The Guardian today - Australia edition

the guardian today - Australia edition Friday 27 Feb 2015 g
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Independent MP Peter Wellington nominated as Queensland speaker The new Labor government’s nominee says he is committed to ending confrontation and promoting dialogue  Coalition under pressure as cracks appear in accounts of Triggs 'job offer' University suppressed study into racism on buses and 'victimised' its co-author UK man behind Isis beheadings named as Mohammed Emwazi Australia lobbying to stop Great Barrier Reef making 'in danger' list James Hardie asbestos victims to get extra $106m in support from NSW
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NRL season preview: the big four title hopefuls Besiktas 1-0 Liverpool (agg 1-1) aet; Besiktas win 5-4 on penalties | Europa League last-32 second leg match report Scotland v Afghanistan: Cricket World Cup – as it happened | Simon Burnton and Daniel Harris A-League: five things to look out for in round 19 Melbourne Rebels looking impressive heading into Super Rugby round three | Rajiv Maharaj
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Courtney Barnett performs Pedestrian at Best live in session – video Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Chasing Yesterday review - unready for takeoff The Devil’s Playground rewatched – confronting take on Catholic repression
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Ruddock asked me to do my job 'without fear or favour'. Brandis ended that tradition | Graeme Innes Give me cheap beer, or give me sobriety. Just stop this craft beer 'revolution' | Eleanor Robertson Only net neutrality can protect the internet from becoming like TV: white, middle-class and exclusive
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Emma Thompson and Greg Wise: a new mission for the latter-day Chartists Is this woman from Tinder into me or should I just move on? Gluten-free: health fad or life-saving diet?
Technology More »
Should Britain introduce electronic voting? Facebook rolls out new suicide prevention and support tools
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Gene that makes human brain unique identified by scientists Nasa probe spots mysterious shiny patches on dwarf planet Ceres
Environment More »
Battle for Liverpool Plains: Chinese coal project tears at fabric of rural NSW Quokka deaths on Rottnest Island spark police investigation
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Kimberley calling: Dan Sultan on his family's stolen generation past - video Tony Abbott says Joko Widodo is ‘carefully considering’ Bali Nine death sentences - video Octopus leaps onto rocks to drag crab to its death in Western Australia - video
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'Gestapo' tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington Shocked politicians and human-rights groups call for inquiries into Homan Square as Rahm Emanuel caught up in swirl of questions over secret facility  Madonna is superhuman. She has to be to survive the ugly abuse | Bidisha Hostility over ID card for Afghan refugee on 1984 National Geographic cover Madonna falls, but it was the Brit awards that took a tumble Felony murder: why a teenager who didn't kill anyone faces 55 years in jail Isis murderer Mohammed Emwazi is Londoner on MI5’s radar since 2009
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