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Friday
14
November
2014
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Victorian government has ‘worst environmental record since the 60s’State’s leading environment groups are joining forces to fight what they call ‘wholesale attack on state’s environmental assets’ -
Shorten accuses PM of 'stubborn isolationism' on climate change‘I fear it will not be long before this stubborn isolationism takes a toll on our international competitiveness,’ Labor leader says
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Lander’s tight spot on comet prompts tough decisionsRosetta mission Lander’s tight spot on comet prompts tough decisions
Rosetta mission controllers must decide whether to risk making lander hop from spot near cliff face blocking sunlight to its solar panels -
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Sydney terrorism raid evidence has 'glaring error' in translation, court toldIntercepted call central to case against man charged in September raid was mistranslated, says defence lawyer -
Lambie is ‘a drama queen’ focused on power, says PalmerPalmer Unity party leader announces dumping from the party of Lambie’s chief of staff, Rob Messenger
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Islamic State issues ‘Baghdadi message’Recording purporting to be of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released after rumours he was injured or killed in air strike
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US military considers sending combat troops to battle Isis forces in IraqGeneral Martin Dempsey tells House committee that he would consider abandoning Obama’s pledge and send troops to fight Isis in Iraq
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Egypt decree could lead to release of jailed Australian al-Jazeera journalistEdict on deportation of foreign prisoners raises hopes that Peter Greste could be freed before the end of his sentence
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Ebola: experimental drug trials to go ahead in west AfricaMédecins Sans Frontières to start three trials in treatment centres run by volunteers in west Africa
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More Australians have slipped through net to fight for Isis, federal police say‘There are some people who travelled a few days ago that were not on anyone’s radar,’ assistant commissioner says
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Kim Jong-un accountable for massive human rights atrocities, says UNComments by special rapporteur in North Korea are strongest yet about supreme leader’s responsibility for abuses
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Brisbane G20
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What's the point of the G20, anyway?
Find out why the G20 forum exists and what it's supposed to do with our animation
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Leaders under pressure to prove group’s relevance
Lenore Taylor Leaders under pressure to prove group’s relevance
Brisbane’s to-do list is clear: action on tax avoidance, free trade etc. What is unclear is whether the talks will make any difference -
Fast-track business lanes for Australians at HeathrowUp to 75,000 business people who regularly travel to the UK are to be given new rights to speed their transit through London
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Quiz: which G20 leader once lived in a cave? And which is an expert falconer?
The world's most influential leaders are about to descend on Brisbane for the G20. But can you work out which leader each of these facts applies to?
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Protestors bury heads in sand to mock government climate stanceBondi Beach protest highlights Abbott administration’s perceived failure to put climate change on G20 summit agenda
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Activist banned from G20 meeting – but police won't tell him whyCiaran O’Reilly, who hoped to challenge Obama over Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, told he is a ‘prohibited person’
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Reality bites for coal and climate changeGraham Readfearn: Climate change almost forgotten in the cocoon of a coal sponsored energy forum in Brisbane
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10 things you should know about BrisbaneWe may have bare feet but we have culture up to our armpits in the city of sun, sport, mateship and strong coffee
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Let there be light! Brisbane blazes brightly
Brisbane's city centre has been splashed in colour prior to the official start of the G20 summit
editors' picks
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What lies beneath: Google goes below surface to show Sydney below the wavesPublic access to the underwater version of Street View in Sydney to go live this Friday
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La Bayadère – 'long-awaited, lavish masterclass of technique'Australian audiences have waited long enough for a full production of La Bayadère, and the Australian Ballet do everything right with Stanton Welch’s choreography, writes Michaela Marshall
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How to make the perfect pea and ham soupFelicity Cloake: Is this comfort food of the old school the ultimate winter soup?
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Facebook's Say Thanks: shared social celebration from clowns to sausagesBut the social network’s new ‘personalised video cards’ are as much about celebrating the power of its archives. By Stuart Dredge
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One World Trade Center's rescued window washers: a human triumph we neededIn a strange and redemptive way, the image of the hanging basket has done more than anything so far to free this new building from 9/11
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Top 10 quiet heroes and heroines in booksPeppered throughout children’s fiction are characters that show their strength and moral fibre in ways other than talking: a tender and loving heart, kindness, resilience, perseverance, quiet courage. The author of The Mute Button selects her silent stars, from Miss Honey to Atticus Finch
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Recipe swap: peanut butter
GuardianWitness Recipe swap: peanut butter
For your chance to be crowned Guardian home cook of the year, send us your PEANUT BUTTER recipes. Share your recipes – and tell us a bit about them – by noon on Wednesday 19 November and Eve O’Sullivan will choose her favourites to print in the Cook section of the Guardian on Saturday 29 November. Flo Cornish/GuardianWitness
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David Shrigley: my art doesn't need explanation – it is what it is‘I like sausages and I like Germany,’ the Glasgow-based artist tells Oliver Milman of a 400m-long coiled sausage (called Beginning, Middle and End) he has brought to Melbourne
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Triple J nominates the seven best Australian music videos of 2014Chet Faker, Client Liaison and Sia are among the nominees for the radio station’s J award for music video of the year
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How do you deradicalise returning Isis fighters?While other western countries are cracking down on jihadists who come back from Syria, Denmark is taking a very different approach. Jon Henley went to see how reintegration works
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Antony Loewenstein: NGOs with months of front line exposure were shunned in favour of a private company which was awarded a $20m contract to run an ebola response in Sierra LeoneEbola: for-profit disaster capitalists are already out looking to make money from misery
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Bad sex award 2014: who should win?Ten passages of highly-coloured prose are up for the prize every author dreads, the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award
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The rise of Anonymous hacktivists - Tech Weekly podcast
Academic and author Gabriella Coleman discusses how a loose group of online pranksters have over the last decade become powerful activists and gained global attention
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Andy Murray v Roger FedererGame-by-game report: Will Andy Murray overcome Roger Federer and qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour finals? Join Daniel Harris to find out
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Kei Nishikori v David FerrerStanding in for the injured Milos Raonic, David Ferrer won the first set, before Kei Nishikori’s extra class told; he finished with a flourish to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
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Fifa's World Cup whitewash!
Football Weekly Extra Fifa's World Cup whitewash!
Podcast: Fifa in crisis following its report into the decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup. Plus: David Moyes at Real Sociedad, and previews of Scotland v Ireland and the rest of the Euro 2016 qualifiers
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Archie Thompson: an antidote to the tedium of the modern footballerJoe Gorman: As the striker approaches his 300th domestic game, it’s time to celebrate a man who says the wrong thing in the right way
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Golden age of Indigenous Aussie Rules in Victoria beckonsPatrick Skene: The production line of players from Victoria had stopped in recent years but programs to boost participation are producing dividends
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Farce as Fifa investigator attacks ‘erroneous’ ethics reportFifa’s ethics investigator has attacked the conclusions reached by Fifa’s judge into his 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid inquiry
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England hooker Josh Hodgson thought party door-smashing was a jokeThe England hooker said he would learn from his mistake and there was nothing malicious about the incident
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New Zealand recall Carter for match against Scotland at MurrayfieldNew Zealand fly-half Daniel Carter will start his first Test in almost a year, and captain Richie McCaw will play at blindside flanker for the first time, when the All Blacks meet Scotland on Saturday
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England v Scotland classics, Neymar foiled and Call of Duty hurlingClassic YouTube: Also featuring big cricketing hits for commentators, haka responses and the rocket-powerered bicycle
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Pakistan make short work of New Zealand to wrap up first TestPakistan continued to dominate at their adopted home in the United Arab Emirates by defeating New Zealand by 248 runs in the first Test
alan sydney
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Liberty and safety: where now for freedomJoin Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-chief of the Guardian, as he speaks about the nature of press freedom today.
opinion
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Eleanor Robertson: Since journalist Sarah Koenig is essentially re-opening a closed murder case, we are going on this journey with her – and it’s revolutionaryThe Serial podcast shows us the sausage factory of journalism: it’s a different approach to objectivity
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We have been shouting so loudly about how we had to avoid getting ‘ahead of the world’ that we seemed not to notice we were being left behindPressure on Australia to slash emissions – but no cost-effective way to get us there
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Polygamy wasn’t a theological debate for early Mormon women. It was part of their livesDavid Ebershoff: By acknowleding that founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, the Mormon church is finally offering those – and many other – women dignity
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Oliver Burkeman: The PC menace may not be real, but snobby liberals are definitely winning the war on the War on Christmas now. We’ll have our quinoa and eat it, too, thank you very muchPolitical correctness really works - science just said so
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Even if Labor wins the Victorian election, it will be trapped by its own mythology about the GreensVan Badham: Labor’s unwillingness to deal with the Greens over preferences shows they’ve been successfully baited by the Liberals into acting against their own interests
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Why women in science are annoyed at Rosetta mission scientist's clothingAlice Bell: ESA can land their robot on a comet. But they still can’t see misogyny under their noses.
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Prices have surged 31.9% since 2011, but the boom this time hasn’t flowed on to household spendingSydney’s house prices race up, but homeowners aren’t feeling any richer
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The US-China deal on climate change is this century's most significant agreement. It puts G20 goals to shameJohn Quiggin: The real action has already taken place. The G20 policy agenda is a grab bag of second-order measures
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Spare me the selfie school of feminism: women always give up too much informationSuzanne Moore: Every generation of women create ways to hate themselves and amplify their anxieties in public – and it’s time to stop
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Women, beware this PUA army of saddos, sleazebags and weirdosMen who pay attention (and money) to pick-up artists have an inner rage against female free will. And you might work with one
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The Guardian view on the Rosetta mission: a human ingenuity triumphEditorial: This great exploration has demanded unswerving tenacity, as well as Europe-wide cooperation
news
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Windfarm restrictions have ‘crippled' the industry, says Daniel AndrewsGuardian Australia: Victorian opposition leader says the state’s tough restrictions would be eased under a Labor government
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More than a third of natural world heritage sites face 'significant threats'Report says invasive species, tourism, poaching, dams and logging most pressing threats but climate change may eclipse all
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Russian naval vessels on move north of AustraliaAustralian Defence Force confirms it is monitoring ships in international waters, reported to be in the Coral Sea south of Bougainville
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Scandal-hit Japan PM preparing for snap electionLiberal Democrat official hints at December poll before PM Shinzo Abe presses ahead with unpopular tax rise
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Contaminated medicines led to deaths of 13 Indian women after sterilisationAuthorities have blamed adulterated antibiotics and said second camp was an unauthorised money-making racket
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Clive Palmer wins 'guess the world leader' quiz on ABC radioWhen asked whether he would like a DVD as a prize, Palmer United party leader says, ‘Absolutely, that’s why I rang up!’
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Paris police hunt ‘tiger’ spotted roaming in supermarket car parkOfficers and firefighters search Seine-et-Marne district after resident takes photo of suspected big cat then raises alarm
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Islamic State issues ‘Baghdadi message’Recording purporting to be of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released after rumours he was injured or killed in air strike
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Decree could lead to release of jailed Australian journalistEdict on deportation of foreign prisoners raises hopes that Peter Greste could be freed before the end of his sentence
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Chinese media welcomes climate deal with USAnnouncement on capping carbon emissions gets largely positive coverage in national media
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Mental health patients will suffer ‘disastrous’ effects of $7 co-paymentPsychiatrists’ peak body urges non-government senators to hold firm in opposition to co-payment
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Woman dies at second India sterilisation campPolice arrest doctor who performed more than 80 operations as news emerges that surgeries went on despite mounting toll
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Victoria police force 'must rid itself of predatory men'Announcing review of sex discrimination in the force, Ken Lay says single women are being targeted for sexual harassment
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Rio de Janeiro opens its first nudist beachRio finally gets its first nudist beach following a campaign by activists
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Bill that out legal abortion at risk, all but defeatedBrodie Donegan, the woman behind the bill which aims to give personhood to a foetus, pushes to reintroduce another version
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Bible edges out Darwin as ‘most valuable to humanity’The Bible garnered 37% of public vote, while On the Origin of Species received 35%, writes Alison Flood
in depth
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Yasser Arafat: why he still mattersHe neither looked nor sounded like a natural leader. Yet Yasser Arafat dominated Palestinian politics for a generation before his death. How did he do it, and how much of a shadow does he still cast?
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The sci-fi future of lamp-posts: a brave new world of big city lights?Street lighting has always been a form of social control. As ‘smart’ lamp-posts start to adapt to our needs, are we entering a brave new world of big city lights?
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Life in Donetsk: 'Winter will be the ultimate test'While some cafes in the centre still serve oysters, residents in the suburbs are struggling to survive. Zinaida Burskaya reports
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Fukushima £11bn cleanup progresses, but there is no cause for optimismWith 500,000 tonnes of contaminated water onsite and reactor 1 off limits until 2025, decommissioning will take 40 years
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The Catholic priest who puts his life at risk to save Muslims in Central African RepublicFather Bernard Kinvi, a Catholic priest who has won a Human Right Watch award for protecting Muslims threatened by sectarian violence in CAR, tells Sam Jones why the conflict misunderstood
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The Goodluck Jonathan show goes on, a day after Nigerian suicide bombPresident ignores escalating violence and gets straight on the campaign trail, after 46 schoolchildren are killed in Yobe State
pictures and video
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American artist Nick Cave’s wild and whimsical soundsuitsAmerican artist Nick Cave’s vast practice spans performance, fashion, music, dance and these human-sized wearable sculptures on show at Sydney’s Carriageworks
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Scientists climb to bottom of Siberian sinkholeA Russian research team including scientists, a medic and a professional climber has descended a giant sinkhole on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Photographs by Vladimir Pushkarev/Siberian Times
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Chile volcano marathon takes place in Atacama desert
Irish runner Gary Thornton takes first place in the men's event in the annual volcano race in Chile's Atacama desert
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Artists in Brazil attempt to build world's biggest sandcastle
A team of artists complete what could be the largest sandcastle ever built in Niteroi, Brazil
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'There's an armour around his heart'Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley discuss Alan Turing and The Imitation Game
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano lava flow continues towards town of Pahoa
Lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues its slow advance, destroying a home in the process
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Glittering world: Navajo jewellery of the Yazzie familyTo celebrate its 20th anniversary, the National Museum of the American Indian is displaying 300 pieces of jewellery made by one Native American family in New Mexico. The show explores the jewellery’s historical, commercial, artistic and cultural significance and explores the meanings behind its symbolism
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Window cleaners stranded outside One World Trade Center's 69th floor
Firefighters rescue two window cleaners who became stuck on scaffolding outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center in New York City on Wednesday
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Mumbai from the sky: a city of ethereal beautyRobert D Stephens flew 15,000ft above the city to take photographs for his Mumbai Articles exhibition, which will run at Artisans in the Kala Ghoda art district until 19 November
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From Chernobyl to Rwanda: horrific 'dark tourism' hotspotsEarthquake tours in China, Nazi massacre villages in France and genocide memorials from Rwanda to Cambodia ... Ambroise Tézenas’s unsettling images show the people drawn to honeypot dark tourism sites around the world
people
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Taylor Swift 'booty' diss by Diplo inspires Lorde's wrathProducer annoys singer by tweeting that ‘someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty’
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Azealia Banks on feuding with the Stone Roses, Disclosure and Perez HiltonPublic rows almost eclipsed her music, but with her debut album finally out, Azealia Banks is happy, she tells Paul Lester. Although she’d still like to punch the small guy in Disclosure
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Liam Neeson: ‘I've never been more nervous than when singing in front of Julie Andrews’Stuart Heritage: Liam Neeson on his amateur boxing glories, acting into his 90s and leaving voicemail messages on his son’s phone
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Eamon Flack named as Belvoir theatre's artistic director from 2016Sydney theatre’s associate director will take over from Ralph Myers with focus on new talent and Indigenous theatre
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Gail Kelly retires as chief executive of Westpac bankKelly will step down on 1 February, to be replaced by Brian Hartzer
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Bono’s private jet loses rear hatch mid-flightPlane was coming in to land in the German capital but the Irish singer was never in any danger, Berlin airport authorities say
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Nitschke: 'I wish I had responded differently to man's suicide email'Pro-euthanasia doctor admits another reaction to Nigel Brayley’s pledge to kill himself could have prevented his suspension
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The mixtape: Thelma Plum, One Day, Ani DiFranco, Katy Perry and moreThelma Plum is Australia’s answer to Lorde, Ani DiFranco gets happy, and Jack Ladder sings for all the goth lovers
the big picture
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Protesters on Bondi Beach, the French President in 3D glasses and moreThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
Where is Brisbane's culture of protest?