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Gay marriage 41min ago

Marriage of two straight men for radio competition angers gay rights group

11 Sep 2014: Friends Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick were married at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday to win Rugby World Cup tickets
Guardian Australia's Morning Mail 1hr 54min ago

Morning Mail: US to bomb Isis in Syria, Pistorius awaits final verdict

11 Sep 2014: Guardian Australia’s morning news briefing from around the web
Australia 2hr 13min ago

MH17: more Australian victims' bodies arrive back in Victoria

11 Sep 2014: Bodies taken to coroners court in Melbourne, but no confirmation of how many were repatriated, or who they were
Indigenous Australians 2hr 41min ago

Girringun: the trailblazing Indigenous corporation caring for 1.2m hectares of north Queensland

11 Sep 2014: The mammoth task of protecting a huge area of land and sea, as well as fighting to keep local languages and traditions alive, is all in a day’s work for Girringun’s extraordinary rangers
King Edward VII hospital hoax call 4hr 26min ago

Jacintha Saldanha 'took blame' for Duchess of Cambridge prank call

11 Sep 2014: Inquest hears nurse found hanged had sent distressed emails to colleagues over Australian DJs' hoax call about pregnant Kate
King Edward VII hospital hoax call 8hr 56min ago

Jacintha Saldanha inquest: nurse had no history of psychiatric illness

11 Sep 2014: Husband says nurse who took prank call at hospital treating Duchess of Cambridge had never before tried to harm herself
Art 15hr 1min ago

Art judge declines to award Indigenous prize because quality 'not good enough'

11 Sep 2014:
‘There was absolutely nothing fresh or original,’ said Perpetua Durack Clancy, defending her decision
Victoria 15hr 1min ago

Body of toddler who fell into Victorian creek has been found, police say

11 Sep 2014: Family of three-year-old Ishnael Baqaie had only recently arrived in Australia from Afghanistan
Sharks 15hr 34min ago

Shark cull rejected by Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority

11 Sep 2014: EPA recommends the program not be extended because there is too much uncertainty about its impact on great white sharks
Queensland politics 16hr 6min ago

Tony Fitzgerald urges Queenslanders not to vote for either major party

11 Sep 2014: Head of landmark 1980s corruption inquiry says both parties have failed the voters and are serving only their own interests
Queensland 16hr 24min ago

Reports of Ebola panic in Queensland before man cleared of contracting virus

11 Sep 2014: State’s chief health officer stresses tiny risk as social media suggests people are cancelling trips and removing children from schools
Alcohol 16hr 39min ago

Victoria's alarming alcohol damage figures blamed on political inaction

11 Sep 2014: Alcohol kills three Victorians and is a factor in 18 assaults and 81 hospital admissions every day, study shows
Australian security and counter-terrorism 16hr 47min ago

Brisbane man arrested on terrorism charges has Isis links, police say

11 Sep 2014: Allegations against 21-year-old Agim Kruezi include that he recruited another person to become a member of Islamic State
Australia 16hr 56min ago

Relative told Robert Xie’s lawyer she thought he was innocent, court hears

11 Sep 2014: A young woman who says she was abused by man accused of Lin family murders, originally told lawyers that she did not want to air allegations in case it harmed his case

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Politics

High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it

Joyce Chia: Today’s landmark hearing clearly set out the constitutional limits on detaining non-citizens. The federal government will now have to release or process thousands of asylum seekers
Victoria's alarming alcohol damage figures blamed on political inaction

Alcohol kills three Victorians and is a factor in 18 assaults and 81 hospital admissions every day, study shows
Scientists angry about Ian Macfarlane’s ‘precious petals’ remark

Greens say industry minister should apologise for insulting the science establishment when he should be advocating for them

Sport

AFL semi-finals: what to look out for

Russell Jackson: Quick start vital for Kangaroos; injuries could cost the Dockers; life on the margins; Geelong’s ruck stocks; and a real life lions
NRL qualifying and elimination finals: what to look out for

Paul Connolly: Manly’s thousand-yard stare; Plum tie; a Queensland cracker; the Bulldogs battle themselves; and Brookvale exile
Melbourne Storm will not take undue risk on Cameron Smith in NRL finals

Cameron Smith is set to play in Sunday’s elimination final against Canterbury but Melbourne’s skipper won’t be allowed to defy common sense

Comment

High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it

Joyce Chia: Today’s landmark hearing clearly set out the constitutional limits on detaining non-citizens. The federal government will now have to release or process thousands of asylum seekers
From the 'paperless office' to renewable energy, change leaves its critics behind

John Quiggin: We know that renewable energy poses a real threat to the viability of fossil fuels, so why are its critics so persistent? Look to the ‘paperless office’ debate for an explanation
First Dog on the Moon on ... how to upset a billionaire

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Some of the non-billionaires called for the extremely richest billionaires to be a tiny bit less extremely rich. Mayhem ensued

Health

Jacintha Saldanha 'took blame' for Duchess of Cambridge prank call

Inquest hears nurse found hanged had sent distressed emails to colleagues over Australian DJs' hoax call about pregnant Kate
Reports of Ebola panic in Queensland before man cleared of contracting virus

State’s chief health officer stresses tiny risk as social media suggests people are cancelling trips and removing children from schools

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Brisbane men arrested on terrorism-related charges – video

Two men from Logan, south of Brisbane, face charges of preparing for incursions into Syria to engage in hostile activities