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Monday13 May 2024
  • David McBride

    David McBride
    Former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents

    McBride, who had pleaded guilty to stealing commonwealth information and passing it to the ABC, receives non-parole term of 27 months
  • Independent member for Goldstein Zoe Daniel and the Independent member for Warringah Zali Steggall at parliament house in Canberra on Tuesday

    Budget day 2024 live
    Government’s DV response ‘tokenistic’, teals say; deadlock over deportation bill

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Spotlight

  • Man watching TV with remote control in hand.

    ‘My whole library is wiped out’
    What it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

    Ownership rights are buried in the fine print and downloading or buying physical copies may be the only ways to keep your favourites
  • 240514 Surplus thumbnail

    Fiona Katauskas
    Putting the surplus on a pedestal: is it really value for money?

  • Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski addresses the media during a press conference

    Full Story podcast
    Can the Queensland police service change?

    Guardian correspondent Ben Smee on the Queensland police service’s decision to sack it’s First Nations advisory group and stalled cultural reforms
  • Soft-serve chocolate ice-cream cone.

    Butt seriously
    Why you might be pooing wrong – and what to do about it

    All things must pass! But there’s a medical consensus about how much time a healthy person should spend on the commode
    • Judi Dench

      Judi Dench on trigger warnings
      If you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theatre

    • Melissa Noble with brother Shawn, pictured 2023 at brother Michael's wedding

      ‘Same large forehead. Similar nose. Dad’s bulging calves’
      The day I met my long-lost brother

    • Man wearing cap, leather jacket and white T-shirt

      Not Like Us
      Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track debuts at number one in the US

    • black and white photo of a man and woman cuddling

      ‘I often say the journey time is longer’
      How to make sex after 50 work for you

Sport
  • Ali Brigginshaw and her Queensland teammates celebrate with the Women’s State of Origin trophy

    Women’s rugby league needs its own ‘Matildas effect’. State of Origin could be the catalyst

    Ali Brigginshaw
    The passion for the game is there and the quality of play has never been higher. Now the fans need to buy into 2024’s three-game series
  • Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham v Burnley

    Football
    Postecoglou wants his Tottenham to win even if it helps Arsenal

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Opinion
  • Zoe Williams

    Britain's birth trauma scandal is not about one bad apple, one bad culture or one bad area – it’s about the mess of austerity

    Zoe Williams
  • GWS players run out for a match at Giants stadium

    From memes to sports betting, AFL clubs blur the line between big business and fun

    Brandon Jack
    The clubs’ social media teams create a fun, likable voice for fans online. But there is a business beneath all this – or rather, enmeshed with it – that needs to function
    • A large crowd of people marching and waving Israeli flags and placards, one of which reads: "Every day I'm losing my mind."

      Israeli public opinion is shifting on the Gaza war – but this may make Netanyahu even more reckless

      Meron Rapoport
    • Nesrine Malik

      Cries of defiance are all Palestinians and their supporters have left to keep hope alive

      Nesrine Malik
    • Deaf people gather outside the Palace of Westminster - during a second reading of a bill to declare British Sign Language (BSL) an official language of the United Kingdom, 26 January 2022.

      A ‘miracle cure’ for deafness? For people like me, here’s why that isn’t our dream

      Oliver-James Campbell
    • Rishi Sunak delivering a speech on national security

      Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ years lie ahead, warns Sunak. It’s cheap politics from a floundering PM

      Simon Jenkins

Lifestyle
  • Human brain scan in a neurology clinic

    Neuroscience rethink
    Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests

    Finding that clearance of fluid in mice brains is lower in sleep and anaesthesia runs counter to dominant view in neuroscience
  • BUTTERMERE, 21 June 2021 - Five frriends making their longest swim on the longest day, the 1.24 mile length of Buttermere in the Lake District. Christopher Thomond for The Guardian.

    What if HRT isn’t right for me? And is cold-water swimming really the answer to everything?
    Your menopause questions answered

  • ‘It’s such a joyous experience’ … Margaret Bending.

    A new start after 60
    I’ve been a rocket scientist and a teacher – but I love being an actor

  • a collage of photos of Kayla King, including pictures from her tiktok and pictures of her with her fiance

    The truth about weddings
    The bride-to-be proving you don’t have to be an influencer to get free stuff

  • collage of pictures showing ricky, kelsey and lauren davis

    Alcoholism
    Is it right to force someone into rehab? The man whose life inspired a landmark US law

  • ‘I can action that for you going forward, my little summer squash.’

    Spice up your spreadsheets!
    Should you run your relationship like a business?

Culture
  • Hair Pieces installation view, Heide Museum of Modern Art, photograph: Clytie Meredith

    Hairy, scary and extraordinary
    A playful, brutal show for art made from – and about – hair

  • ‘He showed me the studio could be approached like a guitar or any other instrument’ … Albini at Electrical Audio.

    ‘He’d offset the intensity by setting his feet on fire’
    PJ Harvey, Mogwai and more on Steve Albini

    Artists from the Wedding Present to Sunn O))) and Jon Spencer recall a kind yet acerbic genius who was a true champion of artists’ intentions – and a fiend for chocolate Hobnobs
  • A black and white image of Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May either standing against or sitting on a wooden fence.

    Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and my mum
    My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray review

    The British novelist’s first memoir is a sublime account of famed Welsh music studio Rockfield, where her indomitable mother ruled the kitchen in the 70s and rock’n’rollers were great fun – and infuriating
  • Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse at the Brit Awards 2008.

    ‘I don’t think it’s going to do well'
    The Zutons on Valerie – and Mark Ronson on covering it with Amy Winehouse

  • Job on the line … Annie (Katherine Devlin)

    Air punch moments, and a killer cliffhanger
    Blue Lights recap: series two, episode five

  • Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley.

    ‘Unanimous victory seemed certain’
    The biggest mistakes from the 2024 TV Baftas

  • Steve Buscemi.

    Steve Buscemi
    Actor assaulted in random street attack in New York City

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  • Treasurer Jim Chalmers, prime minister Anthony Albanese and finance minister Katy Gallagher with the 2023-24 Australian federal budget papers today. ‘Budget discipline means we’ve found more than $77bn in savings,’ Gallagher says.

    Budget 2024
    Federal budget to remain in the black with forecast surplus of $9.3bn for 2023-24

    Jim Chalmers signals cost-of-living relief – but some question the wisdom of adopting stimulatory measures too soon
  • UK, US and Australian flags in front of the USS Ashevilla, a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered submarine, in WA

    Aukus fallout
    Australia risks being ‘world’s nuclear waste dump’ unless laws changed, critics say

  • Walter Sofronoff who headed the ACT inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann trial

    Walter Sofronoff
    ACT watchdog to investigate if former judge acted corruptly by leaking Lehrmann trial report

    Sofronoff leaked his own report to an ABC journalist and The Australian newspaper’s Janet Albrechtsen
    • ‘Bakaru Wayaparrangu’ agreement<br>Signing ceremony at Rocky Crossing, Goornong, central Victoria, marking historic ‘Bakaru Wayaparrangu’ agreement between DJAARA (the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation) and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico Eagle) operator of the Fosterville Gold Mine (FGM). Bakaru Wayaparrangu, means ‘in the middle, we all meet’ in Dja Dja Wurrung language, and the agreement is the first of its kind in Victoria between Traditional Owners and an active mining operation. Image shows (left to right) President and CEO Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd Ammar Al-Joundi, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Chairperson Rebecca Phillips, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation General Manager Cassandra Lewis and Vice President Australian Operations Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd, Ion Hann. Photo: Stuart Walmsley

      ‘Real generational uplift’
      Victorian gold mine strikes historic profit-sharing deal with traditional owners

    • Woolworths
      Shelves left bare across parts of Queensland after ‘terrible IT problem’

    • BHP
      Anglo American rejects new A$65bn offer from mining rival

    • Domestic violence
      Ankle monitors and bail crackdown among NSW's proposed law reforms

    • Emma Lovell
      Teenager sentenced to 14 years for ‘atrocious’ murder during Queensland home invasion

    • Morning Mail
      Budget’s $9.3bn surplus, BHP’s $65bn raid rejected, Trump’s ex-lawyer takes the stand

    • International student cap
      Labor’s proposal has been called ‘chaotic’ and ‘populist’ – so how would it work?

    • Toutai Kefu
      Former Wallabies star’s wife plagued by ‘graphic memories’ of Brisbane home invasion

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Around the world
  • An older white woman wearing glasses and a purple jacket stands by a window that reflects her image

    Pandemics
    Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid look ‘minor’, expert warns

    Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer
    • Mary Alice Pultz in an undated photograph.

      US
      Human remains found on Florida beach identified as woman last seen in 1968

    • Republicans
      Kristi Noem banned by two more Native tribes in South Dakota

    • ‘The whole country will strike’
      Protesters vow to keep fighting Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill

    • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
      Melinda French Gates to step down as co-chair

    • England
      Footballer raped sleeping woman and sent naked photos to team, court told

    • Canada
      Thousands evacuated as intense wildfire approaches town

    • 'Frighteningly inaccurate'
      UK health expert Tim Spector criticised for remarks on year-round use of sunscreen

    • Smiles, waves – and flashed body parts
      Video portal links Dublin and New York

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    What makes someone rich?
    Find out how your income and wealth compares

    This interactive quiz shows how your assets compare with others in Australia, your age group, your city and other demographics
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    First Dog on the Moon
    We could see the aurora happening with our very own nude eyeballs. The chickens were uncertain and clucking

  • Get aht of it … Danny Dyer and Aidan Turner

    Pucker up!
    Champagne and kisses backstage at the 2024 TV Baftas

  • Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s dire prophecies for the next five years – cartoon

    UK opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s dire prophecies for the next five years

  • On a quest for vengeance … Melinoë in Hades II.

    Games
    Hades II’s audacious, invigorating spin on Greek myth makes it worth playing right now

  • Welcome to nana land … Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden in Tuscany, which she lived in for seven years.

    Thrill me, hide me, restore me
    What can we learn about artists from their gardens?
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    US campus protests
    Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld graduation speech in Gaza protest

    Dozens leave university commencement ceremony to protest comedian, who has vocally supported Israel since 7 October
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    ‘It was a horrific night’
    30 years on from the on-set death of Brandon Lee

  • A still from the Sex and the City TV series.

    I stopped chasing the Hollywood vision of female friendship – and embraced the person I am

    Tara Judah

  • ‘We can change the arc of this story’
    John Oliver on opioid settlements

  • Analysis
    Florida is a prime example of Trump’s vice grip on state Republican parties

  • Can you solve it?
    Gems from the vault of the National Puzzlers’ League

  • ‘Everybody applauded’
    Plane makes ‘wheels-up’ emergency landing at Newcastle airport after circling for hours

  • Why are some critics vexed by Top Boy’s Baftas? Because it’s the Britain they don’t want to talk about

    Franklyn Addo

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    My giant stick insect, who ruled her empire like a spiny queen

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