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New South Wales roads minister has accused said a Sydney council of ‘taking the rest of us for mugs’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales roads minister, John Graham, has accused a Sydney council of “taking the rest of us for mugs” after it proposed replacing illegal “residents only” parking with 15-minute restrictions near a popular beach.Graham said the government would “make sure” Transport for NSW would exercise its veto powers to prevent Woollahra council from implementing 15-minute parking in spots around Watsons Bay.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Mostafa Rachwani

Publish date : 2023-11-17 07:08:28

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World Food Programme says food and water ‘practically nonexistent’ in Gaza; AFP reports large deployment of Israeli troops raiding the Jenin refugee camp See all our Israel-Hamas war coverageThree Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the city Jenin in the West Bank, the head of the Palestinian ambulance service told Reuters on Friday.It is unclear whether the deaths were in the refugee camp raided by the IDF overnight, or in another part of Jenin. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Sullivan

Publish date : 2023-11-17 06:04:50

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Police say driver was parked outside the private school’s aquatic centre when he reversed into the buildingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn elderly man dropping off his grandchild at a Melbourne private school has crashed through a window and plunged into a swimming pool.Emergency services were called to Haileybury’s Keysborough campus in Melbourne’s south-east at about 8.15am on Friday, after reports a silver RAV4 wagon had reversed into the college’s swimming pool.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Benita Kolovos

Publish date : 2023-11-17 04:44:53

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Kelly Bayer Rosmarin faced grilling at Senate inquiry on Friday over last week’s network outageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe chief executive of Optus, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, has told a Senate hearing she now carries both a Telstra and a Vodafone SIM with her in case of another outage like the one that took down Optus last week.Bayer Rosmarin said she previously carried a spare Vodafone SIM in case of an outage, but now also carries a spare Telstra SIM.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Josh Taylor

Publish date : 2023-11-17 03:09:35

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Four people allegedly fled the Surry Hills scene on foot after driving car from Sunshine CoastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man and three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen car 1,000km from Queensland before crashing into dozens of cars during a police pursuit in inner Sydney.The Toyota LandCruiser was spotted late on Thursday driving dangerously on Oxford and Young streets in Surry Hills before police tried to pull it over at the intersection of South Dowling and Cleveland streets. Continue reading…



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Author : Rafqa Touma

Publish date : 2023-11-17 00:11:12

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A male suspect was shot by officers and sustained life-threatening injuries, police sayA police officer has died after being shot during a violent confrontation in South Australia.Brevet Sgt Jason Doig and his colleagues Michael Hutchinson and Rebekah Cass went to a property in the rural community of Senior near the Victorian border about 11.20pm on Thursday.They were confronted by an armed man and Doig was shot, police said. His colleagues and paramedics tried to save him but he died at the scene.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-17 00:54:37

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Shannon Fentiman’s announcement comes after Guardian Australia revealed an alleged teenage rape victim was left suicidal after her treatment in hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of an alleged teenage rape victim, who left a Queensland hospital in tears after waiting hours to be examined, has welcomed the health minister’s intervention to ensure victims are seen within 10 minutes.Shannon Fentiman on Friday announced she will issue a ministerial directive to ensure the state’s 26 reporting hospitals are obliged to see women presenting at emergency departments seeking forensic examinations for sexual assault within 10 minutes.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Eden Gillespie

Publish date : 2023-11-16 23:31:03

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Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old expecting baby girls, was not diagnosed with the rare anomaly uterus didelphys until last springAn Alabama woman with two uteruses is expecting baby girls in both wombs, an “astounding” and rare pregnancy, according to doctors.Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three was born with a rare uterine anomaly called uterus didelphys, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the condition until last spring, when she discovered she was pregnant – in each uterus. Continue reading…



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Author : Jessica Glenza

Publish date : 2023-11-16 22:17:02

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Independent MP fears tensions could become worse amid fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘A ceasefire is where we need to get to,’ Zoe Daniel saysAsked by RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas if she supports calls for a ceasefire, Zoe Daniel says:If you call for a ceasefire, you’re letting down the Jewish community, if you don’t you’re allowing death and destruction to happen in Gaza.At the end of the day, if I say to you right now, yes, I support ceasefire, that will make zero difference to what is happening in in Gaza.I’m a former foreign correspondent. I know the logistics of this, of course, a ceasefire is where we need to get to, but you have a terrorist organisation in the middle of this. If there’s just a ceasefire, and there’s no capacity there to try to dismantle Hamas, does that allow Hamas to regroup? What does that actually lead to? That said, I’ve said to you before, very clearly, and I still stick to the position that the Israeli government has to adhere to international law and the rules of war, and I think, in some ways, has not been. Continue reading…



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Author : Jordyn Beazley

Publish date : 2023-11-16 21:24:43

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Rightwing conspiracy theorist convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault in 2022 attack on Paul PelosiDavid DePape, the rightwing conspiracy theorist who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home, has been convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault.The federal jury’s decision on Thursday comes after a dramatic trial in which Paul Pelosi testified about the “traumatic” hammer attack he suffered on 28 October 2022, days before the midterm elections. DePape also took the stand in his defense, saying he had planned to interrogate the former House speaker and post footage of her online. Continue reading…



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Author : Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Publish date : 2023-11-16 19:54:58

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Medical administrators reject claim by Israeli military as ‘outlandish excuse’The Israeli military has accused Hamas of hiding evidence that would confirm that the extremist Islamist organisation used al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as a command and control centre – a charge Israel has made frequently in recent weeks as troops have advanced further into the territory and global anger has mounted.Israeli special forces moved into Shifa hospital early on Wednesday morning and continued to search the sprawling complex in the centre of Gaza City on Thursday. Continue reading…



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Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Julian Borger in Washington

Publish date : 2023-11-16 18:22:27

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Republican Santos, charged with 23 federal crimes, ‘sought to fraudulently exploit his House candidacy for his own financial profit’The New York Republican congressman, fabulist and criminal defendant George Santos said he would not seek re-election next year, after the House ethics committee issued a report detailing “grave and pervasive campaign finance violations and fraudulent activity” and recommending action against him.“I will NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time,” Santos said in a statement, calling the report “biased” and “a disgusting politicised smear”. Continue reading…



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Author : Martin Pengelly in Washington

Publish date : 2023-11-16 16:44:49

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Team will follow Raiders and Golden Knights to NevadaOakland fans have protested about loss of teamThe Oakland A’s are set to leave their home of 55 years after MLB owners reportedly approved the team’s move to Las Vegas.The owner of the A’s, John Fisher, needed the consent of 75% of the owners of the league 30 teams but the vote was reportedly unanimous in his favour, and was endorsed by MLS commissioner Rob Manfred. Fisher has long sought a move away from Oakland after failing to get local government support for a new stadium in the city. Oakland’s NFL team, the Raiders, moved to Vegas at the start of the 2020 season and the city also acquired an NHL franchise, the Golden Knights, in 2017. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-16 15:23:37

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Police clash with dozens of protesters Wednesday night; Biden maintains refusal to call for ceasefireUS Capitol police clash with protesters demanding ceasefire from Israel in GazaJoe Biden issues strident defence of refusal to call for ceasefire in GazaOrganizers of last night’s ceasefire demonstration has released a statement on the “violent police response,” saying that over 90 nonviolent protestors were injured by capitol police.In a joint statement released by If Not Now, Jewish Voice for Peace Action and Democratic Socialists of America, the groups said:“On Wednesday evening, a coalition of Jewish and allied protestors nonviolently blocked one entrance to the DNC headquarters. Police violently attacked them, causing over 90 injuries, including being pepper sprayed, minor cuts, and dragged by the hair…Protestors were choked and violently handled by multiple office[r]s at once, thrown against the wall, then grabbed and picked up and thrown down the front stairs. At least two protestors’ glasses were smashed by the police. Dozen of people were kicked, kneed and punched in the face by police officers. People were shoved down the stairs and tackled to the pavement by cops running at full speed.”The Senate has passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown.The House ethics committee will not recommend punishment for New York’s Republican representative George Santos who is accused of fraud. Continue reading…



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Author : Maya Yang

Publish date : 2023-11-16 14:10:13

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Finnish president had accused Moscow of guiding people towards Finland in act of revenge for cooperation with USFinland has said it will close some crossing points on its border with Russia, after the Nordic nation accused Moscow of guiding asylum seekers towards its territory in an apparent act of revenge for Helsinki’s cooperation with the US.The Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said on Thursday that four of nine crossing points on the 830-mile border would be closed on Friday night in response to a rise in the number of refugees and migrants. Continue reading…



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Author : Miranda Bryant in Stockholm and agencies

Publish date : 2023-11-16 12:36:08

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