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Former NSW premier Bob Carr at the Sydney Summit in February.

For decades, former premier Bob Carr opposed these laws. Now he has changed his mind

NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley told parliament on Wednesday that the government was open to considering a bill introduced by Greens MP Jenny Leong.

  • Alexandra Smith and Frances Howe

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Palestinians ride bicycles past the Al Basma IVF Centre, Gaza’s largest fertility clinic destroyed in Israel bombing in 2024.

Israeli bombing of IVF clinic destroyed 4000 embryos, report details

The United Nations says Israel has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza, including by purposely bombing the enclave’s main fertility centre. Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the findings.

  • Shira Rubin and Lior Soroka
Ex-Philippine resident Rodrigo Duterte came to office vowing to rid the country of drugs and drug pushers.

For decades, ‘Duterte Harry’ did as he pleased – then police boarded his plane

The former Philippine president may have thought he was too powerful to be arrested over the deaths of thousands of people. He was wrong.

  • Zach Hope
Women and girls now make up the majority of reported Islamophobic incidents in Australia.

The unspoken truth about attacks on Muslims? Men are targeting women and girls

When abuse against women and girls occurs because they are women and girls, Australia takes it seriously. How, then, to understand these reports?

  • Susan Carland
Rodrigo Duterte withdrew the Philippines in 2019 from the Rome Statute in a move human rights activists say was aimed at escaping accountability.

Duterte extradited to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity

The maverick former Philippines leader’s signature policy drew widespread criticism for its brutality. H was arrested by Interpol on an ICC warrant.

  • Zach Hope
Jennifer Robinson at Melbourne restaurant Farmer’s Daughters.

The international lawyer who specialises in breaking the silence

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been at the heart of battles over press freedom and gender violence. She is sure of one thing: change is needed.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
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Stonnington Mayor Melina Sehr

‘Council of war’: Mayor calls in cops over local government activist

The bad times continue at Stonnington Council, which this column has previously dubbed the “council of war”. So bad that the police are getting involved.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Displaced Palestinians wait near a roadblock after being stopped from returning to northern Gaza.

‘We’re worthless’: Israel blocks Palestinians going home to northern Gaza, kills 22 in Lebanon

Israeli forces opened fire on protesters demanding their planned withdrawal from Lebanon, while in Gaza, a dispute over a hostage appears settled.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss
Displaced Palestinians returning to a destroyed Rafah in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

Here’s why Trump’s ‘clean out Gaza’ idea is rejected

The US president said resettling most of the strip’s population of 2.3 million in Jordan or Egypt could be “temporary or long term”. He’s already heard a firm “no”.

  • Joseph Krauss
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Latin American countries’ refusal to bow to his orders.

Trump claims win over Colombia in stand-off over deportation flights

The tit-for-tat with the South American nation underscores the febrile environment surrounding the US president’s deportation policy.

  • Michael Koziol

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