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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

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This is appalling in this day and age

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Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens said on social media that she has moved her May concert – originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center – to a different venue in Washington, D.C.

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My historical novel The Resistance of Rose Valois on the long list as below- so is my friend @andrewrokey.bsky.social Okey’ s novel Jacopo’s contract. Let’s hope we are both shortlisted!!! Farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk

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“You’re terminated because…?” Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside. DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”

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Yet if America has passed a cultural tipping point, no one seems to have told Hollywood, the country’s primary engine of culture. On March 2, America’s movie industry will hold its annual Academy Awards, featuring the most gloriously woke line-up in years. In today's AFR www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

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One day the bubble will burst in this appalling human

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Party of one: Donald Trump’s 75 minutes at CPAC talking about himself

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From cancellations to new hosts to lawsuits, we look back at the past 20 years of one of Australia's most-beloved musical quiz shows.

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Cover songs hold a special place in our hearts, but we don't always know their origins. From murky beginnings, to mis-sung lyrics and artists covering themselves, here are some of the stand-out covers of the past century.

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Still think it's not a coup? www.huffpost.com/entry/us-tru...

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I think I like Cat Power singing Dylan as much as Dylan singing Dylan. Had to listen: I was there at the Royal Albert Hall in ‘66 albeit as a schoolgirl

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Just a few kilometres from Parliament house - Canberra’s mooing mowing machine

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‘Salmon farming a cruel and disgusting industry’

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A ‘dumpling on legs’ rare mouse apparently loves peanut butter and oats!

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Say the word, Dolly and I'm joining up and ready to fight.

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Who even knew that there was a bug of the year award?!

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Maree Baumann spends her nights huddling in the back of her car with her tiny dog, but according to a City of Moreton Bay local law change she is not a homeless camper.

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Dolly Parton should just buy Indiana and shut it down.

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This is shocking! No affordable houses to rent in far too many parts of Australia

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The head of the BOM is stepping down early . Not a minute too soon. Rick Morton explains:

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Generous souls

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These short stories that won the Louie Award are well worth reading. #writing

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Less than a week ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to maintain salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour. Down the other end of the state, the industry is facing fights on multiple fronts.

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Salmon farming is toxic. I stopped eating Tasmanian salmon a year ago. Think about doing that too!

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Criticism of the ABC unbalanced and unhinged’

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Frightening and deeply unethical: withdrawing US funding from medical trials conducted by USAid

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Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?

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The most insane thing about all of this is the overwhelming silence of the Democrats &the studied neutrality of most of the "liberal" US media. WTF? They should be shouting from the rooftops how abnormal & dangerous it is. Musk & Trump are handing them the ammunition to fight back every single day.

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I wish I could believe this …

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Sunday breakfast at Canberra’s arboretum - away from the stresses of everyday….

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Tasmania: come down for an antibiotic resistant infection. Great stuff Albo. Feel free to pop down.

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The potato and garlic farmers sign this morning at their stall at the local Farmer’s Market. So true

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In other bird-feeding news, a little raven has been eating the fresh peas growing on my balcony, and making the task of getting the pods off the vine easier for itself by flipping whole trellis out of the planter box so it hangs over the edge and makes the pods easier to pull. Every day it does this

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An overview of my latest research published by the Centre for Future Work, setting our what the Commonwealth is doing to ensure workers safety due to climate change — especially extreme heat and heatwaves.

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Some are 50% sugar, stated as healthy! Being sold for babies and toddlers !

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January smashed the record for hottest January, (am sure Musk will stop NASA putting out these temperatures)

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Feels like this should be a bigger political story. “Both time and cost won’t allow nuclear to be done on time ... the question right now is about getting on and getting this done as soon as we can." bsky.app/profile/aust...

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No not the US. Australia this morning on my regular walk I met Richard and Joker. In the suburbs of Canberra!

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Your informed read for the day

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Iowa farmers are getting contract rejection letters.

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The fact that you see how wrong this all is, means your faculties are intact, your mind is fully right, and your heart is working properly; you still have a soul doing what souls are supposed to do: keep you deeply human in profoundly inhumane times. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...

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I spent ten days in a remote indigenous community a couple of years ago. It was blighted by rheumatic heart disease & other chronic conditions. I couldn’t believe cost of groceries (in white-owned store) & poor quality. Spoiled fruit & veg, perishables past use by date amp.abc.net.au/article/1049...

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I ran a cafe for a few years. Poor people. What a nightmare this must have been !

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With more than 30 community independents expected to run in the 2025 federal election, Australia has a chance to permanently recalibrate its political landscape. @suebarrett #auspol #election2025

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We must do better

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