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Monday
15 June 2020
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Case against editor of influential news website - who faces up to six years in prison - condemned as ‘a sinister action’
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Former Reuters journalist Dean Yates was in charge of the bureau in Baghdad when his Iraqi colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh were killed. A WikiLeaks video called Collateral Murder later revealed details of their death
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Government TV ad is latest in a series of striking public service announcements using humour to tackle tricky subjects
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Black Lives Matter protests
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Black man, 27, died from blood loss and organ injuries from two shots to the back, autopsy finds
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Message to Daniel Cameron highlights fact that officers involved in African American woman’s death are still employed
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One of the names chanted in the Australian protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has been David Dungay. The eerie similarities between his case and the death of Floyd have brought his death in 2015 back into the spotlight. Both men were held down before they died, both cried ‘I can’t breathe’. Miles Herbert looks back at the death of David Dungay Jnr
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Photo of Patrick Hutchinson coming to the man’s aid went viral after Saturday’s protests
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What can be done to curb the misspending of public money for personal or political gain?
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New York’s Gender and Family Project aims to support families’ immediate needs regardless of any gendered adult outcome
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If Australia wants to welcome Chinese students and the world back, it needs to reflect on the climate into which it is bringing them
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Monica and Peg’s relationship was ‘strictly taboo and vehemently condemned’, but that did not prevent them from building a life together
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The post-Covid restart of the A-League is a step closer after the FFA finalised its renumeration deal with the players’ union
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The Queen’s Club champion shares how players must accept cuts to prize money for tennis to withstand having no fans present
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It is easier now to speak out against racism in football and it was a mistake to cancel the Ligue 1 season, Cesc Fàbregas tells Vaishali Bhardwaj
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Many of our most treasured rights were won by people who knew when to stop following the rules and take to the streets
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Unofficial trails quietly carved into the landscape by people seeking shortcuts are nothing new. But lockdown has lent them a surprising new twist… By Amelia Tait
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A controversial challenge about ‘fine dining’ saw a beloved contestant kicked off with a tearful farewell: ‘You are loved. It gets better’
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Everything is fluid in the Paris apartment of an artistic director and scenographer famed in the fashion world for his visual displays
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Jeska Rees and Simon Wilson met as young idealists. Between work and family, these values weren’t always easy to maintain – but they’ve found a path that works for both of them
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The online fitness guru, keeping Britain’s children fit during lockdown, reveals the challenges in his own childhood
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Cancellation or censorship Should Chris Lilley's work and Australia's statues be gone with the wind?
Deciding what is ‘acceptable’ now, and what is not, is fraught – and somehow we need to find a way to discuss it -
Running the gamut from tragic to funny, Joyce Carol Oates’s immersive new novel is an uncomfortable snapshot of modern-day America
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The veteran civil rights campaigner on growing up in segregated America, the opportunity of the Black Lives Matter movement and what inspires her to keep fighting
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The Californian indie rocker reflects on provocative lyrics, recent collaborations and what she now thinks of Ryan Adams
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Robert Verkaik revisits aviation history and Leaf Arbuthnot casts a quiet spell
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Long-running battle ends as coronavirus takes its toll on dolphin park
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Decision to ‘relocate’ the animals comes despite species recovery plan identifying such tactics as significant threat
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Poll finds less support for extending wage subsidy and supplement among Coalition voters
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Prime minister announces fast-tracked infrastructure projects while opposition leader calls for progressive tax system
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Attendees at Saturday campaign rally over which Tulsa health director expresses concern will have to sign waiver
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Trump didn’t want to ‘fall for the Fake News to have fun with’ as speculation about his health has dogged his time in office
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Exclusive: Brussels officials feared disclosing Zagreb’s lack of commitment to monitoring would cause ‘scandal’
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Stacey Abrams and Keisha Lance Bottoms are among candidates being considered to be Joe Biden’s running mate
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Above-average rainfall across New South Wales has brought hope to rural communities suffering through the most intense drought in living memory.
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The photojournalist Margaret Mitchell documents the work of Michael, who helps distribute essential food and supplies to those living on the street and in temporary accommodation in Edinburgh
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Laura Barton has always known that she wanted to have children. After years of miscarriages, and a breakup from her partner last year, she decided to embark on solo IVF. In early March, as the world shut down, she found herself flying to Crete to undergo treatment
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Lima cleric covers walls and pews with thousands of photographs while criticising health system ‘based on business and not on mercy’
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This week, Katharine Murphy speaks with Labor senator Pat Dodson about Indigenous deaths in custody and the Black Lives Matter protests being held across Australia
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This year, Howell celebrates 50 years in design, from postwar austerity and men’s shirts for women to becoming a British national treasure
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