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Mining company apologises for losing potentially deadly radioactive capsule
Speed Read ‘Needle-in-a-haystack search’ underway in Western Australia covering hundreds of miles
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Britishvolt: how Britain’s bright battery hope was zapped
feature Battery-making startup’s demise ‘has thrown up tales of reckless spending’ and incompetence
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‘Serious conversation’ needed over release of carp herpes into Australian waters
Speed Read Flooding means ‘bottom-feeding pests’ are appearing in huge numbers
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Was Toadzilla the biggest toad of all time?
Speed Read Massive amphibian found in north Australian rainforest was ‘like a football with legs’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Cardinal George Pell: polarising Australian Catholic dies aged 81
Why Everyone’s Talking About Controversial cardinal, acquitted of child sexual abuse charges, died of heart complications after hip surgery
By Richard Windsor Published
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Cardinal George Pell, jailed then acquitted of sex abuse in Australia, dies at 81
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By Peter Weber Published
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Merseyside newlyweds among four killed in Australia helicopter collision
Speed Read Wirral couple Ron and Diane Hughes died in mid-air crash near Sea World in Queensland
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Why Australia doesn't want to list the Great Barrier Reef as endangered
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By Devika Rao Published
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Thousands attend vigils for Cassius Turvey in Australia
In Pictures Case of murdered Aboriginal schoolboy has ‘shocked’ the nation
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Australia accused of ‘clear breach’ of human rights obligations
Speed Read UN inspectors were denied access to jails in New South Wales and medical facilities in Queensland
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Severe flooding continues to pummel parts of Australia
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By Justin Klawans Published
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A relaxing family road trip in Australia
The Week Recommends This 750-mile journey provides a daily diet of beautiful beaches, pretty seaside towns and kangaroo encounters
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What will King Charles mean for the future of the Commonwealth?
Today's Big Question Rise of republicanism is a threat to the organisation closely associated with Britain’s colonial past
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How the world reported on the Queen’s death
feature Tributes are paid from Ireland to Iraq for ‘revered monarch’ who ‘rarely had a misstep’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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