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Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Past articles by Sam:

‘I feel shame’: Captured Russian soldier’s powerful denunciation of Ukraine invasion

A Russian soldier captured by Ukraine has made a powerful public statement denouncing his own nation’s aggression, and pleading with Ukrainians to show his countrymen “mercy”. → Read More

‘This is critical’: Elon Musk urges Europe to increase its use of nuclear power

The world’s richest man, SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk, has urged Europe to dramatically increase its use of nuclear power in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. → Read More

‘Say China did it’: Trump floats crazy idea

Former US president Donald Trump has jokingly suggested his nation “put the Chinese flag” on its F-22 fighter jets and “bomb the sh*t” out of Russia in an attempt to frame China and spark war between America’s two geopolitical foes. → Read More

Grace Tame fights for substance as Scott Morrison focuses on optics in wild week of politics

While many of us were talking about a years-old photo of Grace Tame sitting next to a bong this week, the woman herself was focused on something of actual significance. Ms Tame, through her foundation, was raising money to change the wording of laws that warp the definition of child sexual abuse. “The man who abused me was convicted of ‘maintaining a sexual relationship with a person under the… → Read More

Scott Morrison suggests those criticising his publicity stunts are ‘sneering at millions of Australians’

As the federal election draws nearer, we can expect the spin from all sides of politics to become ever more brazen. Today the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, made a particularly extraordinary claim. Speaking to 2GB radio in Sydney, Mr Morrison addressed the mockery he’s copped recently over a couple of harmless (albeit cringeworthy) moments. Moment one: his decision to play the ukulele on… → Read More

Australia politics live: Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins at National Press Club, parliament considers religious discrimination bill

Welcome back to our live coverage of Australian politics, that most enthralling and inspiring of subjects. It’s the second sitting day of the parliamentary calendar. → Read More

Australian politics live: First sitting day of parliament in 2022

Welcome to our live coverage of Australian politics on this, the first sitting day of the 2022 parliamentary calendar. I do hope you’re appropriately excited. → Read More

Pope Francis has ‘no explanation’ for why God lets children suffer

Pope Francis admitted he had “no explanation” for why God would allow children to suffer during a rare TV talk show appearance on Sunday. → Read More

Spotify: Joe Rogan controversy prompts platform to announce new Covid coverage rules for podcasts

Spotify has announced a new approach to dealing with Covid information after music legend Neil Young’s public denunciation of popular podcaster Joe Rogan. → Read More

Marvel star Evangeline Lilly reveals she was at Covid anti-vaxxer protest

Marvel actress Evangeline Lilly has revealed she attended an anti-vaxxer rally in Washington D.C. where wild statements compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. → Read More

Kamala Harris floated as possible, if very unlikely, US Supreme Court nominee as Stephen Breyer prepares to retire

Legal and political experts have shut down an outlandish theory that US President Joe Biden could nominate his own Vice President, Kamala Harris, to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the country’s Supreme Court. → Read More

Kamala Harris floated as possible, if very unlikely, US Supreme Court nominee as Stephen Breyer prepares to retire

Legal and political experts have shut down an outlandish theory that US President Joe Biden could nominate his own Vice President, Kamala Harris, to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the country’s Supreme Court. → Read More

Neil Young’s Joe Rogan ultimatum backfires, Spotify taking down his music

Music legend Neil Young told Spotify it could either keep him on its platform or podcaster Joe Rogan – not both. → Read More

BA. 2 Omicron sub-variant: Maps show rapid spread of new Covid strain in the UK

Maps showing the spread of a new Covid sub-variant in the United Kingdom have added fuel to scientists’ suspicions it is more infectious than Omicron. → Read More

Prince Harry blasted for demanding police protection for Meghan and children if they return to UK

A former royal protection officer has ripped into Prince Harry for demanding police security while in the United Kingdom, accusing him of “outrageous cheek”. → Read More

Novak Djokovic’s legal team reveals its argument against his visa cancellation in late-night court hearing

Novak Djokovic sought and obtained an urgent injunction to prevent the government from deporting him at a hastily arranged hearing in the Federal Circuit Court last night, following Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s decision to cancel his visa. → Read More

Novak Djokovic could be banned from Australia for three years after visa cancellation, but there is a loophole

Novak Djokovic’s participation in the 2022 Australian Open is in doubt, to put it mildly, following federal Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s decision to cancel his visa. → Read More

‘Unbelievable’: BBC’s inexplicable interview after Ghislaine Maxwell verdict

The United Kingdom’s public broadcaster, the BBC, has acknowledged it breached its own editorial standards with a live TV segment that aired after the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict. → Read More

Ghislaine Maxwell guilty: Epstein’s accomplice could name names in attempt to reduce prison sentence

Convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls to be sexually abused, and now facing decades in jail, disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell may have just one chance to reduce the severity of her sentence: naming names. → Read More

NSW Covid: Kerry Chant says ‘very young people’ in ICU, 70 per cent of new cases below 40 years old

About 70 per cent of new Covid cases in New South Wales are among people under the age of 40, the state’s chief health officer has stressed. → Read More