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"Murder and mayhem never had their way, though the potential was there": A story of Moby Grape, chaos and courtrooms, acid trips and white witches

Moby Grape had it all, and were poised to be the next truly great band. Then came the rip-offs, the drugs, the madness, and the loss of everything

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"We locked the doors, then called security. Skip arrived in a taxi, with an axe, in his pyjamas": The wild genius of Skip Spence

Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence wrote his album Oar in a psychiatric ward after threatening his bandmates with an axe. Years after his death, artists still acknowledge its influence

Louder

Five Great Reads: Michael Palin, small homes and confessions of a sociopath

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

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The ABC and Nine are showing their hand with their new appointments

Kim Williams chairing the national broadcaster and ex-News Corp editor Luke McIIveen running Nine flag big changes on the way.

Crikey

University graduates lean yes but wealthy no vote areas show ‘nuance’ of voice attitudes

Education and high income not always a recipe for yes vote as ‘social tribes’ have influence, analysis shows

The Guardian - AU

Scots grandad 'left battered and bruised' after bin lorry 'ploughs into side of motor'

Peter Lewis, from Peterhead, was rushed to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after being pulled from his wrecked car on Thursday morning.

Daily Record

The housing crisis threatens to unleash Australia’s darker angels. Peter Dutton is intent on exploiting it

Weaponising housing has stark consequences. But progressives have the chance to lead a national risk mitigation effort based in genuine systemic reform

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By opposing the Indigenous voice, Peter Dutton provides the yes campaign with a ready-made villain

The opposition leader lacks the smarts to rise above politics and work side by side with a popular prime minister

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There’s nothing natural about Australia’s ‘cost-of-living crisis’. It’s time we had systemic change

The pain households are feeling right now is the direct consequence of decisions that governments have made over many years

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Sacked police sergeant who dated an armed robber becomes town mayor

Jill Owens was expecting a child with her long distance partner when he was arrested for armed robbery and found to be part of a criminal gang. She is now mayor of Haverfordwest

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By turning his back on bipartisanship, Peter Dutton is poised to lose either way the voice referendum goes

The Liberal leader is wedged between his diminishing heartland of ageing refuseniks and a younger generation keen to walk forward in history

The Guardian - AU

The most recent death notices across Cardiff as families remember loved ones

Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this time

Wales Online

As 2022 comes to a close, Australians can enjoy a reprieve from the algorithms of fear and outrage

Let’s take this calmer mindset into 2023, where we will be invited to embark on a journey to anchor our nation to this ancient land

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Many Australians look at the world and see it heading the wrong way. Is democracy no longer the faction of choice?

If we want to rebuild the rotting foundations of democracy, we must start by restoring workers’ rights

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What do criminals want with our health data — and what could they use it for?

Experts say it's unclear what the hackers are after, but the intimacy of what has been stolen could undermine our trust in the health system.

Daily Mirror

Man killed in pandemic would be celebrating his 95th birthday today as Covid inquiry launches

Glyn's son Peter Lewis wants to see lessons learned in the inquiry to avoid the mistakes that led to his father’s death from being made again

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If Australia is going to farewell the monarchy for good, let’s not be humble in our republican ambitions

Republicanism is not just about who wears the crown. It is about where power is vested – and critically how it is vested

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NSW Coalition down but not out as poll shows hung parliament a strong possibility

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Guardian Essential poll: 64% of young voters would consider backing independents in NSW and Victorian elections

After success of federal ‘teals’, about half of all respondents are thinking about a shift away from major parties

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While the ALP searches for its heart and the Greens its brain, perhaps what they both really need is courage

For Australia’s new centre-left government to work, both progressive parties have to put aside the machinations and recognise the best intentions of the other

Crikey

Call for ban on facial recognition following claims retailers are using it illegally

A CHOICE report claiming that Bunnings and Kmart may be breaching the Privacy Act with their use of facial recognition has spurred renewed calls for a moratorium.

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Renewed calls for national guidelines on using facial recognition technology after CHOICE investigation

Experts say there is a "huge gap" in laws surrounding facial recognition programs, potentially exposing Australians to data harvesting or being wrongly identified as criminals.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore civility to Australian politics

Labor has brought collaboration and competence back to the table. The challenge is to harness this positive mood shift

The Conversation

Battered by 9 years of Coalition government, the ABC now has a hard road of repair ahead

The Liberal-National Coalition government has been defeated, but the legacy of its nine-year onslaught on the ABC remains.

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Pollsters breathe sigh of relief after accurately predicting Labor’s election victory

Major polling companies changed methods after 2019 failure but two-party preferred measure misses Greens and independents

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