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Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low

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I’ve read this picture book so many times – but only 25 years later do I really understand it | Lenore Taylor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a favourite when my son was small. Now my father’s in a nursing home – and Mem Fox’s book remains a balm

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This is why I’m voting for Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge in the favourite children’s picture book poll

The Liberals’ fatal flaw was becoming Nationals-lite. Here’s how they can come back from the brink | Tony Barry If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats

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Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

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The 16-month battle to reveal the truth about Sydney Water’s poo balls After debris balls closed Sydney beaches in October 2024, Guardian Australia reported they could be linked to sewage outfalls. Authorities were less keen to talk

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Turnbull urges Albanese to acknowledge new global political reality under ‘bully’ Trump Exclusive: Former PM says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward

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Oh it's there - there are 50 on the voting list

ICYMI, since I posted very late Friday night (and am back at work today after three weeks off), @australia.theguardian.com was the 4th biggest news website in Australia in December

Australia’s best picture book: voting now open in Guardian Australia poll It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll works

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It's hot. The news cycle is pretty bleak. We're covering all of that. But ALSO we have this joyful happy poll about Australia's favourite children's picture books. There are so many to choose from. I've written about my favourite for later in the week....

New poo balls on Sydney beaches after revelation of huge fatberg stuck in treatment plant Exclusive: Sydney Water erects sign at Malabar beach near wastewater facility stating ‘do not touch any debris … we are cleaning the area’

They're back

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Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over last year, report shows Data collected by Oxfam shows 48 billionaires hold more wealth than bottom 40% of the population – 11 million people – combined

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New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers Climate campaigners have complained to the ACCC about Aetium, saying the company failed a key global standard designed to incentivise carbon reduction

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Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

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No great options here...

‘Bizarre’ bonuses and sausage sizzles: how Australia’s outsource call centres try to lure in poorly paid workers

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

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Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform? Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the site

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Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent

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My favourite story today..

Into the void: how Trump killed international law The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

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‘Pandemonium’, a woman in labour and every bandage in the clubhouse: how lifesavers became first responders in the Bondi shooting Members at two Bondi surf clubs provided shelter and first aid to hundreds during the deadly attack

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Distressing videos can have a lasting impact – here’s how to look after yourself in the wake of the Bondi attack | Ahona Guha It’s natural to want information about a traumatic event but graphic imagery can cause a significant stress response

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Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025 - podcast Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and deputy editors Patrick Keneally and Gabrielle Jackson about Labor’s ambitions, the Coalition’s existential crisis and the stories that will define...

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The last Full Story newsroom edition for 2025....

Born to run: how exercise expanded the landscape of my life and got my mind on track | Joseph Earp Running tends to get characterised as an entirely physical pursuit, which is probably why I avoided it for so long

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‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that

just 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as the entire poorest half of humanity.

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Discover Australia’s top 50 children’s picture books as nominated by Guardian readers The readers have spoken and this list of books will comprise the best Australian children’s picture books poll in a few weeks

the actual poll starts in January

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Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan Proposed plan would apply to tourists of countries not currently required to get a visa to visit the US, including Britain and France

the administration told consular officials to deny visas to anyone who might have worked in factchecking or content moderation.. accusing them...of being “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the US”.

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‘Already had a profound effect’: parents react to Australia’s social media ban We asked you to share your views on your children’s use of social media and how the ban is affecting your family. Here is what you told us

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Julie Inman Grant: Who is the Australian woman taking on the social media behemoths? She’s drawn the ire of Elon Musk, been doxed, she and her family have received death threats: The perils of overseeing the world’s first social media ban

“Targeted harassment” towards Inman Grant included 73,694 total mentions of her name or role on X on 23 April 2024 alone – the majority of which were negative.

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Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

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sponsored by Shell....

How Australia became the testing ground for a social media ban for young people From nascent policy idea in SA to passing federal parliament in just days, it’s been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December

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