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Australia news live: Chalmers talks tariffs in US; Labor urged to scrap ‘epically self-defeating’ uni fees scheme | Australia news newsthirst.

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jim Chalmers was in Washington DC overnight. He was there for talks, and to hear US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent deliver his first major economic policy address since taking office. Reuters reports that in the wide-ranging speech at an investment conference…

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‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025 | Eurovision newsthirst.

TikTok star Go-Jo will represent Australia at Eurovision in May, the 10th musical act to head represent his country since Australia joined the annual European song contest a decade ago.. Marty Zambotto, a 29-year-old Sydney-based singer-songwriter, went viral in 2023 after he uploaded a clip to TikTok of himself performing his song Mrs Hollywood while…

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George Carey among clergy who could face life ban over John Smyth abuse case | Anglicanism newsthirst.

George Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, is among 10 Church of England clergy who could face disciplinary proceedings over the way the church handled allegations of abuse carried out by the barrister John Smyth. A damning independent report, the Makin review, into Smyth’s alleged sadistic abuse of more than 100 boys and young men…

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Man who died on M4 had been accused online by ‘child protection team’ | Bristol newsthirst.

A man who is believed to have killed himself on the M4 outside Bristol on Saturday had been arrested recently after being accused online by a self-proclaimed “online child protection team”. Avon and Somerset police said they had made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) after previous police contact with…

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Expanding Gatwick as well as Heathrow would benefit consumers, says CAA | Gatwick airport newsthirst.

There are “benefits to consumers” of Gatwick airport expansion despite the potential of a third runway at Heathrow, the aviation regulator has said. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) made the comments as it announced support for the West Sussex airport’s proposed new commitments over the next four years. Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has a…

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ABC admits it should ‘never’ have argued Antoinette Lattouf had to prove existence of Lebanese race | Australian Broadcasting Corporation newsthirst.

The ABC’s earlier legal argument that Antoinette Lattouf had to prove the existence of a Lebanese race should “never have been made”, the broadcaster has conceded at a parliamentary committee which heard the case cost $1.1m in external lawyers. The ABC’s defence of Lattouf’s unlawful termination case originally argued she must prove the existence of…

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