| | 21/02/2025 Vance calls immigrants ‘greatest threat’, public school fees surge, Rubiales found guilty over kiss |
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| | | Good morning. The US vice-president, JD Vance, used his country’s largest conservative voters conference to claim immigration was the “greatest threat” to the United States and Europe, while dismissing concerns about the Trump administration’s stance on Ukraine as “moralistic garbage”. In Australia, Hancock Prospecting has been found in breach of the advertising environmental code for being misleading in its “clean gas” job ads. And the Greens have vowed to abolish public school fees after a new report found voluntary fees have surged almost 40% in two years. |
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 | Full Story | | Newsroom edition: covering acts of hate in polarised times Antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks are on the rise. Pre-existing dividing lines are being inflamed by our politicians and by the media, leaving the country further polarised. Bridie Jabour talks with Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, about how to report on the rise in acts of hate without further inflaming tensions. | |
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| In-depth | | Tensions between the South Australian government, GFG Alliance and the UK billionaire Sanjeev Gupta simmered below the surface for year. It all came to a head on Wednesday when the government placed Whyalla steelworks into administration. Tory Shepherd gives you a quick guide to where we are and how we got here, and our business editor, Jonathan Barrett, digs into the story behind Gupta, Whyalla’s so-called “saviour of steel”. |
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| Not the news | | While loving their kids, this parent of two faces a dilemma of how to navigate feelings of “deep down” regret while struggling with the burdens of childcare. Advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith suggests embracing parenthood as a “rapidly changing condition”, while reminding the asker that it’s never wise to go through difficult times alone. |
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| What’s happening today | Canberra | TheRBA governor, Michele Bullock, and senior officials will appear at a public hearing. | Sydney | The impacts of harmful pornography on mental, emotional and physical health will be examined at a hearing. |
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