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Tricia Rivera is a reporter at the Melbourne bureau of The Australian. She joined the paper after completing News Corp Australia’s national cadet program with stints in the national broadsheet’s Sydney and Brisbane newsrooms.

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‘HANDS OFF OUR KIDS’Nation

The Monash Council meeting public gallery on Wednesday night. Picture: Facebook/Real Rukshan

Council stormed over kids’ drag event

A Melbourne council is determined to proceed with an upcoming drag story time event after its meeting was derailed by protesters | WATCH

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire photos APRIL 26, 2023: Pictured AustralianTreasurer Jim Chalmers speaks during a press conference at CPO in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Chalmers warns of lingering inflation pain

The Treasurer says inflationary pressure will hang around ‘for longer than we’d like’, despite it easing from a 30-year high.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, and the Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell hold a press conference after releasing the Defense Strategic Review at Parliament House Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Marles defends review timing ‘coincidence’

Richard Marles hits back over criticism of the Defence Strategic Review being handed down on Anzac Day eve.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 30, 2023: Bridget Cama, Pat Anderson and Megan Davis of the Referendum Working Group and Referendum Engagement Group after todayÃ¢â¬â¢s historic step towards a referendum.in Parliament House in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

‘Stop voice scaremongering’: Uluru leaders

The architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its call for a voice to parliament say the solicitor general’s backing clearly points to the proposed wording being legally sound.

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Senator Jacinta Price and her husband Colin in the 'No' campaign ad by Fair Australia.

‘I don’t want my family divided’: Price fronts ‘No’ ad

Jacinta Price has fronted a deeply personal referendum ad, featuring her husband opening up on the ‘abuse’ he has to witness | WATCH

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Father Bob Maguire. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Beloved Catholic priest ‘Father Bob’ Maguire dies aged 88

Father Bob was known for his lifelong dedication to advocating for the poor, and his larrikin sense of humour.

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WA Premier Mark McGowan and Liberal senator Andrew Hastie. Picture: NCA NewsWire / James Gourley / Gary Ramage

‘Prison guard looking for work’: Hastie slams McGowan

Andrew Hastie says Mark McGowan ‘is out of his intellectual depth’ after video emerged of the WA Premier badmouthing him while in China.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 27 MARCH 2023:Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto gives a press conference discussing the Moira Deeming Liberal meeting suspension decision.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Ascui

Time has come, Andrews is the problem: Pesutto

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto says Daniel Andrews ‘can’t be the answer … when he is the problem’ following the release of the latest IBAC probe findings.

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trail tragedyNation

Aussie man dies on Kokoda Track, PNG

The 48-year-old man fainted while walking the track and died after being taken to hospital.

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CRIMENation

Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged two men over the alleged kidnapping of a man and a woman at Fairfield earlier this year., , , , About 11.40am on Wednesday 18 January 2023, a 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were walking towards a carpark on Court Road, Fairfield, before two men wearing balaclavas grabbed the pair and forced them into a vehicle., , , , The vehicle then exited the carpark and was last seen travelling west along The Horsley Drive., , , , Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad were notified and commenced an investigation under Strike Force Bultje.

Two men charged over gruesome Sydney kidnapping

The men allegedly forced two people into a vehicle and held them for two days, with one of the victims left with a severed finger.

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