen in Miami.

      Miami thrice
      F1 returns for another blast of showbiz in Florida sun

    • Brittney Griner was interviewed by ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview broadcast on Wednesday night in the US

      ‘I wanted to take my life’
      Griner speaks publicly about Russian detention

    • Jadon Sancho

      No surprise Sancho is shining away from Old Trafford circus

      Barney Ronay

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Opinion

  • The luxury yacht Lady Moura, owned by Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego.

    Why are billionaires scared of Brazil’s plan to hit them with a global tax? Because it makes perfect sense

    Larry Elliott
    As the fortunes of the super-rich soar, a proposed annual levy of 2% could offer a corrective – and they will fight it tooth and nail
  • Solomon Islands' newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele comes out of Parliament House for a press conference in Honiara

    Solomon Islands enters a new era with a new PM and a visible desire for change

    Georgina Kekea and Anouk Ride
    Core policies such as relations with China remain intact, but there is huge public appetite for Jeremiah Manele to focus on internal development
    • Kristi Noem at an event in January this year.

      Does shooting her puppy rule out Kristi Noem as Trump’s running mate? Don’t bet on it

      Emma Brockes
    • a side-by-side image of Antony Blinken, Unrwa's damaged headquarters, and Benjamin Netanyahu

      Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies?

      Mehdi Hasan
    • Polly Toynbee

      The right’s Brexit ‘bonfire of red tape’ was just wind and smoke. And even Tories want more regulation now

      Polly Toynbee
    • Elle Hunt

      A New Zealand politician can’t name a homegrown novel but Kiwi artists have always conquered the world

      Elle Hunt

Lifestyle

  • Messy old letters in a pile

    We know there are many benefits to writing by hand – in a digital world we risk losing them

    Nova Weetman
    Handwriting makes us better writers, free of the suggestions of spelling and grammar apps, and it represents something of our personalities
  • Zendaya in an I Told Ya T-shirt in the film Challengers.

    ‘I couldn’t bear him pulling in it’
    Writers on the clothes they pinched from their exes

  • Les and Anna

    How we met
    From the first moment I felt a sense of happiness

  • Composite of wedding menu, planes and flowers.

    How to have a sustainable wedding
    Six tips for a greener ‘I do’

  • Upset woman sitting in front of washing machine

    When my tumble dryer broke, I didn’t have high hopes of the chatbot. But the human was even less useful

    Adrian Chiles
  • an avocado

    Hass queen!
    Avocado and citrus among Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for May

Culture

  • Excitable Boy cover and author Dominic Gordon

    Excitable Boy by Dominic Gordon review
    Punchy tales of masculinity, sex and violence

  • They will survive, the message seems to be, because they are kind and adorable enough to … The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz revie
    Proof that the Holocaust cannot be entertainment

    All the things you expect from a classic drama are here: heroism, suspense, stirring music. But against a backdrop of true horror, this well-intentioned show becomes utterly grotesque
  • ‘All the gravitas of a lift-the-flap book’ … Sia.

    Sia: Reasonable Woman review
    Pop reduced to motivational poster

    The Australian hitmaker reaches for moments of brilliance on her 10th studio album. But too often it plays like generic inspiration
  • John Cleese

    Fawlty Towers
    John Cleese cut N-word from revival because people ‘don’t understand irony’

  • Kevin Spacey

    Kevin Spacey
    Oscar-winner hits back at docuseries alleging sexual abuse

  • Alexis Wright, Australian Waanyi author

    ‘Perhaps the great Australian novel’
    Alexis Wright wins Stella prize for second time with Praiseworthy

  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review
    ‘Psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!

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  • A man is arrested after an an alleged assault of a 73-year-old woman in Perth

    'Wrong decision'
    PM criticises granting of bail to former detainee accused of assaulting Perth woman

    Independent panel made ‘wrong decision’ to advise that Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan did not need ankle bracelet before alleged assault on Ninette Simmons, PM says
  • Youpla logo

    Youpla/ACBF scandal
    About a third of $96m victim support scheme to be spent on administration

  • NSW deputy premier Prue Car speaks to media

    Male violence against women
    NSW government to announce urgent reforms to address crisis

    Measures to focus on boosting frontline services for women and children fleeing abuse, as well as prevention
    • View over the Brisbane suburb of Yarrabilba

      'Significant shortfall'
      Housing crisis to worsen due to lack of supply, Labor’s expert council says

    • Misinformation laws
      Thinktank warns legislation should not be based on voluntary industry code

    • Sydney
      Police officer suspended after being charged with domestic violence offences

    • ‘A vital moment’
      Australian pro-Palestine campus protesters vow to stay on as tensions brew

    • Blackmail suspected
      Police arrest Sydney man over major data breach affecting up to 1 million NSW and ACT residents

    • ‘Why was his ankle bracelet removed?’
      Perth woman allegedly assaulted by freed detainee confronts minister

    • Bob Carr
      Former NSW premier accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’

    • Faruqi v Hanson
      One Nation leader’s barrister says tweet ‘not nice’ but not racist as court hears closing arguments

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In Western Australia, an inspiring approach to equine therapy is helping young Indigenous Australians overcome trauma

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  • Cattle in a saleyard at Silverdale, Queensland, Australia

    Climate crisis
    Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions since 2005, industry report found

  • A greater glider pictured by ecologist Paul Revie in south-east Queensland, Australia

    Spotted
    After 25 years, logging and bushfires, the greater glider is back in Deongwar state forest

  • Middle aged man standing in grassland with a high voltage power line tower behind him

    ‘Leave politics to the politicians’
    Why rural Queensland is a hotbed of renewable energy

  • Members of the Ballarat community participate in a rally against men's violence following the alleged murder of three women in the regional Victorian city within the past three months, at Ballarat Train Station in Ballarat, Friday, April 12, 2024. (AAP Image/Con Chronis) NO ARCHIVING

    Violence against women
    As regional Australia reels from several women’s deaths, advocates seek both policing and prevention

Around the world

  • lMain Media By Joe McKendry and Rich Cousins for Exiled Journalists

    ‘I decided to not let anybody silence my voice’
    The journalists in exile but still at risk

    Threats from the state have led many journalists across the world to flee their home countries to report from elsewhere. But, for many, the intimidation did not stop when they left
    • Extreme heat revealed a sunken town in the Philippines

      Philippines
      Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as dam dries up during heatwave

    • Niger
      Russian troops enter airbase where US soldiers are stationed

    • Scotland
      Swinney in line to become first minister after Forbes steps aside

    • The moon
      China to launch ambitious mission amid Nasa ‘space race’ concerns

    • UK
      Police investigate Laurence Fox ‘upskirting’ tweet

    • Russia-Ukraine war
      Ukrainians ‘have the right to strike inside Russia’, says David Cameron

    • Kristi Noem
      Governor claims dog shooting was ‘fake news’

    • Apple
      Slumping iPhone sales reported as global demand weakens

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  • Tony Dočekal Jurors Picks

    The eyes have it
    LensCulture portrait awards 2024

  • 240502 DV dont' just leave thumbnail

    Fiona Katauskas
    There’s one question domestic violence victims often hear

  • Composite image showing Sir Keir Starmer pointing, the moon, and a donkey overlaid on a graph

    The Crunch
    Domestic violence, donkey hides and a new moon atlas

  • Second life … The cast of Green Wing, who return for a ‘resuscited’ podcast adaptation of the show.

    Best podcasts of the week
    The cast of Green Wing bring the beloved sitcom back to life

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    Making study more human: how online education is creating powerful spaces for learning

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    Stephen Colbert on Trump’s trial
    He lasts only a few furious minutes and then nods off

    Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump falling asleep in court, and the Biden administration reclassifying marijuana
  • Orangutan pulling Fibraurea tinctoria leaves towards itself, with a leaf hanging out of its mouth.

    Jungle remedy
    Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals

  • Leader Richard Tice at a Reform UK party press conference.

    Covid, chemtrails and climate
    The wild ideas spread by Reform UK candidates

  • ‘We can live again’
    Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs

  • The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s future
    Britain needs a general election, not another Tory leadership contest

  • ‘A lot of us are struggling’
    The morning after a protest at UCLA was met with violence

  • ‘I am moving – that is it’
    Tycoon speaks out about the end of non-dom tax status in UK

  • Go ape!
    Killer simians in cinema – ranked!

  • A nation desperate for integrity in public life has found it in Ronnie O’Sullivan and snooker. Who knew?

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  8. Second Boeing whistleblower dies after short illness

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