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A ‘low-level radioactive waste management’ facility is planned for near Perth and US and UK nuclear waste could be stored here as early as 2027, and the latest Newspoll has Labor leading the Coalition 52% to 48% two-party-preferred.

Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best

Demands for a database to stamp out overcharging after watchdog hotline is flooded with complaints

In this week’s Media Briefs, the patriarch of Schwartz Media resigns and Fox Sports finally decides to report on a controversy involving one of its own.

Investors have lost millions of dollars to ‘pyramid scheme’; homes at risk after ex-Cyclone Jasper dumps 500mm of rain but weakens as it moves inland

Australians who were convinced to put money into the Hyper group investment schemes say no one has been held to account for their losses

Exclusive: the New Zealand regulator has warned the schemes could be a ‘scam’ but they have escaped such scrutiny in Australia and thousands have lost money

Exclusive: Freedom of information documents reveal which cab companies have received most complaints, with one getting more than 300 in six months

Anthony Albanese, NZ PM Christopher Luxon and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau have jointly issued a strong statement calling for a ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza, and WA Premier Roger Cook says ‘green’ groups are working to divide Indigenous communities and use them to take big resources projects to court.