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Tuesday10 September 2024
  • Anthony Albanese during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.

    Australia politics live
    Question time under way; Greens senator urges Chalmers to override RBA and cut interest rates

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  • Aerial view of the township of Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains.

    Breaking news
    Two children found dead in Blue Mountains home with woman in hospital under police guard

  • A schoolboy looks at an iPhone screen

    Explainer
    The Albanese government plans to ban children from social media. Is checking and enforcing an age block possible?

  • Man and woman perform music on stage

    Music
    White Stripes sue Trump over ‘flagrant misappropriation’ of hit song

    • Courts
      Father of youngest Hunter Valley bus crash victim grieves loss of son who had rare second chance at life

    • Rugby league
      Josh Addo-Carr stands himself down from Bulldogs’ NRL final over drugs test

    • Pregnancy
      Selena Gomez reveals she’s unable to carry her own children due to health risks

    • AFL
      Season’s record attendance figures dry up due to poor form of Melbourne teams

    • Japan
      Fukushima nuclear plant: operation begins to remove radioactive debris

    • US elections
      How will Harris debate Trump? Six key moments offer insight

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Spotlight

  • 240910 School Choice thumbnail

    Opinion cartoon
    The truth about school choice in Australia? It’s a two-class system

    Fiona Katauskas
    Not all options are available
  • Jerald Walker.

    How we survive
    I was a black child raised in a white supremacist cult. When doomsday didn’t come, I had to learn how to live

  • Kathryn Joy by a river

    Full Story podcast
    Kathryn Joy on being raised by the man who killed their mother

    Nour Haydar speaks with Kathryn Joy about the silence, stigma and grief of losing one parent at the hands of another and how children bereaved by domestic violence should be better supported
  • ClimateTourismpixie

    Will Australia’s iconic landmarks be destroyed by climate change?

    First Dog on the Moon
    I’m sorry but your Big Prawn has climate-induced shell rot
    • illustration: a large ominous surgeon figure holding a small vulnerable figure (representing a migrant) in his hand and moving a pair of forceps towards him as if about to perform an organ removal. another ominous figure representing a trafficker looms in the background and money floats around the scene

      The long read
      ‘For me, there was no other choice’: inside the global illegal organ trade

    • James Earl Jones, actor, who is appearing in an all black version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Novello Theatre. Commissioned for Arts

      James Earl Jones was movie royalty, a magisterial star who inspired both love and respect

      Peter Bradshaw
    • man wearing glasses and patterned button-down with a candle in front of him

      Toronto film festival
      Heretic review – Hugh Grant has devilishly dark fun in talky, twisty horror

    • Ernest and Whitney Lai in their restaurant

      Food
      ‘Here the people know each other’: why do so many regional Australian towns have a Chinese restaurant?

Sport

  • Ollie Pope watches on as Sri Lanka reach their target with ease on day four.

    England’s slackness forewarns of end of days for this summer sport

    Barney Ronay
  • Jackson Irvine after the Socceroos’ defeat to Bahrain in World Cup 2026 qualifying.

    World Cup qualifying
    Socceroos seek redemption in Indonesia – but it won’t come easy in Jakarta cauldron

    After a horror start to the latest round of World Cup qualifying, next up for Graham Arnold’s team is a potentially tricky opponent
    • Aaron Rodgers showed flashes of his old self during Monday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers

      NFL
      Jets beaten convincingly by 49ers on Rodgers’s return from injury

    • Clockwise from top left: Catherine Debrunner, Zakia Khudadadi, Lauren Rowles, Gabriel Araújo.

      Debrunner, Araújo, Frech ...
      Ten Paralympic stars who lit up the Paris 2024 Games

    • Tyreek Hill says he is unsure why he was detained by police on the way to Sunday’s game.

      NFL
      Bodycam shows police dragging Hill from car before season opener

    • Taylor Fritz alongside Jannik Sinner after the US Open men’s final

      US Open
      Fritz will rue missing chance to dent Brash Two’s emerging dominance

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Opinion

  • A man who is Donald Trump looks stern while speaking on stage

    Here is what will happen on day one of Trump’s presidency, according to Project 2025

    Daniel Martinez HoSang
    As Trump utters the last phrase of the oath of office – ‘so help me God’ – the first phase of what Project 2025’s authors call ‘the playbook’ begins
  • Gabrielle Chan

    Tuesday’s rally for Australian farmers lists seven priorities – but the biggest two are nowhere to be seen

    Gabrielle Chan
    • An African woman carrying a hoe over her shoulder in a dry savannah landscape walks past four solar panels on poles

      The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair

      Alan MacDonald
    • James Cleverly, Mel Stride, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat and Robert Jenrick

      No one cares who will lead the Tories next, not even them

      John Crace
    • Zoe Williams

      Why is dating app Feeld so popular? Fetishes and throuples are only part of the story

      Zoe Williams
    • Facebook ads in 2009.

      The Agenda
      Get a VPN and delete your cookies, Australia’s privacy laws are still lagging behind

      Paul Karp

Lifestyle

  • Teenage girl talking to older woman.

    Covid
    Lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds

    MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys
  • A couple holding hands on a beach

    As our friends with kids become grandparents, it reignites the sadness of being childless not by choice

    Tess Pryor
  • France, Paris, Croissants and Pastries Display in Patisserie Shop<br>CBC9YF France, Paris, Croissants and Pastries Display in Patisserie Shop

    Pass notes
    The croissant supremacy: why flaky pastry is everywhere – from handbags to homeware

  • Bags of 1990s crisps, eg Skips, Quavers and Frazzles surrounding a bowl of same.

    Snacks
    Sales of old-school crisps jump as British shoppers rediscover 1990s’ favourites

  • Rukmini Iyer’s wild mushroom orzotto.

    Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for mushroom, spinach and hazelnut orzotto

  • Image of deep-sea anglerfish

    Relationships
    Do you dream of becoming one with your partner? The deep-sea anglerfish shows how badly that can end

Culture

  • James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    Jones with two Tony awards in 1991
    Jones with two Tony awards in 1991
    With Muhammad Ali for The Greatest
    With Muhammad Ali for The Greatest
    Jones as King Lear in Central Park in 1973
    Jones as King Lear in Central Park in 1973
    Receiving the national medal of the arts in 1992
    Receiving the national medal of the arts in 1992

    Film
    James Earl Jones, revered actor and voice of Star Wars’ Darth Vader, dies aged 93

  • Beyonce',Stevie Wonder<br>FILE - Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

    Beyoncé
    Cowboy Carter snubbed at Country Music Awards

    Voters for the CMAs have ignored the superstar singer's album, instead showering Morgan Wallen with seven nominations
  • Budjerah with his guitar decorated with Aboriginal artwork, in front of an Aboriginal painting

    Music
    ‘I don’t ever want to think of myself as a celebrity’: Budjerah’s meteoric ascent

    The breakout pop star has played with Ed Sheeran, racked up millions of streams and performed around the world. But he’s happiest with his family
  • A man wearing a brown jacket and black backpack in New York City turns around

    First look review
    Relay review – Riz Ahmed is a fixer on a mission in a throwback thriller

  • John Oliver, wearing a dark suit and glasses, sits at a desk and speaks with a graphic of of a school lunch tray on the screen

    US TV
    John Oliver on universal free meals at school: ‘We have the power to ensure no kid in this country is hungry’

  • Heather Graham in Place of Bones.

    Review
    Place of Bones review – Heather Graham takes on some bad dudes in gutsy budget western

  • Judy Davis and Elizabeth Alexander in a promotional photograph promoting a 2025 production of Helen Garner's novel the Spare Room at Belvoir St theatre

    Stage
    Helen Garner, Virginia Woolf and Max Porter headline Belvoir St theatre’s 2025 program

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  • Penny Wong

    Exclusive
    Australia backs UK decision to curb arms sales to Israel

    Foreign minister Penny Wong says she ‘welcomes’ the British move and Palestinian civilians ‘cannot pay the price’ of defeating Hamas
  • Nurses and midwives rally outside NSW premier Chris Minns’ office during a statewide strike on Tuesday

    Industrial relations
    Surgeries delayed and wait times up as NSW nurses and midwives strike for better pay

  • Anthony Albanese

    Essential poll
    More voters blaming Albanese government for interest rate rises

    However poll shows majority back Labor’s plan to cap international students enrolments in tertiary education
    • A screenshot from the Queensland Health Instagram page

      Health
      ‘It’s okay to poo at work’: Queensland health department praised for tackling taboo with humorous campaign

    • Liberal party
      Politics needs fewer ‘vaguely incompetent men’, Amanda Vanstone says, not gender quotas

    • Northern Territory
      Lowering age of criminal responsibility to 10 could contribute to 'child jail crisis', advocates say

    • Explainer
      What is an 'earthquake swarm' – and is the activity connected to mining?

    • Politics
      Labor accused of watering down parliamentary watchdog so it ‘doesn’t pass the pub test’

    • Explainer
      Activists are out to disrupt a military expo. Why are they protesting and what is planned?

    • ACCC
      Flower company admits to 156 websites posing as local shopfronts in $1m settlement with regulator

    • International students
      Revealed: 15 Australian universities to have their caps slashed

The rural network

  • Gabrielle Chan

    Tuesday’s rally for Australian farmers lists seven priorities – but the biggest two are nowhere to be seen

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Bees gather on the outside of a wooden hive

    Insects
    ‘It’s inevitable’: beekeepers brace for national spread of varroa mite

  • Goats in a pen

    Animal welfare
    Slaughterhouse video taken by ‘extreme’ animal activists amounts to ‘ongoing trespass’, federal court told

  • Husband and wife Thanh Hoa Nguyễn and Thi Huế Thi Huế Dao works with her husband Thanh Hoa Nguyễn in the kitchen of the Anam Vietnamese restaurant in Bathurst

    New South Wales
    Family who run Bathurst’s only Vietnamese restaurant fight to keep hope alive as they face deportation

Around the world

  • Lady Justice Thirlwall

    UK
    Lucy Letby: inquiry into how former nurse was able to murder babies begins

    Hearings into deaths at Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit expected to last about four months

    • US
      Harvey Weinstein undergoes emergency heart surgery at New York hospital

    • California
      Fast-spreading wildfire east of LA forces thousands to flee amid fierce heatwave

    • Birds
      Golden eagle killed in Norway after attack on toddler in farmyard

    • Rupert Murdoch
      Succession battle for Murdoch empire to play out in secret in Nevada court

    • US election
      Advisers worry whether ‘happy Trump’ or ‘angry Trump’ will show up to debate

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    Gallery
    James Earl Jones: a life in pictures

    Actor James Earl Jones has died at the age of 93. His stage and screen career spanned seven decades, and he was known for his signature voice, which brought The Lion King’s Mufasa and Star Wars’ Darth Vader to life
  • A performer climbing a wooden structure, with cable cars in the distance

    Festivals
    Parkour, pyrotechnics and pram-dancing: Greenwich + Docklands international festival 2024

  • Para Athletics - Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games: Day 9<br>PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 06: Hollie Arnold of Team Great Britain competes during the Women's Javelin Throw F46 Final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 06, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

    In pictures
    A closer look through the lens at the Games

  • Two women in chef whites at their pie and mash shop

    Photography
    Sights of London’s bus route 66

  • Ben Jennings on Labour’s plan to cut winter fuel payments to pensioners – cartoon

    Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Labour’s plan to cut winter fuel payments to pensioners

  • Arjola Dedaj of Italy competes in the women's long jump T11 class while wearing a butterfly blindfold

    Picture essay
    ‘Defying expectations’: amazing Paralympic photographers with disabilities

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    Watch: Montana’s wild culinary spirit

  • Three images: Image of woman smiling; bowl of pho; alligator hiding in wetlands with a boat in the background.

    Florida: from excellent eats to the Everglades

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  • José Antonio Fernández Bouzas

    Spain
    ‘People understand the cap’: how an eco-beauty spot tackled overtourism

    A limit on visitors to the Cíes islands off Galicia makes tourists feel special while protecting the wildlife and environment for the future
  • A young person sitting in a chair, a fence behind them.

    LGBTQ+ rights
    Kenyan and queer: how going public as gay and non-binary has led to a life of activism and optimism

  • Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhoea, was among pathogens found in airborne dust particles.

    Microbiology
    Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by winds, scientists discover

  • Royals
    Catherine video is carefree contrast to announcement she had cancer

  • America's dirty divide
    The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’

  • Club culture
    ‘It’s where all the best socialising happens’: the joy of the smoking area

  • Elton John
    Donald Trump’s nickname for Kim Jong-un was ‘brilliant’ and ‘hilarious’

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘Salty and soft, like a praline’: will Belgium’s national dish finally feature homegrown mussels?

  • Technology
    Apple reveals iPhone 16 and ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI features

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