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  • Independent member for Clark Andrew Wilkie

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    Australia politics live: Wilkie says government must ‘stop kowtowing to the gambling industry’ as independents push bill to ban ads

  • Curious bilby

    ‘Weird and cool’: bilby genome sequence could help to save the species

    Bilbies have the biggest genome of any marsupial, which could be down to how it evolved its incredible sense of smell
  • Travellers wait at a baggage claim carousel at Melbourne Airport

    Melbourne airport staff accused of smuggling drugs for organised crime cartels

    Dozens of workers allegedly breached security checks, and air crew also accused of stashing illegal products in false bottom suitcases

  • NSW man charged with alleged DV murder, as police investigate response time

  • Albanese stands by Fatima Payman’s suspension over Palestine ‘stunt’

  • Tell us: is your child’s Australian public school seriously in need of an upgrade?

  • Two men in critical condition after Queensland bus crash that killed three

  • 1 July changes: tax cuts, Centrelink indexation and everything else coming for 2024-25

  • Morning Mail: what next for Fatima Payman; big gains for French far-right; schools in ‘disgraceful’ disrepair

  • Electrifying the farm: ‘It could add a couple of hundred thousand to our bottom line’

Australian politics

  • Man vaping beside no smoking sign

    The sale of vapes outside pharmacies has been banned across Australia – here’s what you need to know

  • Facilities at Tagai state college on Thursday Island

    Mouldy bathrooms, broken air con and holes in the walls: new data shows Australian public school facilities in rapid decline

  • Max Chandler-Mather

    Negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to cost Australian budget $165bn over 10 years, analysis reveals

  • Labor senator Fatima Payman

    Fatima Payman leaves Labor with little choice after vowing to cross floor again

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Opinion & analysis

  • Ribbons tied on the fence outside St Patrick’s Cathedral to represent survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy

    Ballarat’s history of sexual abuse is an enduring wound. How can we heal together?

    Dellaram Vreeland
  • A woman and a cat warming themselves in front of an electric heater

    If you’re cold and miserable this winter in your freezing Australian home, try this fun game

    Deirdre Fidge
  • Supporters at the Yes to Marriage Equality Rally in Adelaide

    History shows Australian laws have left minorities marginalised. A Human Rights Act would help fix that

    Michael Kirby
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Perimenopause finally gets more attention – because there’s something in it for men

    Arwa Mahdawi
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Video

  • 'Julian plans to swim in the ocean every day,' says Stella Assange after husband freed – video

  • State department official Matthew Miller says the WikiLeaks founder 'put the lives of our partners, our allies and our diplomats at risk'

    Julian Assange put people in danger, US state department says after his release – video

    State department official Matthew Miller says the WikiLeaks founder 'put the lives of our partners, our allies and our diplomats at risk'
  • Wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asks for privacy after his arrival in Australia following plea deal

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    Stella Assange asks for time to ‘let our family be a family’ after husband's release – video

    Wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asks for privacy after his arrival in Australia following plea deal
  • Australian prime minister says he had 'very warm discussion' with WikiLeaks founder after his arrival in the country

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    Assange 'generous in praise' of Australia's effort to secure his release, says Albanese – video

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in his home country of Australia after years fighting a legal battle

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    Moment Julian Assange gets off plane as he arrives in Australia – video

  • Greens senator asked whether environment minister cares more about 'letting Gina Rinehart profit from another climate-wrecking coal seam gas mine or protecting our endangered koalas'

    Labor defends approval of Gina Rinehart-backed gas project in Senate – video

  • Australian legal adviser says Assange's prosecution 'should be of concern to journalists everywhere'

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    US prosecution of Julian Assange 'sets dangerous precedent', says lawyer Jennifer Robinson – video

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