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Actor to be awarded full $2.9m in damages after judges reject all publisher’s grounds of appeal, including for a retrial, that costs be reduced and that it defamed Rush. Follow the latest updates
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Exclusive: An audit shows the drop in carbon pollution was due to a decline in sales of fuel for light vehicles and domestic aviation
Australian politics
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While the UK government response to coronavirus has been chaotic, here in Australia it has been swift and decisive
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My inquiry has highlighted that it has been ignored for too long. There are simple ways Australians can drive change
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Australia's prime minister responds to Qantas grounding its international fleet until mid-2021
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Qantas announces job losses, prepares for international return in July 2021.
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Guardian Australia book club: Christos Tsiolkas and Tara June Winch on Australian must-reads – video
Two acclaimed authors discuss Alexis Wright, Randolph Stow and the country's literary canon
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Newsrooms are shutting and scores of journalism jobs are being lost at a time when there are more questions to ask and more stories to tell, says Guardian Australia's editor
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Asked multiple times during Friday's press conference, Scott Morrison declined to name, at this stage, which country was believed to be responsible
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Boris Johnson has hailed the opening of trade talks with Australia as an opportunity to bring the two countries closer together, and to exchange Penguin bars for Arnott's Tim Tams with reduced tariffs. 'How long can the British people be deprived of the opportunity to have Tim Tams at a reasonable price?' the prime minister joked.
Live Coronavirus Australia live updates: 300,000 in Victoria enter lockdown in 36 Melbourne hotspot suburbs