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Morning mail: Timor-Leste plays China card, pensioners charged for antivirals, Bali bomber to go free

Friday: Timor-Leste president José Ramos-Horta may look to Beijing to secure a gas pipeline. Plus: where to holiday to escape a third La Niña

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‘I was extinguished by men in suits’: Darren Hayes on surviving homophobia – and finding happiness

Watching the rise of younger gay pop stars, the 50-year-old former Savage Garden singer felt grief for the youth he never had. He speaks about coming out, his mental health struggles and returning to music

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Morning mail: wrongly imprisoned Indonesian boys plead for mercy, new emissions plan, Kabul mosque blast

Thursday: two children imprisoned as adult people smugglers ask attorney general to intervene. Plus: would you watch a 24 hour VR epic set in a rainforest?

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Rolling back the red carpet

Australia has evicted Russia from its new embassy in Canberra and Australia’s biggest polluters face having to cut emissions by 6% a year.

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Morning Mail: ‘de-extinction’ plan for Tasmanian tiger, calls for Morrison investigation, Ukraine attack plan revealed

Wednesday: There is a growing chorus for parliament’s powerful privileges committee to investigate Scott Morrison’s handful of secret ministries. Plus: the Texans working to bring back the woolly mammoth say we’ll soon have new Tasmanian tigers

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Jobs, jobs, jobs

Even the country’s top spies were kept in the dark about Scott Morrison’s secret ministry business, and La Niña looks likely to keep eastern Australia drenched this spring and summer.

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Morning mail: Morrison accused of bias, Tasmanian statue to fall, Australian homes too cold

Tuesday: Scott Morrison’s use of extraordinary ministerial powers to block a controversial gas project faces a legal challenge. Plus: a survey of homes has found which states are too humid and too cold

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More power to him

PM Anthony Albanese is chasing up whether or not former PM Scott Morrison swore himself into more than three ministries, and another former PM, Malcolm Turnbull, says the whole affair is ‘sinister’.

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Scott Morrison accused of ‘bias’ in blocking Pep-11 gas permit using extraordinary ministerial powers

PM alleged to have ‘predetermined’ application after project was blocked despite recommendation to the contrary by national petroleum administrator

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Scott Morrison faces probe over secret ministry claims as government seeks legal advice

Former prime minister declines to comment as Peter Dutton and other senior ministers say they were ‘not aware’ of appointments

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Anthony Albanese seeks legal advice over reports Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into ministry roles

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

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Morning mail: Afghan refugee visa limbo, Turnbull backs voice, Olivia Newton-John’s best

Monday: Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul but some who fled the capital are stuck in a legal limbo. Plus: Salman Rushdie’s son says his ‘defiant sense of humour’ is intact

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Man charged with firearms offences after Canberra airport shooting

Police say a NSW man, 63, will face court following Sunday shooting that led to evacuation of airport

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Suitcases, tea towels and a brand new record press: the Brisbane couple taking a punt on the vinyl revival

Celebrated by artists and fans, Neil and Kathy Wilson have refocused their lives around vinyl records

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Jobseeker’s experience with job agencies left his mental health so poor he could not work

Nathan, now on disability support, says job providers did little to help his search while they claimed thousands of dollars each time he found work on his own

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Property donated by family of John Clarke embroiled in Victorian First Nations dispute

Boonwurrung elder fights plans to transfer land from the satirist’s estate to the Bunurong Land Council

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Judith Neilson Institute dismisses remaining members of advisory board after earlier director walkout

Staff and media beneficiaries perplexed by ‘totally unnecessary disruption’ as institute pivots to promote ‘social change journalism’

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‘Treated as a third-class citizen’: patients who need Medicare most struggle to find a GP who bulk bills

As more doctors charge for appointments some people are being forced to limit GP visits or travel long distances for affordable care

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Morning mail: Tasmania bulk billing ‘almost nonexistent’, Barilaro to face fresh questions

Friday: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients Plus: urgent flood warnings issued

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More than 1,200 people are detained indefinitely in Australia with no criminal conviction

‘The scariest thing is what we don’t know’, advocate says of those held on grounds of mental impairment

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Morning mail: GPs ditch bulk billing, power companies fail Paris goal, Trump pleads the fifth

Thursday: Doctors cite stalling Medicare rebates and rising overheads as reasons a fifth are changing their payment methods. Plus: six winter rice dishes

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The heat is on

Climate experts have warned that net zero emissions goals could do more harm than good if unchecked, and stalling Medicare rebates have pushed some GPs to stop bulk-billing.

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GPs ditching bulk billing as costs rise and Medicare rebates lag, survey shows

Nearly a quarter of doctors surveyed say they have changed billing model, as peak body calls for higher rebates

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Morning mail: bulk billing numbers ‘not honest’, Trump raid galvanises right, Serena Williams to retire

Wednesday: Health minister says primary healthcare in ‘worst shape’ since Medicare began. Plus: Australia’s highest and lowest income suburbs

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Last line of Defence

Just before the May federal election was called, then defence minister Peter Dutton gave a Liberal adviser the top job in a Defence think tank, and the Opposition Leader is under pressure to tone down his China rhetoric.

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