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The founder of a key support group for the US president has praised Gina Rinehart as a “female Donald Trump” and backed a push by the mining magnate to bring Trump’s policy ideas to Australia. Toni Holt Kramer, the president and founder of The Trumpettes USA, told Guardian Australia she had been friends with Rinehart…
As plans for the 2032 Olympic Games were thrown into limbo last year, architect Michael Rayner began to bend the ear of local politicians and Olympics officials about his idea for Victoria Park. Rayner – a prolific designer who has been described as one of the makers of modern Brisbane – proposed Victoria Park as…
The Brisbane city council has stymied a federal government renewable energy scheme by denying three development applications for community batteries the size of a fridge due to loss of green space. The PowerShaper XL batteries, which range in capacity between 90kW and 180kWh, are about the size of an NBN or traffic signal box –…
Exhaustion follows panic as the victim’s head dips below the surface. Unable to hold their breath any longer, a desperate, involuntary gasp for air sends water surging down their airways. Without oxygen, the heart stops within minutes. Drowning was the fate of 104 people who died in waterways and swimming pools across Australia this summer…
Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has warned politicians not to “exploit” racist rhetoric against migrants over the cost-of-living and housing crises, and said the country has seen the “bile of racism” spill out during heated political debates. Giridharan Sivaraman said no politician, regardless of their political stance, should pit communities against one other – against the…
Police have resumed the search for an elderly man who was swept into a flooded river on Saturday night, as authorities warn more heavy rain could isolate inland parts of New South Wales and Queensland for up to six weeks. Flood warnings remain in place for vast areas of eastern Australia, after a record-breaking rain…
When Sophie* attended a domestic violence disclosure meeting with South Australian police and a domestic violence support worker, she was curled in on herself and could barely speak. Her friend, who accompanied her as a support person, had been the one to apply on Sophie’s behalf to the disclosure scheme, which allows victims of family…
“I didn’t know what polyamory was,” Melissa* says. “I didn’t have the vocabulary. I Googled it a few times to understand.” Melissa was on the “relationship escalator”. She got married, had a child, then the no longer happy couple split. So she started exploring her options. First stop? Singles’ groups. “Then I went down the…
It’s fair to say Christine Dinas has a passion for back yard chickens. Dinas has been keeping and selling the birds for more than 15 years and reckons there’s a “chicken for everybody”. “They all have different personalities,” says Dinas, who helps run several online poultry-keeping groups and operates Melbourne-based Aussie Chook Supplies. “It’s fascinating…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Greens say Labor copying their homework on price gouging Adam Bandt has accused the Albanese government of borrowing from the Greens with its election announcement that it will ban price gouging by supermarkets. In a post to social media, the Greens…