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At 14, Sam has the mental capacity of a five-year-old. So what’s she doing in a Queensland police cell?

Across the state, teenagers born with severe intellectual disabilities branded young repeat offenders are being locked up in adult watch houses. Here are their stories

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State Library Victoria surveyed presenters’ social media for political content before terminating contracts, emails show

Library requested details of Israel-Gaza views posted by writers hosting workshops to guarantee ‘strict policy of neutrality’

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Screaming, freezing, struggling to breathe: confronting Queensland watch house footage exposes anguish of children locked in isolation cells

Exclusive: Cache of videos obtained by Guardian Australia and SBS’s The Feed lays bare distressing treatment of teenagers – many of them disabled – in police custody

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NSW government says state’s biodiversity ‘in crisis’ as it pledges first steps to reverse decline

Government will also overhaul state laws after Guardian Australia uncovered serious problems with biodiversity offsets scheme

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Exclusive Brethren students exposed only to material that conforms to church’s ‘ethos’, former teachers claim

Former staff claim OneSchool Global network does not offer some subjects in year 11 and 12, including biology, but spokesperson says school students have taken ‘high level art, sciences and social studies’

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Morning Mail: Trump reveals plans after assassination attempt, Queensland kids in custody, Spain beat England in Euro final

Former president calls on Americans to ‘stand united’; children held for weeks in watch houses

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The WA government spent $8 million on Coldplay – but this tourism sugar hit comes at the expense of local music

The Western Australian government subsidised two exclusive 2023 concerts by Coldplay to the tune of A$8 million, Guardian Australia reported last week.

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How Queensland’s youth crime crackdown is forcing vulnerable kids into ‘brutal’ detention system

Concerns grow over police arresting children – some as young as 11 – accused of low-level crimes or bail breaches

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Climate activists have received months-long sentences. Are tougher laws eroding Australians’ right to protest?

NSW enacts highest number of new laws among states, with climate protesters disproportionately affected, report finds

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Wildlife rescue group Wires faces crunch vote amid volunteer discontent over funds raised after bushfires

Donations grew dramatically after Australia’s black summer but animal carers say they didn’t receive enough

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Morning Mail: Exclusive Brethren school contracts revealed, Australians found dead in Philippines hotel, The Shining actor Shelley Duvall dies

Building work given to church members’ firms; tributes flow for actor who died in her sleep aged 75

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Lucrative building contracts for Exclusive Brethren schools awarded to businesses run by church members

Donations to school building funds are tax deductible, with Brethren-owned businesses across three states the beneficiaries

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Chinese navy destroyer and helicopter shadowed Australian warship during high-profile standoff, documents show

Exclusive: Australian helicopter was outside Chinese territorial waters when forced to manoeuvre to avoid fighter jet flares in ‘unsafe’ operation

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Andrew Giles released murderer into community detention before NZYQ high court ruling, documents show

Attempted murderer also among the 25 people released before judgment that indefinite immigration detention was unlawful

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Former defence chief’s report into Zomi Frankcom killing handed to Albanese government

Humanitarian worker was among seven killed in drone strikes carried out by the Israeli Defense Force in Gaza on 1 April

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Fake Picassos: Mona admits Ladies Lounge paintings were forged by Kirsha Kaechele

The paintings made global headlines after being moved to Mona’s female toilets in protest against a court ruling. But they were never real to begin with

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Uber is cutting fares before Australia’s minimum gig work standards take effect, drivers say

Ride-hail giant is lowering the starting point for negotiations under the closing loopholes regime, one driver claims

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Meta claims news is not an antidote to misinformation on its platforms

Company says it has ‘never thought about news’ as a way to counter misleading content on Facebook and Instagram despite evidence to the contrary

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Students under near constant surveillance at Exclusive Brethren-linked schools, insiders claim

School laptops are allegedly monitored by a roster of church members, with parents sent summaries of their child’s internet use

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Concerns for 13-year-old in Queensland watch house ignored days before alleged sexual assault

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show psychologists and youth workers pleaded with youth justice authorities for a transfer to a safer facility

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Morning Mail: inside Exclusive Brethren schools, French far right blocked from power, public transport deserts revealed

Years at school ‘darkest moments of my life’, former student says; left-green parties surge in French election; analysis reveals barriers to regular public transport in major cities

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University of Sydney students and staff blast new ‘draconian’ protest crackdown

Policy demands three days’ notice for demonstrations and approval for use of megaphones or putting up posters

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‘Every step of the way, no one cared’: Queensland pensioner says solar farm next door has left her unable to sell her property

Neighbours to Kingaroy renewable energy project say vouchers for pub meals and a massage only compensation given for construction noise

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Years at Exclusive Brethren school were ‘darkest moments of my life’, former student says

Ben Woodbury says school run by sect was not a safe environment for him, with limited access to external counselling services

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Why Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren schools

The sect’s OneSchool Global network has received generous support from Australian taxpayers while tightly controlling students and discouraging tertiary study

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