EXPLAINED: 9 | Vintage Vibes

Property, a visa and a university job: the Australian links forged by a powerful Iranian politician’s son in Melbourne

The son of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading peace negotiations with US – lived and worked in Melbourne, raising questions about sanctions and security

The Guardian - AU · May 10

Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets

The First Nations woman has been on the priority public housing list in WA since 2023. Despite nearly dying from sleeping rough, she still has a two-year wait

The Guardian - AU · May 10

Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

The Guardian - AU · May 8

Demand for guns has surged in the wake of Bondi – what will it take to make Australia safer?

Premiers are rejecting Anthony Albanese’s buyback scheme amid a surge in the number of applications for gun licences

The Guardian - AU · May 1

Anthony Albanese says improving voters’ lives best way to fight rightwing populism and Pauline Hanson

PM tells Guardian Australia government focused on ‘delivering what matters’ to voters in interview marking first anniversary of landslide reelection

The Guardian - AU · May 1

Mother says she ‘misses and loves’ daughter after NT girl’s body found – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 30

Student’s alleged jailing in China over Australian pro-democracy protests sparks calls for inquiry

Human rights commissioner says student’s jailing highlights the ‘growing risks of transnational repression’ in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29

‘Royal mess, trainwreck, shitshow’: inside the implosion of one of Australia’s oldest medical colleges

Police called to tumultuous meeting of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, where rival leaders are locked in a battle for control. Exasperated doctors say the turmoil is a symptom of a deeper problem in medicine

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29

Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Exclusive: Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searched

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28

Brittany Higgins criticises federal inaction as Victoria moves to protect victim-survivors’ counselling records

Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28