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Writer / Journalist at Guardian Australia.
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This is 2026's Bad Art Friend:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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âI felt betrayed, nakedâ: did a prize-winning novelist steal a womanâs life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeriaâs brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story â and the ensuing legal battle ha...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/17/did-a-prize-winning-novelist-steal-a-woman-life-story-kamel-daoud
about 7 hours ago
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A headline for the Future Nostalgia pop girlies
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I had a very lovely day visiting Alison Lester at her home studio, meeting her animals, and chatting to her about her beloved books for our best Australian picture books poll. Now everyone go vote for Kissed By The Moon
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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Inside the idyllic studio of Alison Lester: âEverything I do looks a bit like a stuffed toyâ
The doyenne of Australian picture books talks about her creative process, the âwild and woollyâ place that inspired Magic Beach â and how a favourite idea was sketched on an aeroplane sick bag
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/03/australian-childrens-author-illustrator-alison-lester-studio-interview
15 days ago
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"The raison dâĂȘtre of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesnât have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of 'social cohesion' is propaganda."
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writersâ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
about 1 month ago
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About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change.
@regedahmad.bsky.social
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@donnadlu.bsky.social
discuss the anxiety â shared by many â about starting a family as global temperatures rise.
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The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis â podcast
Parents now have something else to consider when deciding to have a baby â what the future holds as global temperatures rise. The climate, environment and science assistant editor, Donna Lu, speaks to...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/jan/12/having-children-climate-crisis-full-story-podcast
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Takes time to verify these things and find out, which
@donnadlu.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anna Merlan
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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
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Well this is pretty wild [đ]
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The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/china-virologist-li-meng-yan-coronavirus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.608.Z0WH.DR9YWJQJzKpo&smid=url-share
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In an investigation into unapproved injectable peptides,
@arielbogle.bsky.social
and I looked into the influencers promoting them on social media, and websites claiming to sell these experimental drugs for âresearch purposesâ. Our piece came out over the weekend:
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âNot approved for human useâ: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia
Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/06/not-approved-for-human-use-the-online-frenzy-for-injectable-peptides-sweeping-australia
2 months ago
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Professor Euan Ritchie
3 months ago
Feral pigs are a massive issue across Australia. They can cause tremendous damage to environments, wildlife and cultural sites. And, like many invasive species, government funding of their control and eradication is grossly insufficient.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
By
@donnadlu.bsky.social
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Rainforests, rivers and sacred sites are being âripped to shredsâ by feral pigs, Queensland traditional owners warn
Destruction wrought by swine-borne disease is thinning the canopy of bunya pine forests and the problem is getting worse, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/30/feral-pigs-queensland-rainforests-rivers-sacred-sites
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Adam Morton
3 months ago
Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses âmajor riskâ to NT water supply by
@donnadlu.bsky.social
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Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses âmajor riskâ to NT water supply
Fossil fuel company plans to expand exploration in Beetaloo basin
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/27/santos-gas-plan-beetaloo-basin-northern-territory-fracking-fears
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Adam Morton
3 months ago
Deal done. More coverage to come.
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/27/labor-strikes-deal-with-greens-to-pass-long-awaited-overhaul-of-nature-protection-laws
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I took a look at the blue fabric dye RFK Jr, Joe Rogan et al have been chugging:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Does methylene blue really have wellness benefits or will it just leave you with the blues? | Antiviral
The fabric dye is popular in wellness circles, with a laundry list of claimed benefits â but it also carries serious risks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/25/methylene-blue-wellness-benefits-risks-safety-controversy
3 months ago
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"Evidence we do have suggests that values of care make women much more open to the alarming nature of the scientific evidence and the visceral impact that weather events have on people."
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Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds
More than a third of Coalition voters believe temperatures will not rise at all, poll shows
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/10/climate-change-women-hesitant-to-have-children-australia
3 months ago
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Dr. Viktor Baranovđ§ȘđŠđđȘČ
3 months ago
very nice coverage of our Telmatomyia discovery and lovely background on Robert Beattie, who have found the
#fossil
, by
@donnadlu.bsky.social
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@theguardian.com
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Retired Australian teacher discovers the oldest fossil of its kind in southern hemisphere â and a new species
Robert Beattie, 82, has found specimens of a 151m-year-old midge that challenge what we know about how the insects evolved
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/09/retired-australian-teacher-discovers-new-fossil-species-oldest-in-southern-hemisphere
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Svetlana Stankovic
4 months ago
Hello,
@australia.theguardian.com
is looking for 800 word opinion pieces that can run any time over the summer months. They can be funny, serious, sad, thoughtful, uplifting... Surprise us! If you have an idea you'd like to pitch, email
[email protected]
with SUMMER PITCH in the subject
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"In his only interview before next monthâs Cop30 climate summit, AntĂłnio Guterres acknowledged it is now 'inevitable' that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with 'devastating consequences' for the world."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âChange course nowâ: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: âDevastating consequencesâ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says AntĂłnio Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/change-course-now-humanity-has-missed-15c-climate-target-says-un-head
4 months ago
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Guardian Australia
4 months ago
Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral
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Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral
Oils, creams and lotions with names like âmummyâs tummyâ, âbump loveâ and âbelly butterâ abound * Read more in the Antiviral series Pregnancy can be a trying time: you canât tell whether youâre nauseous or hungry, your body is working at close to the sustainable limit of human endurance, your organs are rearranging to make space for a growing alien. There are myriad indignities: nosebleeds, swelling feet, back pain, and, if youâre unlucky, ceaseless vomiting that goes âfull Tarantinoâ. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/pregnancy-skincare-products-target-women-vulnerable-time-truth-myths?CMP=aus_bsky
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Jonathan Cook
4 months ago
Study in the Lancet journal finds that Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza has left 55,000 children under the age of five acutely malnourished, risking long-term health damage.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024âAugust, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study
After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an ...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01820-3/abstract
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steph harmon
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Peter Combe goes hard: âChildren are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years. Our ability to ignore it astounds me. You can talk to any NGO, they all say the same thing â itâs a genocide ... I hope people arenât surprised I feel the way I do."
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
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The passion â and politics â of Peter Combe: âChildren are wonderful critics because theyâre very intolerantâ
Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple ⊠the childrenâs entertainer who has sold more than 1m albums and DVDs reflects on his 40-year career, childhood and speaking up
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/13/peter-combe-entertainer-interview-children-wonderful-critics
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Nick Evershed!?
4 months ago
Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead
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V happy to say I'm now assistant climate, environment and science editor
@australia.theguardian.com
, back working with the best team ie
@adammorton.bsky.social
@readfearn.bsky.social
@lisacox.bsky.social
@petrastock.bsky.social
! Pls get in touch with tips/pitches (& ways to ensure a tawny BOTY win)!
4 months ago
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8 months ago
On ghouls, a triple murder, tragedy
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Australian mushroom murders: Erin Patterson guilty verdict ends weeks of laborious detail and ghoulish fascination
Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, killing three
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/07/erin-patterson-trial-australian-mushroom-murders-guilty-verdict-ghoulish-fascination-ntwnfb
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As good a week as any to mention that I have started a stint as an assistant news editor in the Melbourne bureau
@australia.theguardian.com
đ€ Please get in touch if you spot things we should be covering
9 months ago
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Josh Taylor
10 months ago
@donnadlu.bsky.social
got to the bottom of why Kaitlyn Dever's Australian accent in Apple Cider Vinegar was so good.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Are actors getting better (and âbett-ahâ) at Australian accents?
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI â or something else?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/03/are-actors-getting-better-and-bett-ah-at-australian-accents?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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For the culture desk, I wrote about why American and British actors no longer seem to butcher (or butch-ah) the Australian accent
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Are actors getting better (and âbett-ahâ) at Australian accents?
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI â or something else?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/03/are-actors-getting-better-and-bett-ah-at-australian-accents?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
10 months ago
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The social, successful and the supernatural: I wrote about charisma and why having it depends on who you ask
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The social, successful and the supernatural: what makes a politician charismatic?
Is Anthony Albanese charismatic? Peter Dutton? Charisma has been linked to electoral victory (just ask Bob Hawke), but defining it can be difficult
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/27/the-social-successful-and-the-supernatural-what-makes-a-politician-charismatic?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
10 months ago
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"I always thought space travel was futuristic, but this was the first time it came off as travelling back in time, in this case using their little capsule to take us back to the most ludicrous inanities of 2010s girlboss feminism."
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Whatâs more vacuous than an endless vacuum? Itâs Lauren SĂĄnchez and Katy Perryâs party in space | Marina Hyde
The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/lauren-sanchez-katy-perry-space-blue-origin-female-flight
10 months ago
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Adam Morton
11 months ago
Guardian Australia has launched a series about nature and threatened species. It's called Last Chance: The extinction crisis the Australian federal election is ignoring. Includes videos, news and comment pieces. Here's a preview of what it's about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...
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Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQIgNvFL0
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Mark Chadbourn
11 months ago
I think I missed some. But hereâs a fun fact: the Heard and Macdonald Islands are uninhabited. The tariff is on penguins.
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ARC Tracker
11 months ago
Guardian Australia
@australia.theguardian.com
reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. Thereâs concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By
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Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn
Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/31/changes-to-arc-grants-will-make-it-harder-for-australia-to-combat-trump-chaos-researchers-warn
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Guardian Australia
11 months ago
Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs
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Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs
Research finds people with self-declared gluten sensitivity experienced symptoms whether or not they ate gluten * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast People who report being gluten intolerant but do not have coeliac disease may be experiencing gut symptoms unrelated to gluten intake, new research suggests. A study involving individuals with self-reported gluten sensitivity has found that they experienced gut symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain regardless of whether or not they consumed gluten. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/27/gluten-intolerant-intolerance-non-coeliac-disease?CMP=aus_bsky
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Dave Earley
11 months ago
Marina Hyde in form. "They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus" "Hegsethâs sole comment on the bed he and the guys just shat was to attack the man to whom they personally served this scoop"
www.theguardian.com/...
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Itâs war and peace with Donald and Pete â and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
We absolutely wonât tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/pete-hegseth-journalist-group-chat-leak-war-donald-trump
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Bec Shaw
11 months ago
My column this week is about how fucking BAD the body image/fatphobic vibes are at the moment and how other people need to engage before it destroys us all. I donât ever insist you read my stuff but Iâd love you to read this one
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The thin-obsessed world is growing more vicious by the minute. But fat people arenât going anywhere | Rebecca Shaw
Itâs time to open up your big fat mouths and push back against fatphobia
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/the-thin-obsessed-world-is-growing-more-vicious-by-the-minute-but-fat-people-arent-going-anywhere
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Adam Morton
11 months ago
Trump cuts to have âchilling effectâ on climate science and âdegradeâ Australiaâs ability to forecast weather - by
@donnadlu.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Trump cuts to have âchilling effectâ on climate science and âdegradeâ Australiaâs ability to forecast weather
Australian meteorologists and scientists will be affected by mass firings at Noaa, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/17/trump-cuts-to-have-chilling-effect-on-climate-science-and-degrade-australias-ability-to-forecast-weather
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Australian scientists and weather forecasters rely on US data and models â NOAA cuts will have a âchilling effectâ on climate science and may impact Australiaâs ability to accurately predict our future climate, scientists told me
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Trump cuts to have âchilling effectâ on climate science and âdegradeâ Australiaâs ability to forecast weather
Australian meteorologists and scientists will be affected by mass firings at Noaa, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/17/trump-cuts-to-have-chilling-effect-on-climate-science-and-degrade-australias-ability-to-forecast-weather?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
11 months ago
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Shelley Hepworth
11 months ago
As the federal election approaches, our new podcast series explores how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has - listen to the teaser:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great - podcast
Reged Ahmad speaks to Sarah Martin, senior correspondent and the host of our new podcast series, Gina, about who Gina Rinehart is and what she wants
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2025/mar/17/gina-the-billionaire-who-wants-to-make-australia-great-full-story-podcast-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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From
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: "17 cities across the globe have been hit by climate whiplash, suffering more frequent extremes of both wet and dry conditions" â including Hangzhou, Jakarta, Dallas, Baghdad, Bangkok, Nairobi and Melbourne
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âGlobal weirdingâ: climate whiplash hitting worldâs biggest cities, study reveals
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/global-weirding-climate-whiplash-hitting-worlds-biggest-cities-study-reveals
11 months ago
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This piece from Joe Hinchliffe is beautifully poignant and so quintessentially Queensland
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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Fallen trees, howling wind and drunken parrots: bracing for Alfred, I remember another Queensland cyclone
Category-four Larry crossed the coast near Innisfail on 20 March 2006. It blew hurricane-force winds over 200km/hour and we had the eye pass directly over us
https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/fallen-trees-howling-wind-and-drunken-parrots-bracing-for-alfred-i-remember-another-queensland-cyclone?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
12 months ago
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âWhile women do significantly more paid work than they used to, this divide of unpaid work at home has not changed significantly since we started measuring in 2002.â đ By
@caitkelly.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Australian men doing no more housework than they were 20 years ago â still 50% less than women
Men do an average of 12.8 hours a week, while women do 18.4 hours, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/australian-men-housework-statistics-domestic-labour-hilda-data?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
12 months ago
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No Other Land directors criticise US as they accept documentary Oscar: âUS foreign policy is helping block the pathâ to peace
Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and Sugarcane
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/no-other-land-wins-best-documentary-feature-oscar
12 months ago
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Calla Wahlquist
12 months ago
The first thing I have read or heard from a sitting MP that echoes the concerns and conversations Iâve been having everywhere, with everyone, unprompted, for weeks now.
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Australiaâs key ally has gone rogue â and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a plan B | Zoe Daniel
The president has trashed the longstanding principle of collective security with Nato. How can we be confident the US will continue to be our defensive shield?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/australias-key-ally-has-gone-rogue-and-trump-has-us-expertly-wedged-we-need-a-plan-b?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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From
@louiseadler1.bsky.social
: "The long-term sustainability of arts organisations is under threat, once again, from a lack of funding, poor governance, declining and ageing audiences and a lack of courageous leadership."
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From Creative Australia to Sydney writersâ festival, the direct threat facing the arts is coming from within | Louise Adler
In this adapted extract from Whatâs the Big Idea? Louise Adler looks at the failure of Australian cultural leaders shying from risk and artistic vision â and letting the tail wag the dog
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/25/whats-the-big-idea-extract-louise-adler-creative-australia
12 months ago
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Nour Haydar
12 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.
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âThis is censorshipâ: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia
Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited âhigh levelâ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/20/palestinian-flags-covered-nga-gallery-exhibition-ntwnfb
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Antiviral, our column that fact checks health and wellness claims, is back! New from me: âGroundingâ proponents say it helps us realign with the Earthâs electric charge â but the claims donât land
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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âGroundingâ proponents say it helps us realign with the Earthâs electric charge â but the claims donât land | Antiviral
Experts say the few scientific papers published about grounding â which can include walking barefoot outdoors or lying on the ground â lack scientific rigour
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/19/grounding-proponents-say-it-helps-us-realign-with-the-earths-electric-charge-but-the-claims-dont-land
12 months ago
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This sounds excellent â can't wait to read when it comes out in Aus
@madeleinewatts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
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Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts review â powerful, poignant and suffused with millennial dread
A young couple encounter catastrophic fires and ruined rivers on a California road trip, searching for art and hope in a darkening world
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/18/elegy-southwest-book-review-madeleine-watts
about 1 year ago
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This thread, and all of Nour's reporting on the issue, is well worth reading
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Adam Morton
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Large areas of WAâs Ningaloo corals could die in âweeks aheadâ after widespread bleaching documented by
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Large areas of WAâs Ningaloo corals could die in âweeks aheadâ after widespread bleaching documented
Conservationists call for urgent government action as prolonged heatwave affects renowned reef, including Turquoise Bay, Tantabiddi and Bundegi
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/18/wa-ningaloo-coral-bleaching?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Paul Harland
about 1 year ago
Memories emerge earlier in some cultures than others, but researchers have long puzzled over our inability to recall events before two or three years of age...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Why canât we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?
Memories emerge earlier in some cultures than others, but researchers have long puzzled over our inability to recall events before two or three years of age
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/16/why-cant-we-remember-our-lives-as-babies-or-toddlers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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El Gibbs
about 1 year ago
folks in my town talked about these fires again after the recent LA fires - getting my tax done, and my accountant wanted to share stories of what happened in Dargan. the scars, trauma is still so close, the bush and forest barely recovering five years later
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