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‘They are bastards’VideoCommentsPremiumRussian Odessa strike kills newborn baby and five others

‘The war started when this baby was one month old. Can you imagine what is happening?’ said President Volodymyr Zelensky. ‘They are just bastards... I don’t have any other words for it, just bastards.’

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‘An aberration’VideoCommentsPremiumFlorida hits back at Disney after it condemned ‘don’t say gay’ LGBTQ bill

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis - a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2024 - has signed a bill that strips Disney Co of self-governing authority.

Maria Caspani and Dawn Chmielewski

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Thousands of families left out in cold amid housing crisis

A State Government social housing purchasing and refurbishment blitz is years behind schedule, with barely a third of the promised acquisitions and refurbishments completed.

Josh Zimmerman

Human RightsPremiumInfo sought over Sydney pub brawl death

Police have renewed a plea for information after a 23-year-old man was fatally bashed during a violent brawl outside a Sydney pub.

Phoebe Loomes

Human RightsPremiumNation-first program supports trans people

A Victorian program considered an Australian first is giving a voice to transgender and gender diverse people across the state.

Tara Cosoleto

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‘I live in fear’CommentsPremium
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Polish family share bitter truth about life on border line

Jolanta can see where Poland ends and Ukraine begins from the backyard in which her children play. She and her soldier husband live in fear the unrest will spill over the border and plunge the world into war.

Miriam Fisher

Worrying attitudesCommentsPremiumStudy shows ‘excessive’ ogling linked with shock rape views

Men who think nothing of ogling a woman’s body might want to lift their gaze, with new WA research suggesting it could be linked to problematic attitudes on sexual assault.

Kate Emery

Human RightsPremiumWA considers coercive control laws

The WA government is seeking views on whether coercive control, a pattern of threatening and intimidating domestic abuse, should be criminalised.

Emily Woods

Human RightsPremiumDomestic violence continues to rise in NSW

Rates of domestic violence and sexual assault have continued to grow in NSW as the instances of all other types of crime fell or remained stable.

Phoebe Loomes

‘humanitarian commitment’Australia accepts ‘generous’ NZ refugee resettlement offer

Australia has finally agreed to let New Zealand resettle hundreds of refugees who have arrived on our shores by boat, almost a decade after the deal was offered.

Kimberley Caines

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WA man joins tens of thousands offering asylum to refugees

A Perth man has revealed how growing up in communist Poland compelled him to help Ukrainians seeking asylum from their war-torn homeland, and his fears for his family as well as the future of Europe.

Miriam Fisher

War rages onVideoCommentsPremiumSearch on for bodies in theatre rubble as Ukraine toll rises

The death toll in Ukraine is continuing to mount as the war enters its fourth week, with failed peace talks between the countries signalling there is no end to the unrest in sight. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Miriam Fisher

Humanitarian crisisVideoCommentsPremiumMore than 100 children killed in bloody war against Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling warning to ‘scum and traitors’ as news breaks more than 100 children have been killed in Russia’s increasingly bloody war against Ukraine.

Miriam Fisher

Human RightsPremiumGuatemala abortion law boosts jail term

A law that punishes abortion with up to 25 years in jail and prohibits same-sex marriage has been approved in Guatemala's Congress.

Sofia Menchu

Human RightsProminent Aust women demand real action

A group of prominent Australian woman are urging leaders to back up talks and promises with real action to end violence, harassment and discrimination.

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Human RightsPremiumIndonesia dismisses call for Papua probe

Indonesia says a statement by UN experts raising allegations of violence against Papuans and calling for independent investigation, is biased and outdated.

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WAR IN UKRAINEVideoCommentsDozens of civilians dead, thousands hurt in Ukraine horror

The United Nations confirmed at least 64 civilians have been killed in the devastating invasion, 240 have been injured and more than 160,000 people have been displaced. READ THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS HERE

Miriam Fisher

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Does it really matter if a feminist rejects the f-word?

In the decade or so since I’ve been writing about feminism — wait, keep reading, there are jokes, I promise — I’ve encountered a particular type of person I like to think of as Schrodinger’s Feminist.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

Shocking footageVideoCommentsChaotic scenes in Kyiv as tank flattens civilian car

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT An elderly Ukrainian driver has miraculously survived a horrific ordeal after his car was flattened by a tank.

Miriam Fisher

War rages onVideoCommentsRussian troops press towards Ukraine capital

Russian troops pressed towards Ukraine’s capital on Saturday after a night of explosions and street fighting sent Kyiv residents seeking shelter underground.

Miriam Fisher

Human Rights'Spaceless' abuse a threat to rural women

Technology-based domestic abuse poses a larger threat to rural women than their urban counterparts, new research says.

Stephanie Gardiner

Human RightsClaims activists harassed in Vietnam

Human Rights Watch says more than 170 activists have been put under house arrest, blocked from travelling and assaulted by agents of the Vietnamese government.

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Human RightsDissident's Wuhan tale published in Aust

Australian publisher Hardie Grant will release an account of the COVID outbreak in Wuhan, by dissident Chinese author Murong Xuecun.

Liz Hobday

Human RightsBolsonaro a threat to democracy: HRW

Human Rights Watch says Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is a threat to democracy and must be stopped from undermining October elections.

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