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Australia news live update: Scott Morrison to unveil details of 2050 net zero plan; Victoria premier outlines new pandemic laws
Live / Australia news live update: Scott Morrison to unveil details of 2050 net zero plan; Victoria premier outlines new pandemic laws
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Survivors or intruders? / Rats found on Lord Howe Island despite 22,000 traps and 40 tonnes of bait
'We are all afraid' / Inside Melbourne’s Park hotel, refugees sit and wait for Covid to find them
'Nothing in politics I felt so deeply as that' / What happened in Copenhagen
Australia v the climate: part 2
Essential poll / Australian voters rethinking immigration after extended border closures
Eddie Obeid / NSW investigators face labyrinth of family trusts to claw back proceeds of crime
News extra
$500m takeover of Tasmanian salmon farmer by Brazilian meat processing giant approved
‘Truly bleak news’ / $500m takeover of Tasmanian salmon farmer by Brazilian meat processing giant approved
Environmentalists say Huon deal will make it harder to regulate local industry and is ‘truly bleak news’ for the state
Cop26 climate summit
What happens if we ignore the climate crisis
2050 / What happens if we ignore the climate crisis

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Coronavirus
Airline in talks over vaccine rules for Australian children stuck overseas
Qantas / Airline in talks over vaccine rules for Australian children stuck overseas
Australia requires children to be fully vaccinated but countries including the UK forbid 12 to 15-year-olds from having two doses
The rural network
The little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan
Reaping the wind turbines / The little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan
Those born in the small NSW town of Nundle are generally in favour of a new wind farm, while many tree changers object
Full Story podcast
Full Story / Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto
Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto
Sport
‘It’s fantastic’ / Australia reacts with enthusiasm to Stokes’ Ashes inclusion
Australia reacts with enthusiasm to Stokes’ Ashes inclusion
Matildas warned against getting carried away ahead of second Brazil test
Emma Kemp
Football / Conte keen on Man Utd job as players doubt Solskjær’s capability
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Culture
‘I’m always drawn to absences’ / Hannah Kent on her new queer historical romance
Hannah Kent on her new queer historical romance
‘Precision and artistry’ / 35 years of Away, the quintessentially Australian summer play
Direct from Graceland / Victoria scores unprecedented Elvis Presley exhibition for 2022
Opinion
From now on every cartoon will only ever be about the gracious sea potato
First Dog on the Moon
From now on every cartoon will only ever be about the gracious sea potato
High under-employment and long-term unemployment are keeping an overheating economy on ice
Greg Jericho
The spending habits of avocado-toast millennials are more complex than you think
Jessica Mizrahi
Lifestyle
‘I just want to go back to normality’ / how repeated lockdowns changed our hair habits
how repeated lockdowns changed our hair habits
‘Long hours, gruelling work' / Gourmet Traveller’s restaurant award winner calls for industry change
Technology
Money / We waited months for Tesla to repair accident damage
We waited months for Tesla to repair accident damage
Science
The last great mystery of the mind / Meet the people who have unusual – or non-existent – inner voices
Meet the people who have unusual – or non-existent – inner voices
Environment
Australia news / NSW sought to have Narrabri gas project removed from Scott Morrison’s fast-track approvals list
NSW sought to have Narrabri gas project removed from Scott Morrison’s fast-track approvals list
Australian politics / Labor accuses Nationals of trading opposition to net zero for extra cabinet position
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Daryl Maguire 'bit of a pain in the arse', John Barilaro agrees in Berejiklian Icac inquiry – video
Daryl Maguire 'bit of a pain in the arse', John Barilaro agrees in Berejiklian Icac inquiry – video
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