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Former treasurer Peter Costello criticises both Labor and Coalition over their economic management

The former Liberal treasurer has some harsh words for governments past and present.

ABC News

Federal assessment of millennia-old rock art begins on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

ABC News

Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations

For more than a century, the modern women's movement in Iran has been forced to fight for their rights.

ABC News

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Online sports betting is targeting young Australians. These academics want more to be done to protect them

Online sports betting is growing rapidly in Australia, but new research suggests this could be linked to a concerning rise in youth gambling.

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What is Satanism? And where does social justice fit into this controversial religion?

Satanism is undergoing an identity crisis, caught between its individualist origins and a more justice-oriented contemporary incarnation. Are Satanists supposed to be radical social Darwinists? Or is there room in the religion for compassion?

ABC News

Bardella, 27, suceeds Le Pen as head of France's National Rally party

Far-right European Parliament member Jordan Bardella, 27, was elected to succeed Marine Le Pen as president in the French far-right political party, National Rally (RN), on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

France’s far-right National Rally elects new president to replace Le Pen

Jordan Bardella, 27, who joined the party as a teenager and is a protege of Marine Le Pen, replaces her as leader

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France's National Rally elects Bardella, 27, as Le Pen's successor

France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post.

France 24

France attempts to match immigration policies with labour needs

The French government on Wednesday announced a bill that would create a specific residence permit to enable illegal immigrants who work in understaffed sector to legalise their status. The new measure aims to fight the exploitation of undocumented migrants and comes at a time when many European countries are experiencing…

France 24

French far-right MP hit with temporary ban for 'Go back to Africa' shout in parliament

The French National Assembly on Friday cut the pay of a far-right lawmaker and temporarily banned him from the chamber for shouting "Go back to Africa!" as a Black legislator was speaking during a parliamentary session.

Reuters

Watch: Moment Black MP told to ‘Go back to Africa’ by far-right MP in French parliament

The French Parliament was suspended on Thursday after a far-right MP shouted, “Go back to Africa!” as a black lawmaker asked a question about immigration. Grégoire de Fournas, of Marine Le Pen’s RN party, shouted at Carlos Martens Bilongo during a debate on migrant and refugee arrivals, causing uproar in…

Evening Standard

Outrage in French parliament as far-right MP shouts ‘go back to Africa’ at black colleague

The culprit was identified as Grégoire de Fournas, the 37-year-old National Rally MP

Evening Standard

Le Pen's 'general' tipped to take over French far-right party, eyes EU polls

Marine Le Pen still has her eyes on winning France's presidency, but a 27-year old loyalist from a tough working class neighbourhood is their far-right party's rising star and he has big ambitions that also extend to the European stage.

Reuters

Police's body-worn cameras have both benefits and limitations for domestic violence victims

Criminology researcher Dr Mary Iliadis says victim survivors are concerned about the potential for police body-worn cameras to mis-identify the primary aggressor.

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JFK's Cuban missile crisis speech became iconic. But it could have been 'humanity's suicide note'

Author and former speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum unearthed the speeches that were not delivered at turning points in history.

Radio France Internationale

French government survives no-confidence votes after forcing through budget

French President Emmanuel Macron's government survived three no-confidence votes on Monday introduced by opposition lawmakers against the use of a special constitutional power to force budgets through the National Assembly without a vote.

Radio France Internationale

French far-right stages anti-government rallies to denounce girl's murder

Hundreds of people gathered in Paris to observe a minute's silence to denounce the murder of a 12-year-old girl who's suspected killer is an illegal immigrant from Algeria.

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Are robots made from frogs cells the future of healthcare? This scientist thinks so

Dr Douglas Blackiston describes xenobots as 'computer-designed life forms' and says they could help researchers learn more about various human diseases.

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Author Sally Rippin felt lost when her son couldn’t read. She wants other parents to learn from her experience

When the author's youngest struggled to learn at school and he started acting out and losing self-esteem, she knew she had to do something. But she had no idea what.

Radio France Internationale

Blow for Macron as French parliament approves special tax on 'super profits'

Lawmakers in France's National Assembly have voted in favour of an amendment to the 2023 budget that would raise taxes on dividends paid to large corporations for their windfall profits.

The Guardian - AU

Lidia Thorpe to lodge press council complaint over voice report; attorney general says pursuit of Assange has ‘gone on long enough’ – as it happened

Mark Dreyfus says most anti-corruption hearings will be private and only public in exceptional circumstances. This blog is now closed

France 24

French government set to end strike by ordering fuel workers back to work

France will order striking workers at Esso-ExxonMobil refineries and fuel depots back to their posts in order to end shortages causing headaches for millions of motorists, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

How far has France’s far-right National Rally come in 50 years?

As Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement marks 50 years in French politics, RFI looks back at how the National Rally – formerly the National Front – went from a fringe group to France’s single biggest opposition party.

The Guardian - AU

Sky News’ Chris Kenny fails to read fine print over Facebook’s IPA ‘censorship’

It was the lack of a disclaimer, not censorship, that caused an Institute of Public Affairs video to be removed

Radio France Internationale

French PM wants to continue sanctions on Russia to ‘make the cost of the war unbearable’

France's National Assembly resumed its work on Monday with a debate on the war in Ukraine and its consequences for France, with a call from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to "continue the sanctions" to "make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia".

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