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| | | | 05/05/2025 Labor win leaves Liberals in crisis, Gina Rinehart faces DNA test request, Trump still wants Greenland |
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| | | Good morning. The Liberal party has some soul searching to do after a bruising defeat at the hands of Anthony Albanese’s Labor party on the weekend. We have plenty of reaction and analysis for you this morning after an extraordinary election result (with more seats still in the balance). The election may have been a rejection of Trump-style politics, but the effects of US tariffs on Australian exporters are still very real. We look at how the impacts are killing some businesses, as others try to ride out the chaos. Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been challenged to take a DNA test by a woman who claims to her niece. And: Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force in a bid to take control of Greenland. |
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| Gina: The DNA request In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separate Indigenous women. Since then, the daughter of Sella Robinson, one of the Indigenous women who claimed to be Hancock’s daughter, has decided to speak publicly for the first time. | | |
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| A month on from Donald Trump’s “liberation day” announcement, Australian exporters are trying to work out how to stay afloat amid tariff uncertainty. Some businesses are closing, others are finding new export markets, and some are profiting from the chaos. And – as Luca Ittimani discovers – many are holding their breath, in anticipation of more trade challenges. |
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| Sophie Payten has lived two lives. In one, she is Gordi, the Aria-nominated singer-songwriter who has worked with Bon Iver and Troye Sivan. In the other, she is a medical doctor. She kept her two lives separate until the Covid pandemic – but on her third album, they have come together. She tells Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen about her friendship with a dying patient, and making Chris Martin cry. |
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What’s happening today | Nationwide | Election vote counting will continue in tight seats and in the Senate. | Victoria | The trial of murder-accused Erin Patterson continues in Morwell. | NSW | The coronial inquest into the Bondi Junction attack continues. | NSW | A class action hearing regarding music festival strip searches is set to begin at the supreme court of NSW. |
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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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