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NSW government caves to rail union demands to prevent workers strikingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA chaotic two-day shutdown of Sydney’s train network has been averted at the eleventh hour after the state government caved to rail union demands to run 24-hour services to prevent workers striking.Sydney train services had been set to stop running early on Friday morning, as part of a Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) work ban which was set to lift on Sunday morning. Continue reading…



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Author : Elias Visontay and Luca Ittimani

Publish date : 2024-11-21 06:12:22

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At least 17 state agencies to be created or overhauled, a challenge the IfG says will require major investmentLabour is creating or overhauling at least 17 public bodies, a move which is likely to come with high costs, an Institute for Government report has found.Launching a new “tracker” of public bodies, the thinktank warned of some of the pitfalls when setting up government agencies from scratch, saying: “Successfully creating a new public body is difficult and entails high fixed costs in terms of time, budget and leadership focus.” Continue reading…



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Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Publish date : 2024-11-21 05:00:37

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Former ABC foreign correspondent and SMH journalist says he will put a ‘blowtorch’ to the industryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe investigative reporter and former foreign correspondent Linton Besser has been named the new host of ABC’s Media Watch.The multi-award winning journalist will take over the Monday night media program from Paul Barry, who will step down on 2 December after 11 years.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Amanda Meade

Publish date : 2024-11-21 03:30:35

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Judge finds neither Nikola Marko Gasparovic nor Dominik Sieben’s actions at 2022’s soccer final were Nazi-related but upholds Marijan Lisica’s convictionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo of the first people convicted under laws that outlawed shows of Nazi symbolism have had their guilty verdicts overturned after a judge found their public salutes could not be definitively linked to the fascist German regime.Nikola Marko Gasparovic, 46, Dominik Sieben, 25, and Marijan Lisica, 46, were accused of performing the salute at Parramatta’s CommBank Stadium on 1 October 2022 during the match between Sydney United 58 and Macarthur FC.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-21 02:55:45

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Co-chair says treaty will not outline specific changes to syllabus but is ‘more about saying this is the role that First Peoples will play’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants decision-making powers over how the state’s Indigenous history is taught in schools but says a treaty will not outline specific changes to the curriculum.The assembly – the state’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin nation-first treaty talks with the Allan government in the coming days. A state-wide treaty – the first of its kind in Australia – will tackle problems affecting First Nations Victorians.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Adeshola Ore

Publish date : 2024-11-21 01:46:02

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Following statement from Mike Johnson, McBride says: ‘I’m not here to fight about bathrooms, I’m here to … bring down costs facing families’US politics – live updatesSarah McBride, the incoming congresswoman and first openly transgender person elected to the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday shared a statement on social media in response to the House banning trans people from using single-sex bathrooms on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity.Earlier in the day, the House speaker, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson, issued a statement “regarding facilities throughout the US Capitol complex”. Continue reading…



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Author : Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington and Joanna Walters in New York

Publish date : 2024-11-21 00:22:53

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Edward Kelley created a ‘kill list’ of FBI agents and others who investigated his role on January 6, prosecutors sayA Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021 was convicted on Wednesday of planning to kill federal investigators.Edward Kelley, 35, was found guilty in Knoxville of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and influencing a federal official by threat, the US attorney’s office said in a news release. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-20 23:51:08

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales MPs condemned for ‘part-time’ parliamentary yearScores of NSW MPs will earn the equivalent of more than $10,000 per sitting week in 2025 after a bid to increase the year’s 16-week calendar was rejected, AAP reports.To do this, government MPs have to turn up to parliament and discuss matters. Voters won’t be happy that government MPs would prefer to hide in their electorate offices rather than turning up to parliament, where they face scrutiny. Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2024-11-20 22:39:26

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The club on Chapel Street was engulfed in flames early on ThursdayA Melbourne nightclub has been razed after a suspicious blaze broke out in the middle of the night.Lux Nightclub on Chapel Street in South Yarra was engulfed in flames early on Thursday, with about 50 firefighters and 15 fire trucks called to battle the blaze. Continue reading…



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Author : Australian Associated Press

Publish date : 2024-11-20 21:39:39

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Storm Shadow missile attack comes day after Kyiv used US-supplied long-range weapons to strike within RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine has fired UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, multiple sources have told the Guardian.The decision to approve the strikes was made in response to the deployment of more than 10,000 North Korean troops on Russia’s border with Ukraine, which UK and US officials warned was a significant escalation of the near three-year conflict. Continue reading…



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Author : Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Andrew Roth in Washington

Publish date : 2024-11-20 20:38:04

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Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn is accused of swindling thousands from victims before killing themA Thai woman alleged to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom’s history has been convicted and sentenced to death for poisoning a friend with cyanide, in the first of 14 murder trials.Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, described as an online gambling addict, is accused of swindling thousands of dollars from her victims before killing them with the chemical. Continue reading…



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Author : Agence France-Presse in Bangkok

Publish date : 2024-11-20 19:20:09

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Investigators are gathering evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing a Chinese cargo shipSwedish police investigating the believed sabotage of two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea have said a Chinese ship off the coast of Denmark was “of interest” as Danish officials said its navy was shadowing a Chinese-registered cargo ship.The ship identified by Denmark – the Yi Peng 3 – passed both the cables around the time on Sunday and Monday that each was believed severed in a suspected malicious attack. It has been shadowed by a Danish navy vessel since it was located in waters between Sweden and Denmark. Continue reading…



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Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent and Pjotr Sauer

Publish date : 2024-11-20 18:18:49

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At summing up, lawyers say Gisèle Pelicot wanted to show how people still defend rape in France in 2024Gisèle Pelicot’s decision to waive her anonymity and hold a public trial after her husband drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her over a decade was made in the hope of ending rape culture and rape itself, her lawyers have argued.Summing up in court in Avignon, southern France, after more than two months of hearings, Stéphane Babonneau, one of Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyers, said: “We don’t believe rape is an inevitability. This is a country of progress … Rape is not part of the future of society that we want.” Continue reading…



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Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Avignon

Publish date : 2024-11-20 16:53:35

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Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security lawJimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case, took the stand in court on Wednesday. For the first time since he was detained in December 2020, Lai spoke publicly about the charges against him, for which he faces spending the rest of his life behind bars.Four years after his arrest, the 77-year-old seemed older and not as strong as he used to be. His first words – swearing an oath on the Bible – were delivered hoarsely. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Davidson and Amy Hawkins

Publish date : 2024-11-20 16:01:48

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Detainee, identified as Ana, mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a chairA female migrant in mental distress was kept in solitary confinement for a month at a Florida detention center, then mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a restraint chair, a federal civil rights complaint alleges.The reported sexual and mental abuse of the detainee, identified solely as Ana, took place at the Baker county detention facility, a rural camp 30 miles west of Jacksonville with a long history of allegations of mistreatment, harassment, retaliation and cruelty to detainees. Continue reading…



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Author : Richard Luscombe in Miami

Publish date : 2024-11-20 14:43:36

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