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Friday
14 October 2022
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As thousands fled their homes, many sat in darkness, reading with sandbags and shovels to fight the rain -
Sydney’s Inner West council aims to train 1,000 people for a civic education program that could become a model for other jurisdictions
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Higgins resumes giving evidence in trial of Bruce Lehrmann, who has pleaded not guilty -
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Over-by-over report: Will England complete a clean sweep in the final match of the series in Canberra? Join Tim de Lisle
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Nobody knows what this critical piece of climate policy is because it is BORING -
The actor notorious for playing sardonic oddballs on loving Danny DeVito, keeping up with her Parks and Rec co-stars and why she’s nowhere near as kooky in real life
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I know a runner, a fighter, a coach are still in me. But I don’t feel like her any more -
Normally in facial reconstructive surgery they use the working bones as support, but in my case there weren’t any
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2 out of 5 stars.
Shantaram review Eat Pray Love with added hunk? Disappointingly not
2 out of 5 stars.
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Deputy PM says residents will be helped to move away from southern Ukrainian region partly occupied by invaders -
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Powerful images from the internationally renowned photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind, made during her time in Ukraine between 2014 and June 2022, document the devastating reality of living amid conflict
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The coach’s dismissal caught most analysts off guard although the least surprised was likely a supporter base at its wits end -
David Warner’s lifetime leadership ban is closer to being overturned after Cricket Australia proposed to amend its code of conduct
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Australia fell to an opening defeat against a fully professional New Zealand side but gave a hint they can mix it with the best -
In a bubble away from contract negotiations and negative media, culture is blending this team of stars into a star team
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When I was younger, I would shout back at the public repudiation of my body. But I am tired now, and don’t have as much energy to continue to fight -
Just as the rest of the world is turning its back on free-market economics, we have a purist in No 10, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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Do you want a ritual defined by the absence of settling down, asks advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, or just one without its trappings? -
By avoiding a situation that would evoke minor social embarrassment I have contorted myself into a much bigger and much more complicated situation
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Findings by Cambridge researchers raise possibility of early interventions for those at risk -
A Brexit-voting diplomat and a remainer NHS worker lock horns over social justice – but will they agree on the ills of social media? -
There is indeed a correlation between Covid cases and the number of reviews complaining that Yankee Candles don’t have a smell, research shows -
Daring to create patterns over the whole eyelid is a bold look … if you can pull it off
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4 out of 5 stars.
Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company
After being scuppered by a snap lockdown in 2021, Gay’s highly anticipated take is here -
Burns’ raw account of being passed between family and foster carers in the welfare-class neighbourhoods of Adelaide reveals a confronting truth -
The Tarnanthi art fair this weekend is selling works from $40 to $15,000, gathered from more than 50 art centres around Australia. And all you have to do is log on
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The Black Adam star has hinted at attempting the ultimate display of fan service – but the two franchises couldn’t be a worse match -
4 out of 5 stars.
She Said review A stirring drama about the fall of Harvey Weinstein
4 out of 5 stars.The film adaptation of New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s book offers sensitive, resonant recent history -
4 out of 5 stars.
The 1975: Being Funny in a Foreign Language review A surprising but welcome paring back
4 out of 5 stars.The band have given up irony and bombast in favour of heartfelt snapshots of millennial life – though, as ever, frontman Matty Healy can’t quite resist going too far
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Confidant of Higgins tells court he told an adviser about alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, with her permission. Lehrmann denies the charge -
A majority aren’t familiar with the term for non-consensual removal of condom during sex, a criminal act in four jurisdictions, so reporting is low
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Regional development minister Catherine King says uncontracted funding awarded by the Coalition is being heavily scrutinised -
Advocates say it should be a ‘source of great shame’ that one in eight people live in poverty in such a wealthy country -
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Residents of outback town where population has more than halved hope the project will change their future -
After the departure of a local doctor, Quirindi aged care will have to turn residents away, threatening the centre’s viability -
Agriculture giant retaliates to action by Electrical Trades Union in Bomaderry over enterprise agreement negotiations -
Use of toxins must be justified, but the sad reality is a similarly effective alternative to the lethal pesticide doesn’t exist
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Devastating testimony, nearly all from Republicans, will have given attorney general Merrick Garland plenty of food for thought -
Family of Ann King, 88, hid camera in room at Reigate Grange in Surrey amid concerns about her welfare
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Conspiracy theorist has routinely claimed that he does not have the money to pay the large damages that he now owes -
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Secondary school competition ‘did not demonstrate the relevance to the contemporary art context of Aotearoa’
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Parts of Victoria, NSW and Tasmania have been inundated, with thousands of people forced to evacuate from flooded homes -
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures
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In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about Ruby the Roo, tourism and how the world sees Australia -
Awash with light, boasting river views and fresh air indoors, this tall-chimneyed, Tudor-tinged book-lovers’ paradise in Cambridge is a worthy winner of the RIBA Stirling prize -
The prime minister and her chancellor have had quite an effect on our money -
From brawls in the office to the birth of New Journalism, Paul Gorman talks us through his new book on the history of music mags
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