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Australia news: Queensland MP to resign due to early-onset dementia; Melbourne fire investigation ‘isn’t going to be quick’
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Australia news: Queensland MP to resign due to early-onset dementia; Melbourne fire investigation ‘isn’t going to be quick’
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Documents reveal why Australia voted yes in key UN motion on Palestinian membership
Live  
Biden dismisses concerns over fitness at Nato summit after verbal slips on Zelenskiy and Harris names
Film  
Shelley Duvall, star of The Shining and Annie Hall, dies aged 75
Sydney  
Police took 19 hours to attend home of elderly man who died shortly after their arrival
Guardian investigation
Lucrative building contracts for Exclusive Brethren schools awarded to businesses run by church members
Guardian investigation  
Lucrative building contracts for Exclusive Brethren schools awarded to businesses run by church members
Donations to school building funds are tax deductible, with Brethren-owned businesses across three states the beneficiaries
Analysis  
Why Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren schools
Education  
Wealthy Exclusive Brethren schools net almost $30m in disadvantage payments
Sydney  
Years at Exclusive Brethren school were ‘darkest moments of my life’, former student says
Investigation  
Students under near constant surveillance at Exclusive Brethren-linked schools, insiders claim
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The rural network
Protecting private land to save the plains-wanderer, a bird ‘teetering on the edge of extinction’
Conservation  
Protecting private land to save the plains-wanderer, a bird ‘teetering on the edge of extinction’
With an estimated wild population of just 250, they may be Australia’s rarest bird and most of their remaining habitat is on farmland
Full Story podcast
Full Story  
Newsroom edition: why anti-protest laws won’t stop climate activists – Full Story podcast
Newsroom edition: why anti-protest laws won’t stop climate activists – Full Story podcast
Sport
Wimbledon  
Paolini denies Vekic in record-breaking semi-final
Paolini denies Vekic in record-breaking semi-final
Kane can still thrive in lean times for alpha attack dogs
Tour de France  
Cavendish upset with penalty after Girmay seals hat-trick of wins
Culture
Film  
Shelley Duvall was a sublime and subversive screen presence
Shelley Duvall was a sublime and subversive screen presence
Melbourne international film festival 2024  
10 things to see, from Megalopolis to new Cronenberg
Television & radio  
‘Sorry, we don’t want lesbians’: Bridgerton’s problem with racism, homophobia and body-shaming
Opinion
Despite not involving eating pickles, pickleball proves to be a joyful surprise
Despite not involving eating pickles, pickleball proves to be a joyful surprise
Who’s the elephant in the room at the Nato summit?
Why don’t children seem to feel the cold like adults do?
Lifestyle
Leading questions  
I feel despair about the state of the world. How can I find the courage to not abandon hope?
I feel despair about the state of the world. How can I find the courage to not abandon hope?
Well actually  
Post-wedding anxiety is ‘really common’. Here’s how to cope
Technology
AI  
Microsoft drops observer seat on OpenAI board amid regulator scrutiny
Microsoft drops observer seat on OpenAI board amid regulator scrutiny
Science
Extinct wildlife  
Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code
Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code
Environment
Australia weather  
How Sydney’s endless rain is ruining football seasons and breaking young hearts
How Sydney’s endless rain is ruining football seasons and breaking young hearts
Victoria  
More than 80 kangaroos found dead in two regional Victorian locations
Video
Masked man seen on CCTV before Australian couple found dead in Philippines hotel - video
Masked man seen on CCTV before Australian couple found dead in Philippines hotel - video
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