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‘Nothing like this happens here’: Dural residents thought mystery caravan could be part of council cleanup – until bomb squad arrived theguardian.com/australia-news…

New from me: Internal documents from the Daily Telegraph and exclusive CCTV footage take you inside the stunt at Cairo Takeaway this week. It's a doozy.

Wallace, Gromit, Norbot and Feathers McGraw stun at the BAFTAs with their selfie

‘Public policy failure’: number of public school students in Australia falls to record low – again theguardian.com/education/2025…

Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale. They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head. So here you go.

Starting up a podcast with Tony Barry - “Back to Back Barries” - produced by Guardian Australia from this Saturday. First major topic: will minority government be good or bad for the country?

“The average amount paid in voluntary fees and contributions by parents with children at public schools has surged by almost 40% in two years” ⁦Caitlin Cassidy⁩ #auspol #education #PublicSchools #SchoolFunding theguardian.com/australia-news…

over 200 recipients of ARC funding call for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's fellowship to be reinstated and for this anti-Palestinian racism to stop - because this is exactly what this is, despite what Peter Shergold says. for full letter & list of signatories see: forms.gle/gaj13Lorsfbwvj…

Australian university researchers told ‘woke gender ideology’ among reasons behind Trump funding cuts theguardian.com/australia-news…

Sometimes in this job there are issues that really get under your skin. Subminimum wages for people w disability is one of them for me. So it was great to do this story on a new campaign from Down Syndrome Australia to urge govt to finally get rid of them theguardian.com/australia-news…

I saw this movie last week and couldn’t believe it’s been banned in parts of the US. This is devastating theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

lol Kamala Harris is speaking at the Australian Real Estate Conference this year

🇦🇺 Labor Accuses Dutton Of Copying Trump With Suggestion Children Being 'Indoctrinated' At School ▫Education minister criticises ‘extreme’ Coalition stance ... ▫Josh Butler Caitlin Cassidy ▫is.gd/8AL0nm #Digial #frontpagestoday #Australia #GuardianAU

Student journalists are anonymizing bylines, unpublishing stories, and resigning from newsrooms amid a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech under Trump. "These are not normal times," the Student Press Law Center has warned. My latest for The Guardian: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

The peak body for higher education says the Coalition has played an isolationist “Donald Trump anti-migration card” with its election policy to slash international students - ⁦Caitlin Cassidy⁩ #auspol #highereducation #internationalstudents theguardian.com/australia-news…

I wrote a piece for the guardian about the reaction to my settlers documentary. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Would love to see more footy games in the NT. The crowd shots & atmos is so great

Taree resident Emma Browne said volunteer rescuers were “tired and need help”. “The community is now launching their own boats to help rescue people still waiting for two days,” she said. “Where’s the navy, army and everyone else?” Caitlin Cassidy theguardian.com/environment/20…

Watching Ginnivan as a Collingwood supporter is like seeing your shitty ex from high school and being like what the hell was I thinking