Tag: australia
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Biden won’t let Israel’s rejection of a Palestinian state interfere with his delusions
In an odd, though not unexpected, turn of events in Israel, the Knesset voted on Wednesday to reject “unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.” The declaration was made in response to rumors that the United States was considering recognizing the state of Palestine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his typical demagogic flourish, characterized the rumors as…
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Israeli soldiers fire at Palestinians approaching aid trucks in Gaza
Desperate Palestinians rushing toward aid trucks to fetch food in central Gaza were forced to flee after Israeli troops opened fire on them amid the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the enclave. Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza City in the central part of the besieged enclave running to get food items…
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‘We made the wrong decisions’: COVID-era mass school closures condemned
Mass school closures that stretched for months during the pandemic were unnecessary and led to a cascade of social and educational problems that threaten a generation of Australian children, top education experts say. Governments have failed to examine the fallout from one of the most far-reaching decisions prompted by COVID-19, which disrupted the schooling of…
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Anthony Albanese says asylum seeker boat arrival ‘unfortunate’ but government not to blame
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the arrival of a boat carrying several asylum seekers to Western Australia’s far north coast is “unfortunate” but not a failure of Operation Sovereign Borders. The federal opposition has gone on the offensive over the arrival of 39 men who say they travelled by boat from Indonesia to remote communities in WA’s north-west on…
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Sydney risks becoming ‘city with no grandchildren’ as housing costs push out families, expert warns
Sydney is on track to be “the city with no grandchildren” as high housing costs drive young families to the regions and interstate. New South Wales Productivity Commission research found Sydney lost twice as many people aged from 30 to 40 as it gained between 2016 and 2021. The driving factor for the exodus was…
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Closing the Gap will fail without ‘fundamental change’
The Closing the Gap agreement on improving Indigenous outcomes will fail without fundamental changes, the Productivity Commission has warned, adding that successive governments have “failed to fully grasp” the challenges. In a scathing report, the Productivity Commission has called for urgent changes to rescue the landmark agreement, accusing the federal government of “weak” action on…
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Reviews under way after 13-year-old autistic boy with Islamic State fixation targeted in undercover operation
The Australian federal police have confirmed there are multiple reviews being conducted into an undercover counter-terror operation which targeted a 13-year-old autistic boy with a fixation on Islamic State, as calls grow for a public inquiry into the case. Guardian Australia revealed on Saturday that the boy, known by the pseudonym Thomas Carrick, was granted a permanent…
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‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza
Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the mud-caked streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She tries to feed her kids at least once a day, she says, while tending…