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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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US authorities issue arrest warrant for Adani boss
By Brad Ryan
Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire behind Queensland's controversial Carmichael coal project, is charged in the US over an alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/gautam-adani-indicted-in-new-york/104628238
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Beware the wrath of teens missing their internet connection
By Virginia Trioli
As the government ponders an unprecedented ban on social media use by under 16s, I can report from the front lines of juvenile social media activity that the troops are nervous. Even pretty angry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-16/social-media-ban-teens/104606002
#Teenagers #SocialMedia #InternetCulture #Laws #FederalGovernment #Relationships #MentalHealth #ParentingTeens #VirginiaTrioli
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What's behind huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
By Lachlan Bennett
Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill more bark than bite?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-14/maori-protests-new-zealand-treaty-waitangi/104597346
#IndigenousPolicy #ActivismandLobbying #CommunityandSociety #LachlanBennett
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Green juice, Meta and 'grounding' socks: The CHOICE Shonky Award winners released for 2024
By Jonathan Hair
This year's Shonky Awards have been announced, with Facebook parent company Meta amongst the winners for its "inadequate action" against scams.
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India's three-decade ban of Salman Rushdie 'Satanic Verses' quashed on a technicality
The book, which was so controversial it forced the Indian-born author into hiding for six years, may be legally imported into India after a High Court ruling.
#BooksLiterature #Terrorism #Islam #Religion #CourtsandTrials
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These car brands are collecting and sharing your data with third parties
By James Purtill
A Choice investigation has found most of Australia's popular car brands collect and share "driver data", ranging from braking patterns to video footage and voice recognition information.
#ScienceandTechnology #AutomotiveIndustry #Privacy #Internet #JamesPurtill
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It's been 30 years since the census recognised women as farmers, but there's still 'a long way to go'
By Fiona Broom
As recently as the 1990s many women still avoided the f-word, hesitating to call themselves farmers in a world that overlooked their contribution to agriculture.
#Women #AgriculturalPolicy #ActivismandLobbying #NongovernmentalOrganisations #Agriculture #FionaBroom
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The week that was in Queensland politics: Katter's gain, one-way compliments, and a 'new low' for parliament
By Kate McKenna
The curtain has drawn on the last sitting of parliament ahead of the state election.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-14/queensland-election-miles-katter-kap-lnp/104347910
#GovernmentandPolitics #StateandTerritoryElections #KateMcKenna
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Injured Jannik Sinner downs ailing Jack Draper to reach US Open final
A chaotic US Open semifinal sees Jannik Sinner play through the pain barrier to beat Jack Draper after the ailing Briton throws up repeatedly on court — now the world number one will face American Taylor Fritz in the final.
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Museum welcomes back boy who broke 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar
The child's father says he thought "please let that not be my child" after hearing a crash while touring artefacts in the Hecht Museum with his family.
#Archaeology #LibrariesMuseumsandGalleries #History #HumanInterest
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The way teenage girls speak is often derided, but they are in fact our linguistic trailblazers
By Fiona Pepper and Antony Funnell
Teenage girls are the main accelerators of how language changes and evolves. It's a reminder that the most influential people in our society aren't always the most obvious.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-04/teenage-girls-linguistics/104160082
#Culture #Language #Teenagers #PopularCulture #Science #FionaPepper #AntonyFunnell
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Love playing Tetris? Its effects on your brain are surprisingly profound
By Shelby Traynor
Scientists are harnessing the Tetris effect, a phenomenon described by people who play the classic 1980s video puzzle game, to help unlock dreams and treat post traumatic stress disorder.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2024-08-04/tetris-unlock-dreams-treat-trauma-and-ptsd/103799818
#MentalHealth #Health #Sleep #Neuroscience #ScienceandTechnology #VideoGames #ShelbyTraynor
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Detained Palestinians waterboarded and tortured in Israeli prisons, UN report says
Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli jails are being subjected to multiple forms of torture and deprivation, the UN human rights office has said in a report, while calling for their immediate release.
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Colombian soccer boss and son arrested over altercation with guards at Copa America final
Ramon Jesurun and his son were two of 27 people arrested during a Copa America final that was married by crowd chaos in Miami on Monday.
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Novak Djokovic just saw his future. It's game over
By Paul Johnson
Novak Djokovic has the history he has long craved, but in the months since he won a record 24th grand slam singles title, the sport and Carlos Alcaraz have passed him by.
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Copa America final delayed as thousands try to forcibly enter stadium without tickets
By Michael Doyle
Thousands of fans without tickets try to enter the stadium in Miami, forcing authorities to shut the gates to the venue due to safety concerns.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-15/copa-america-final-argentina-colombia-delayed/104098326
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1 in 5 Australians admit to perpetrating acts of sexual violence, from harassing someone for a date to sexual assault
By Matthew Doran and Rachel Hayter
A new study finds "shocking" levels of perpetrating sexual violence among Australians aged 18 to 45, with men the main offenders.
#SexualMisconduct #GovernmentandPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #Health #MatthewDoran #RachelHayter
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Five quick hits — Aussies spoil the Murray party, Kokkinakis fearing the worst, Fritz gives opponent a send-off after win
All the emotions come out at Wimbledon on day four, with Aussies spoiling the Murray party, Thanasi Kokkinakis fearing the worst after another injury, while American Taylor Fritz fires up at an opponent after his victory.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-05/wimbledon-2024-day-four-five-quick-hits/104060900
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