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Domestic violence
PNG minister charged with Bondi assault
A senior government minister from Papua New Guinea has been charged with assaulting a 31-year-old woman in Bondi.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Abducted in Japan
‘Heartbreaking’: Penny Wong condemns abduction of Australian children in Japan
Parents warn Tokyo’s two-year delay in implementing new laws could trigger a “dash to the finish line” to abduct more children.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Natalie Clancy
The Coalition is gambling on nuclear. Towns such as Lithgow are ground zero
Lithgow once had a brewery, picture palace and six pubs. Now it has dozens of empty shopfronts.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Max Maddison
‘Community paralysed’: Father and son, aged 2, found dead in suspected murder-suicide
The boy’s mother called police after the 38-year-old man failed to return from a custody visit. Four hours later two bodies were discovered at a unit.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Eryk Bagshaw
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Abducted in Japan
Japan’s laws have changed. Now its society must too
Dozens of Australian parents and children have been caught in this outdated, cruel system. Now the Japanese government has finally relented.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Japan has finally changed its custody law. Australian parents fear it’s not enough
Australian parents of children abducted by their ex-partners in Japan say watershed reforms enabling joint custody don’t address the root cause of the issue.
- by Lisa Visentin and Eryk Bagshaw
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Indigenous art
The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery
Supporters of the mining magnate want a second portrait pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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Indigenous art
Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait
Kyle Chalmers and one of the top officials in Australian swimming co-ordinated a group of 20 elite Australian swimmers to campaign against the National Gallery.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Linda Morris
The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see
Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery to remove a portrait of her by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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Domestic violence
‘I’m devastated’: Funding row threatens kids’ places at renowned family and domestic violence centre
Up to 100 children a year face being blocked from accessing one of the state’s most recognised family and domestic violence intervention centres. Parents say the government is abandoning them.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Fine dining
‘They went to war with each other’: The rise and fall of a Sydney restaurant revolutionary
Barry McDonald transformed Sydney’s food scene with his iconic chain Fratelli Fresh. Now it has all come crashing down.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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