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28 January 2023
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Malarndirri McCarthy says ‘there is a broader conversation across the Northern Territory around alcohol’. Follow live -
A year after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis won, another local wildcard pairing has ensured the trophy remains in home hands
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The Scorpion unit has been deactivated after video was released of the brutal beating of the man at the hands of officers -
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Flood buybacks in Goodna, west of Brisbane, have emptied homes and disrupted lives. Now the bulldozers are moving in
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A year after her boyfriend’s death, Haylee Penfold was used to expressions of sympathy or pity. But Kye’s reaction was different -
If the last few years have taught us anything, writes Robert Dessaix, it’s that happiness and sadness, even misery can go together
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In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Paul Verhoeven shows us the portrait that will forever wed him to his Magnum PI moustache -
The young Irish actor overcame a tragic childhood to earn an Academy Award nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin
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The Kremlin has stamped out public dissent but makeshift memorials to Ukrainian dead are a focus for those opposed to the conflict -
More than 6,500 Russian military personnel have sought to surrender through a special ‘I want to live’ hotline, says Ukraine’s government
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Russia and Kyiv both need a breakthrough but a major offensive will be loaded with risk whoever strikes first -
Germany and the US pledge tanks; the man leading Ukraine’s fight against corruption
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A year after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis won, another local wildcard pairing has ensured the trophy remains in home hands
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Casemiro scored twice as Manchester United moved into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win over Reading, who had Andy Carroll sent off at Old Trafford
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Bol has denied ever taking a prohibited substance, and that chimes with everything Australia thought it knew about him. But now his reputation hangs in the balance -
The 14-time European champions are on the comeback trail again after humbling by Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final
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The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change -
The queen of clean says she’s ‘kind of given up’ on keeping her home tidy as she enjoys time with her family
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Adam, 26 (left), assistant museum curator, meets Bron, 29, news reporter -
With a coastline that stretches thousands of kilometres, Australia is an all seasons, bucket list destination for on-water adventures
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Step away from that toaster! If it’s fast food you want, try baked pesto eggs, with sourdough soldiers for dipping, super-basic but mega-tasty chilli noodles, and fish fingers in a quickfire homemade katsu curry sauce -
A vegan take on the classic Greek dessert -
The simple advice has helped Alyx Gorman proudly navigate the finer points of office politics (and haunted her when she’s ignored them) -
In our weekly interview about objects, and on the eve of his Australian tour, the fitness star shares his craving for cold, and the worst job he held as a backpacker
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UK act Eliza Rose places No 2 in the countdown, with Spacey Jane landing at No 3, No 5 and No 6 -
The disco diva and singer-songwriter, 82, tells Rich Pelley about forming her first gospel trio, her five husbands and correspondence with Elvis -
Thousands are flocking to hi-tech shows of work by Van Gogh, Dalí and, from next month, David Hockney, in London. What makes these exhibitions so fascinating – and popular?
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Film academy is implementing review after questions raised over last-minute celebrity-backed campaign in best actress category -
She’s endured death threats, hate mail and unfair arrests, but now Stormy Daniels wants to help gay men find love -
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed review Gripping takedown of the Sackler pharma family
4 out of 5 stars.Laura Poitras’s Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the artist’s crusade against the philanthropic US billionaires fuelling of the opioid crisis
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Fire and Emergency Services official says capsule left Rio Tinto mine site on 10 January but was not found missing for 15 days
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Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island -
CCTV footage and police surveillance devices played a key role in the arrest of the former pilot after the March 2020 disappearance of Russell Hill and Carol Clay -
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Travellers still stop to take photos of the ironbark bridges in the New England, but locals are yet to see a plan for these century-old relics of the railway boom -
Government says 859 brumbies removed from national park last year but conservationists say that falls short of pledge to control problem -
Laura Hand-Ross uses Invasion Day speech to urge the NSW community to celebrate First Nations’ survival -
Degraded roads and washed out creek crossings have left regional parents considering changing their children’s schools
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Recording of the 29-year-old’s killing has sent shockwaves across the US, with the officers’ conduct being condemned -
Shooting comes hours after seven people killed outside synagogue and two days after deadliest Israeli raid in West Bank for 20 years
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Stratford residents fear planned MSG Sphere concert hall will ruin their sleep with light pollution -
Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history -
No sunlight, no soil – no worries Vertical farming looks stacked with promise