Mike Kalenderian

An ‘impossible’ situation or ‘unhinged’ police? Inside the chaos at Sydney’s anti-Herzog protest Police have defended their actions after Monday’s protest. Here’s how the night played out

Read this chronological breakdown that takes you moment by moment through what happened at Monday night’s protest, by @jordynbeazley.bsky.social and Stephen Byrne

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Pepper spray and questionable police tactics: how a Sydney protest ended in chaos

Scenes from the anti-Herzog protest in Sydney last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8sJ...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Alison Lester finds out Magic Beach is Australia's favourite picture book

ICYMI: After 105,177 votes cast, @australia.theguardian.com readers chose Alison Lester's Magic Beach as the best Australian children's picture book of all time. Deputy Culture Editor Sian Cain revealed the news to Alison first:

YouTube video by Guardian Australia How an artist is transforming three tonnes of flowers to memorialise the Bondi victims

Here’s how an artist - with the help of dozens of volunteers - is turning three tonnes of flowers into an artwork memorialising the Bondi victims:

Back on deck today.

YouTube video by Guardian Australia What Victoria’s historic apology means to First Nations people

Victoria’s state apology to First Nations people happened earlier this week. First Nations elders and community leaders in attendance spoke with Guardian Australia about the significance of the apology, and what makes this different from other apologies made before:

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Ezra is a teen quadriplegic. He says Australia’s social media ban will make him lonelier

Now 15 and living as a quadriplegic, Ezra says social media made him feel less isolated, allowing him to connect with friends and people around the world who share his interests and experiences. Watch our video:

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Are Australian kids breaking the law if they sneak onto social media?

Does Australia’s social media ban mean kids aged under 16 (or their parents) will get in legal trouble for circumventing it? Whether you’re a parent of a child, or a child watching this on a VPN, Matilda Boseley is here to clear some misinformation up:

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Police can now search anyone in Melbourne's CBD without a warrant. How?

For the first time, Victoria police are using a new law to the maximum extent allowed. For six months, police will be able to conduct pat-downs and search vehicles for weapons without a warrant within 10 sq km of inner Melbourne. Victorian state correspondent @benitakolovos.bsky.social explains:

Can only assume NYC media editors demanding Mamdani’s take on Meadow Lane

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Learning to handle the world's most venomous snake

There's a reported boom in people becoming certified venomous snake handlers, so @sanjanajose.bsky.social went to film reporter Joe Hinchcliffe finding out firsthand what sort of training you get to handle some of the most dangerous snakes in the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeWw...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Voting is open in the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll. Here's how to vote

It's that time of the (every second) year: the Bird of the Year poll is open for voting! Here is a brilliant video launching the vote — if you watch REALLY CLOSELY you might work out who @matildaboseley.bsky.social is voting for this year:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30D...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Have men really stopped reading? The devil's in the data

Recent media coverage claims 'Australians, especially men, are reading less' and 'young men have stopped reading books'. But is that true? Guardian Australia's data editor @nickevershed.bsky.social looked into the data and came back with this factcheck: youtu.be/iThBQ91mnlk

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Is Aukus a $368bn fix for Australia's problems, or will it create more headaches?

Is Aukus a $368bn solution for Australia, or will it only serve to create more headaches? A deep-dive of an explainer (pun intended) into the Aukus agreement, with Ben Doherty: youtu.be/KsC0rqWkaw4

Qantas frequent flyer points devalued as airline rolls out changes to loyalty program Airline tries to soften blow by releasing 400,000 new Classic Reward seats across its international and domestic flights

Suddenly thinking perhaps putting all my super into Qantas points wasn’t such a good idea

Please, show some respect

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Booklovers form human chain to move Melbourne's oldest bookshop one item at a time

In a change of pace, a lovely video today featuring the hundreds of volunteers who got together to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop, Hill of Content, move thousands of books to its new location down the road. @caitkelly.bsky.social was there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yc...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia What are your rights to protest in NSW and how have they changed?

With new laws affecting the right to protest in NSW, some experts are saying the state now has the most severe anti-protest regime in the country. So what are NSW's anti-protest laws, and how have they changed? @jordynbeazley.bsky.social explains:
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YouTube video by Guardian Australia Rare earths: how these critical minerals impact Australian industry and global politics

How are tiny magnets shaping tariffs, the future of Australia's mining industry and the ongoing trade battle between China and the US? Matilda Boseley takes a look at those earths which are rare (rare earths): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ68...

Australian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content

The govt is making announcements around fighting antisemitism today but the politicians and lots of departments are still posting on X, and have paid X millions in taxpayer $$$ for ads.

Hard to see after yesterday's Grok incident what the justification now is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

One report, 33 recommendations, but Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings draw on centuries of pain The conclusions of coroner Elisabeth Armitage on how similar deaths could be prevented reflect the impact of colonial massacres and domestic abuse

Spent yesterday in Yuendumu, a place I’d wrote about and thought about for the past five years but never visited

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I love the internet

This was a fun day at work. More here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... via @australia.theguardian.com

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Eight storeys beneath Melbourne: first look inside the city's new metro stations

ICYMI on the weekend — Vic correspondent @benitakolovos.bsky.social got a first look inside Melbourne's newest metro stations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaa...

A generation of ‘virgins’ is leading America’s next sexual revolution Although gen Z may be getting laid less than their elders, they’re resisting older definitions of sex and gender – in the face of the right’s bid for bodily control

Congrats to @cartersherman.bsky.social whose new book is out now, and you should read this extract: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Bougainvilleans went to war to shut down the Panguna mine. Why do some want it reopened?

Bougainville fought a war to shut down Panguna mine. Now, with the goal of achieving independence from PNG, many want the mine to be reopened. Reporting by Ben Doherty:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryT...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Closing arguments conclude in Australia's mushroom trial as jury deliberation approaches

The jury in the trial of Erin Patterson is beginning deliberations as the mushroom lunch trial enters its 10th week. Here's our video from last week, recapping the closing arguments from both sides, hosted by courts and justice reporter @ninobucci.bsky.social :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarS...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia Australia's mushroom trial update: lead detective and mycologists among witnesses called

As the Erin Patterson trial nears its end,
@ninobucci.bsky.social walks us through what's been happening in court in the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUL...

YouTube video by Guardian Australia A major decision on a Woodside gas plant's future hinges on WA rock art

A decision on whether to extend a Woodside gas facility until 2070 is expected any day now. As @adammorton.bsky.social explains, the decision won't factor in climate concerns, only what local pollution means for the globally significant collection of rock art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVsA...

Screenshot of product pricing advertising item for $38.99, $0.01 Off RRP, "Don't Pay RRP: $39.00"

I'm what you might call a 'savvy consumer'. Only losers pay the RRP