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| | | | 29/05/2025 Starving Palestinians break into food warehouse, bowel cancer mystery, Blues beat Maroons |
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| | | Morning everyone. Hundreds of starving Palestinians have broken into a UN food warehouse, leading to the deaths of four people by crushing and gunshot wounds after guards opened fire. At home, data shows bowel cancer rates in Australia are the highest in the world among under-50s – and experts wonder if our diet is to blame. A report sheds light on how home working affects productivity, and Queensland face a tough task to save the Origin series after an opening defeat in Brisbane. |
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| Coalition couple | Sussan Ley and David Littleproud were “like an estranged couple who get back together after admitting what they really think of each other” as they fronted the media to announce their new shadow team, writes Tom McIlroy. But can the relationship stand the test of time and win back voters? | Cancer alarm | Australia’s rates of bowel cancer in people under 50 are the highest in the world, two studies show, with scientists investigating the role of changing diets and the gut microbiome. | Home lesson | Working from home is not to blame for the sharp drop in productivity after the pandemic – it might even improve productivity, a report by the Productivity Commission says. | ‘Embarrassing sore’ | Former Labor senator Patrick Dodson has condemned the country’s Aboriginal youth incarceration rates and child removals as an ongoing genocide against First Peoples and an “embarrassing sore” on the nation. | Shelf life | Labor’s approval of a 30-year extension for Woodside’s North West Shelf LNG facility gambles with precious Indigenous rock art, our environment editor argues. It came as the offshore energy regulator launched an investigation into an oil and gas spill at a Woodside project off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. |
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| Germany pledge | Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has agreed to help Kyiv develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets in Russian territory as Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia has amassed 50,000 of its troops in the Sumy region before a planned large-scale offensive. | Gaza chaos | Four people have died as hundreds of Palestinians broke into a United Nations warehouse in Gaza, tearing away sections of the building’s metal walls in a desperate attempt to find food. | Surgeon shame | A former French surgeon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients, mostly aged under 15, after the biggest child abuse trial in French history. | Tates charged | UK prosecutors have confirmed they have authorised 21 charges against influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking. | Glacier collapse | A massive glacier has collapsed in southern Switzerland, partly destroying the small village of Blatten, which had been evacuated recently. |
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| The Coalition is back together, what now? With the Coalition back together again, Nour Haydar speaks to Dan Jervis-Bardy about the short-lived breakup. | | |
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| As the cleanup from last week’s floods in the mid-north coast of New South Wales continues, the state is counting the cost of five people dead, 3,500 still isolated, and 1,000 homes deemed unihabitable for now. Some before and after images such as in Ghinni Ghinni (pictured) give a stark illustration of the devastation suffered by the region. |
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Jenny Valentish has been so fascinated by social reluctance that she wrote a book exploring it, The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House. Today she offers the five key strategies such as making sure you know how many people are turning up, knowing when to sit things out and managing your mood.
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| Rugby league | A dominant first half secured an 18-6 victory for New South Wales in the State of Origin opener in Brisbane last night, leaving Maroons coach Billy Slater with a huge task to claim the shield as the series shifts away from Queensland. In the women’s series, the Maroons are seeking to avoid a whitewash tonight in game three in Newcastle. | Tennis | Australia’s Alexei Popyrin claimed another milestone in his burgeoning career as he reached the third round of the French Open for the first time by beating Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. | Football | Chelsea take on Real Betis in the final of the Europa Conference League in Wroclaw, Poland this morning. |
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Media roundup | Jeff Kennett tells the Australian the threat by Moira Deeming to sue him and other former Victorian Liberal leaders over donations to John Pesutto is “extraordinary” and a gift to Labor. A bipartisan bid to reform NSW’s planning laws is building momentum even as Liberals are wary of a political ambush, the Sydney Morning Herald claims. Tasmania’s lower house has backed a motion that could pave the way for legislation towards building a new stadium at Macquarie Point, the Mercury reports. Katherine received an estimated 198mm of rain in 24 hours to 9am yesterday, breaking the record for a single May day, the NT News reports. |
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What’s happening today | Sydney | Crown appeals sentence for Kristian White, who shot 95-year-old dementia patient Clare Nowland with a Taser. | Hobart | Tasmania state budget handed down. | Brisbane | Australian Energy Producers conference |
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