| | | | | 31/03/2025 Gina Rinehart’s Maga message, Trump ‘pissed off’ with Putin, daunting search for quake survivors |
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| | | Good morning. As campaigning for the federal election gets under way, Guardian Australia is launching a new, six-part podcast series examining the life and influence of Australia’s richest person, mining boss Gina Rinehart. Gina explores how Rinehart became an Australian success story – worth almost $40bn – and how her power and political influence have grown in line with her wealth. Meanwhile: Donald Trump has expressed his frustration over attempts to bring peace to the Ukraine conflict, saying that he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin. And rescuers are continuing a desperate search for quake survivors in Thailand and Myanmar. |
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| Gina episode 1: Becoming Mrs Rinehart Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Guardian Australia’s new podcast series, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Life began for Rinehart in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her. | | |
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| A new report into principal wellbeing has detailed “really inappropriate” student behaviour as educators point to an alarming cultural shift playing out in the classroom. The data has laid bare a dramatic rise in physical assaults, use of weapons and threats within schools. Caitlin Cassidy explains why Australia could lose an “entire generation” of school principals as they grapple with depression and anxiety due to growing workloads, violence and bullying. |
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| From Cyclone Alfred driving wild seas and a seagull eclipsing the moon to Kylie Minogue performing on a trapeze and Ramadan celebrations in Sydney: our picture desk looks back at some of the best images to appear across Guardian Australia’s content during the month of March. |
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What’s happening today | Nationwide | Campaigning in the federal election campaign across Australia. | NSW | Inquest into the death of Mark Haines resumes in Lidcombe. |
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