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Queenslanders chased by debt collectors to pay for Covid tests they believed were free

Brisbane father says there was no mention of cost by staff at drive-through site but he received a $360 bill for three tests

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Victorian Liberals gear up for byelection following the resignation of Warrandyte MP Ryan Smith

Potential candidates include opposition party’s federal vice-president and upper house MP Matt Bach as Labor considers whether to contest electorate

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation verdict to end high-stakes battle between Australian media giants

Not only is it high stakes between Australia’s largest media companies but experts say this case will likely affect future public interest stories

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Queensland LNP criticised for ‘failure of leadership’ on voice – as it happened

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Soft shoo-in shuffle in WA

Mark McGowan’s deputy Roger Cook will be Western Australia’s next premier, and Melbourne experienced its second earthquake in three days at 5.03pm yesterday.

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Complaints to Australian medical regulator about telehealth rise by 413% over three years

Exclusive: Medical Board of Australia to issue guidelines stating consultations must be in real time as complaints over prescribing issues jump by 750%

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Nats say No to Dutton

Nationals Leader David Littleproud does not and will not support Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s claim the Voice will ‘re-racialise’ Australia, and Australians who rent pay nearly a third of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

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Aukus ‘expensive’ and not ‘easy to replicate’, Australian officials told foreign diplomats

Exclusive: Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show Australia attempted to reassure countries amid nuclear proliferation concerns

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Church accused of adding to trauma of survivor by trying to thwart case involving paedophile priest

Catholic church’s claim he could not have been an altar boy because he was baptised Anglican proved to be incorrect but delayed case for a year, in a legal move being heavily criticised

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Labor, it’s time: choose transparency over hypocrisy

While in opposition, Labor decried the Coalition’s lack of transparency. Now in power, its silence on reform speaks volumes.

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Journalists couldn’t have told these important stories without freedom of information requests

From the Drumgold letter to the Dutton au pair controversy, here are some of the things you mightn’t have known without FOI.

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Race to the bottom

Focusing on race in the Voice to Parliament debate is ‘dangerous’ and will embolden racists, Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says, and a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Melbourne’s CBD late last night.

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The investigation that blew the lid off Sydney’s environmental offsets

A series of exclusives by Lisa Cox led to a parliamentary inquiry, a state audit and Icac referrals. She looks back at the painstaking work that went into piecing it all together

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Indigenous teenager tells commission of ‘horrific’ abuse by police during Anzac Day counter-terrorism raids

Cruse family learned from Guardian Australia investigation that police had closed internal inquiry into excessive force despite supreme court and Ibac findings

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On home turf: housing debate gets personal for targeted Greens spokesman Max Chandler-Mather

A 20-hectare parcel of Brisbane land known as Bulimba Barracks, which has been slated for development, becomes ground zero in heated national debate over housing

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Only 12 of 35 dementia units promised by 2023 Australia-wide are operational, health department says

Exclusive: spokesperson says six units more will open by the end of 2024 but declines questions about cause of delay

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Five Great Reads: the future of journalism, farewelling Martin Amis and secrets of a hostage negotiator

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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Nationals push for $10m fines and ability to break up Coles and Woolworths if they abuse market power

Exclusive: David Littleproud says former Coalition government was ‘too slow’ on compulsory grocery code of conduct

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A market-based service: why Australia’s aged care homes fail residents with dementia

The royal commission found dementia care should be ‘core business’, but more than two years later, staff say compulsory training ‘is basically non-existent’

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MPs see red over Green

Two lower house MPs have complained to Speaker Milton Dick about ‘vicious’ personal attacks on Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather by Labor MPs, and the reproductive healthcare Senate inquiry has recommended that access to abortion should be easier.

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Morning Mail: Greens send warning over petroleum tax, period poverty bites, Russia moves nukes

Government accused of bending to gas lobby; women struggling to afford period products; Russia moves nuclear warheads to Belarus

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The top-secret leak that led to a spying scandal, infuriating Indonesia – and Tony Abbott

Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions

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PwC tax scandal: staff stood down over concerns problem ‘significantly broader’ than one partner

Former NSW police commissioner and now PwC partner Mick Fuller contacted his friend the AFP commissioner after scandal broke, Senate estimates told

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Environment minister raises hopes new laws could include federal ban on native forest logging

Tanya Plibersek confirms regional forestry agreements will be covered by upgraded federal environment laws, hinting government may follow Victoria’s lead

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The Big Mango: Google doodle celebrates Bowen’s giant tourist attraction with a colourful past

The cheeky big fruit from north Queensland mysteriously went ‘missing’ back in 2014, until a Guardian reporter started asking questions

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