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The Best Australian Yarn 2024: Short story competition back with more money and a new comic prize
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Australia’s most popular short story competition, The Best Australian Yarn, has returned for 2024 with a bigger prize pool, a new addition to the Prize Jury and an exciting new category. For the first time, prizes will be awarded for the best comic story, both in the general section and…
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Struggling train maker Alstom plans to cut debt with €1bn rights issue | Rail industry
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Alstom plans to raise €1bn (£0.87bn) to help cut its debt as the world’s second largest train maker struggles with delayed orders amid concerns about the future of its Derby factory. The Paris-listed company will tap investors with the aim of raising the funds by September. It also plans a…
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Radicalised Willetton stabbing attacker had access to prayer rooms despite other parents’ concerns
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The 16-year-old boy’s school, Rossmoyne Senior High, was aware his extreme behaviour had seen him enter a deradicalisation program Western Australian Department of Education director general Lisa Rodgers today described the prayer room as a corridor overlooked by two classrooms and a staff office. The radicalised teenager who was shot…
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New AFL umpires boss Steve McBurney clears up misconception on ‘rule of the week’
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The AFL’s new umpires boss has swiftly slammed the door shut on the concept of a potential send-off rule. And in an exclusive interview with Channel 7, Steve McBurney has also cleared up one of the game’s oldest myths, while revealing the challenges behind Brownlow Medal voting. WATCH THE VIDEO…
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Flooding in Brazil: then and now – in pictures | Brazil
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Heavy rains that began last week have caused rivers to flood, inundating whole towns and destroying roads and bridges across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The local civil defence agency said the death toll had risen to 90, while 131 people were unaccounted for with 155,000…
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Victorian government threatens Avalon Airport rail could replace stalled Melbourne Airport line
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The state government has escalated its quarrel with Melbourne Airport, a day after announcing the rail link to the aviation hub will be delayed by four more years. Treasurer Tim Pallas today suggested if an agreement with the Tullamarine airport’s operators was not reached, the government could explore options to…
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South Australian man Troy Smith charged with drug offences in Bali
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A South Australian has been charged with drug offences in Bali after local police allegedly found him with 3.5g of methamphetamine. Troy Smith and his wife, from Port Lincoln, were arrested in Changu on May 2 and interrogated by officers at police headquarters in Denpasar. His wife was released without…
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‘That open tweet is the canvas’: behind the highs, lows and memes of Black Twitter | Documentary
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How to explain Black Twitter? It’s less of an actual place than a general practice, sometimes a secret society and then sometimes a prominent advocacy bloc, neither a standalone digital platform nor its own hashtag per se. Yet when cops kill, Kendrick Lamar drops or Harlem shakes, we know Black…
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‘Radical’ move to preserve historical building during Melbourne car park development
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A 110-year-old building has been uprooted and spun around as part of a major operation to preserve it while developing a car park in Melbourne’s east. The Blood Brothers corner store opened in Ringwood in 1914, making it the oldest commercial building in the suburb. The council bought it in…
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Western Bulldogs footy boss Matthew Egan hits back at ‘aggressive’ attacks on Luke Beveridge
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The Western Bulldogs’ football chief says he has been “blown away” at aggressive and personal attacks on under-fire coach Luke Beveridge. The Dogs’ general manager of football Matthew Egan is staunchly defending Beveridge as “an incredible coach”, amid mounting scrutiny. “I have been blown away with how aggressive some of…