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Ex-senior watchdog staffer says NSW asbestos crisis ‘destined to happen’ after decade of regulatory failure

Exclusive: Former compliance officer Jason Scarborough criticises Environment Protection Authority and industry over ‘lost opportunity’ to prevent contamination

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Asylum seekers taken to Nauru amid renewed political stoush over border arrivals

Move comes after second group found in Western Australia and believed to have arrived on same boat as group found 25km away on Friday

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Testing regime meant to stop toxic chemicals going into NSW landscape products gamed by suppliers

Exclusive: Manufacturers retest contaminated soil fill until it ‘complies’ with regulations and can then be used at childcare centres, schools or parks

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First lockdown, then the voice, now renewables? Anti-government groups find new energy in environment battles

Protests against Australia’s transition to renewable power have attracted a wide coalition of interests, from mainstream parties to the wild shores of conspiracy

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Boy, 13, allegedly sexually assaulted while being held in crowded Cairns watch house cell

Exclusive: Concerns mount over safety of Queensland children being held in adult watch houses, sometimes for weeks at a time

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Asbestos in Sydney mulch: what are the regulations and should they be tougher?

Contaminated batches of the landscaping product have been found across the city. We examine the rules for suppliers and whether NSW compliance measures are strict enough

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Victoria police were asked to look at HyperVerse information in 2020 – but sent case back to Asic 22 months later

Australian financial regulator says it referred crypto scheme to police for alleged ‘possible fraud’ and believed matter was under ‘active consideration’

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Missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy’s disappearance ‘suspicious’ and ‘unusual’, police say

Commissioner says there are ‘some suspicions’ in case of 51-year-old, but doesn’t know whether foul play was involved

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Peter Dutton intervened to allow criminal to extend stay in Australia

Then home affairs minister granted two-month visa despite his department finding the applicant ‘did not pass the character test’

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Daine: Australia’s thrilling new pop persona enlists viral rapper Kreayshawn for latest track

In a new monthly column, one of Guardian Australia’s music critics celebrates a local artist more people should know about. First up: Melbourne’s Daine

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Workforce Australia job agencies forced to return $8.5m in taxpayer funds after huge surge in faulty claims

Exclusive: Money returned to department by privatised employment services agencies doubled in 2022-23 amid apparent crackdown

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Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says

Josh Burns says one family is in hiding after logs of a private group chat encouraging action over coverage of Israel and Palestine were leaked

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‘Like a knife through the heart’: two years after his desperate death, George Abraham was asked if he still needed housing

The young Noongar man’s mother says he took his own life after his family were evicted from their home in Perth

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Venice Biennale 2024: Australian pavilion to explore colonisation, incarceration and First Nations resilience

Artist Archie Moore will draw from his personal history – and databases including Guardian Australia’s Deaths Inside – to create a ‘site for quiet reflection’

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‘I lost my house, I lost all my money’: the retiree taking on the banks over crypto fund loss

Catherina De Solieux is one of several Australians taking legal action against banks who oversaw money transfers to the HyperVerse scheme

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Albanese government condemns ‘widespread marketing’ of nicotine pouches to young people

Regulated in Australia as prescription medicines, nicotine pouches are being promoted on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook

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Victorian government could lose $10m it invested in collapsed scrap metal recycler

State’s investment in Pacific Metal Group in October 2022 was described by treasurer Tim Pallas as a ‘win for everyone’

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Afternoon Update: Australians overcharged across industries; right to disconnect from work laws a near certainty; and what’s in household dust?

An inquiry into price gouging has found a lack of competition in key markets, including banks and supermarkets, is driving inflation

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‘All good to take to school?’: Australian influencers promote flavoured nicotine pouches to vape-addicted youths

Exclusive: TikTok users and Australian websites promote likely harmful products as a way to quit vaping – but TGA warns they can only be supplied with a prescription

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Queensland’s African diaspora ‘a community under siege’ as teenager faces murder charge over fatal stabbing of 70-year-old

Premier condemns alleged racist responses as authorities and advocates say communities should not be blamed over the alleged actions of individuals

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Pasquale Giorgio asked for help while sleeping rough in Surfers Paradise. The next day he died in a police van

A lack of available housing combined with a gap between policing and the health system can have fatal consequences, experts say

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Premature deaths of hundreds of homeless Australians ‘completely unacceptable’, housing minister says

Comments from Julie Collins come in response to Guardian Australia investigation and as advocates push for new ways to monitor crisis

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‘Nowhere else to go’: protesters rally in support of Brisbane woman refusing to leave rental home of 22 years

Stephanie Cridland’s story of no-fault eviction one of many as renters’ advocates raise concerns amid growing housing crisis

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What do we know about homelessness deaths in Australia – and why is nobody tracking them?

With no government count, Guardian Australia decided to investigate as many fatalities as it could identify. Here’s what we learned

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NSW government says EY’s non-disclosure on policy work ‘reflects poorly’ on system

EY partners grilled at inquiry over failure to disclose Santos contract while working on government’s ‘future of gas statement’

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