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From obedience to choice: A Chinese migrant's first real vote in Australia
By Bang Xiao
I remember my first vote in China — three candidates, three ballot boxes and voting slips. There was just one thing missing and in Australia, it's everywhere.
#Elections #Immigration #AustralianFederalElections #CommunityandSociety #BangXiao
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'Deserves a state funeral': WA's last WWII prisoner of war dies aged 106
By Lily Kristanto
Tributes are paid to Arthur Leggett, WA's oldest surviving World War II prisoner of war who was captured by Germans during the Battle of Crete in 1941, after he passed away in an aged care home.
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Extreme heat could double impacts of heart disease by 2050, study finds
By Annika Burgess
A new study by Australian researchers finds that the risk of cardiovascular disease increases with higher temperatures, and the burden could double by 2050 if extreme heat continues.
#HeartDisease #Heatwaves #MedicalResearch #ClimateChange #AnnikaBurgess
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Albanese and Dutton aren't facing reality — our US alliance is in crisis
By Patricia Karvelas
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton send clear signals that we stand as a nation with Ukraine but they are not dealing with the deeper reality that our once reliable American partner is no longer reliable in the same way.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/australian-us-alliance-in-crisis-under-trump/105000672
#TreatiesandAlliances #WorldPolitics #Elections #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #PatriciaKarvelas
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You might be following Trump on social media without meaning to
By Georgie Hewson
Meta denies that Instagram and Facebook users were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the inauguration.
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River inhabited by crocs pitched as rowing venue for Brisbane Olympics
By Aaron Kelly and Jeremy Jones
The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton could host rowing events for the 2032 Games if LNP politicians get their way.
#OlympicGames #Government #Reptiles #Rowing #Safety #Sport #AaronKelly #JeremyJones
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Trump threatens Putin with 'high' tariffs if he fails to end 'ridiculous' Ukraine war
Donald Trump threatens Russia with "high levels" of tariffs if Vladimir Putin fails to make a deal that ends the "ridiculous war" in Ukraine.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-23/trump-putin-tariffs-ukraine/104848882
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Canberra lashed by hail and rain as peak-hour storm rolls through
By Lottie Twyford
At the peak of the storm, more than 350 households lost power, with parts of Canberra's north the worst hit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/storm-canberra-rain-hail-power-outages/104822232
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Family of missing Melbourne hiker frustrated with search efforts
By Alasdair McDonald
The family of Hadi Nazari, missing in the NSW Snowy Mountains for over a week, is calling for resources from Victoria to be called in to help find the 24-year-old.
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FBI says it has made 'largest seizure of explosives' in its history
By Luke Cooper
FBI alleges more than 150 homemade bombs, a jar of highly-explosive material and a notebook filled with 'recipes' for making explosives were found in a raid on a farm in Virginia.
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Romeo and Juliet star Olivia Hussey dies aged 73
Romeo and Juliet won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet in the Shakespeare tragedy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-29/romeo-and-juliet-star-olivia-hussey-dies-aged-73/104768872
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Joe Biden commutes sentences of most inmates on federal death row
United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment, just weeks before Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
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Union given green light to recommence industrial action on Sydney trains
By Victoria Pengilley
Sydney commuters are warned of major train delays and cancellations in the lead up to Christmas, after the Rail, Tram and Bus Union had a win in the Federal Court.
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Calls for more 'cool, safe spaces' as more Victorians sleeping rough
By Emile Pavlich
A small regional town in Victoria recorded the world's hottest temperature on Monday, prompting concerns for the region's most vulnerable ahead of an expected hot summer.
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Emergency departments brace as Sydney endures scorching temperatures
By Holly Tregenza
Richmond and Penrith west of Sydney are expected to reach highs of 42 degrees Celsius today, and 40C in Campbelltown.
#Heatwaves #HealthPolicy #Weather #Health #ClimateChange #WeatherPhenomena #HollyTregenza
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Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters
By Gareth Hutchens
A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.
#ClimateChange #ActivismandLobbying #EnvironmentalPolicy #Environment #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #OilandGas #GarethHutchens
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Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels
By Tom Saunders
Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.
#ExtremeWeatherEvents #ClimateChange #WeatherPhenomena #TomSaunders
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Children inside Gaza wish for an 'end to the war'. But their lives are more in danger now than for decades
By Zena Chamas
Children in war-torn areas like Sudan and Gaza are suffering more than before, a new report suggests, as grave violations against them jump to the highest level we've seen in over two decades.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/world-more-dangerous-for-children-in-gaza-and-sudan/104561526
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'All of us are complicit': Richard Flanagan declines $97,000 in prize money due to fossil fuel investment
By Hannah Story
Richard Flanagan has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, but he's declined to accept the prize money until its sponsors make a plan to divest from fossil fuels.
#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #NonFiction #Autobiography #ClimateChange #HannahStory
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Victorian treaty talks begin, in historic first for Aboriginal people and Australian governments
By Nate Woodall and Joseph Dunstan
For the first time, an Australian government has sat opposite a collective of Aboriginal communities in a bid to negotiate a treaty, in recognition of their sovereign rights over land colonised without their consent.
#IndigenousAustralians #History #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NateWoodall #JosephDunstan
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