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| | | | 10/03/2025 Flood warnings after Alfred deluge; ‘cohesion’ warning over Israel support; Gene Hackman’s last days |
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| | | Good morning. The threat posed by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is far from over. The rain is still bucketing down and parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales are on flood watch, including parts of the Brisbane River. For many others, the massive clean-up after the storm has begun. In other news, our exclusive report reveals the federal government was warned by officials in late 2023 that its “one-sided” support of Israel was putting Australia’s social cohesion at risk. Overseas, millions of Palestinians could soon be left in the dark as Israel looks to sever electricity to Gaza as leverage against Hamas. And Moscow claims it is close to surrounding thousands of Ukrainian troops in its Kursk region with Russian forces on the advance. |
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| Exclusive | The home affairs department warned the government in November 2023 that its perceived one-sidedness in support of Israel during the Gaza conflict left Palestinian and Muslim Australians feeling angry and betrayed. | Ex-Cyclone Alfred | More than 290,000 properties were still without power overnight as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred brought dangerous rain and winds to swathes of south-east Queensland and northern NSW; the flood threat remains for many areas as the heavy deluge continues. | Lismore crash | Defence minister Richard Marles has defended the use of the military in disaster relief after more than a dozen soldiers were injured when two army trucks rolled in northern NSW as Alfred lashed the area. | Deal or no deal? | One of Donald Trump’s top picks for the Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia under the Aukus agreement poses a “very difficult problem” for the US and could endanger its own sailors. | NT policing | Northern Territory police commissioner Michael Murphy has been given his marching orders after a jobs-for-mates scandal was uncovered by a corruption watchdog. |
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| Inside the Islamic State prisons the west is trying to forget
Michael Safi travelled to north-east Syria to speak to foreign Islamic State fighters imprisoned there. He discovered that a change in the US administration, and USAid funding cuts, mean there is a growing fear of prison breaks. The Kurdish forces running the prisons want foreign governments to take their fighters back. Many have refused – they prefer to forget about these IS legacies, even as global political events leave the prisons exposed. | | |
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| Labor has secured another thumping victory over the Liberals in Western Australia, securing its third term in government. However, the results have also shown a statewide swing against Labor – and its sitting MPs face a tougher fight in the upcoming national election. Sarah Basford Canales looks at how the results in WA could hint at Labor’s fortunes (and challenges) in the looming federal vote. |
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| One of Australia’s most successful artists, Vincent Fantauzzo, has opened up on his traumatic childhood in his new memoir, Unveiled. It tells stories not even his wife knew, including the “few forks in the road” that could have led him to life as a criminal instead of an artist. He speaks with Katie Cunningham about childhood abuse, Heath Ledger and what’s wrong with the art world. |
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What’s happening today | NSW | A two-day hearing into a dispute between the Animal Welfare League and the RSPCA is due to begin in the NSW supreme court. | NSW | A hearing begins at the supreme court, where a woman is suing police after her son died after being tasered. | VIC | Today is the Labour Day public holiday in Victoria. |
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Brain teaser | And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow. | |
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