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Morning everyone. With many Invasion Day rallies marked by strong calls for a no vote in the voice referendum, our top story looks at the complex position of the Greens Indigenous spokesperson, Lidia Thorpe, who may join the no camp despite her party favouring yes.
We look at all the fallout from yesterday’s events – including a plea for responsible media coverage from our editor – and how El Niño could be back soon.
Australia Can seaweed feed and fuel the planet? Photograph: smovic/Getty Images/iStockphoto World A crater left by a Russian rocket that destroyed a house in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine. Photograph: Andriy Andriyenko/AP Full Story A bushfire near Taree, NSW, in 2019. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
The return of El Niño
After three years of rain and floods, we could be in for a hotter, drier phase with the return of El Niño. Graham Readfearn explains why that could also mean more bushfires, coral-bleaching and exceeding 1.5C warming for the first time.
Full Story The return of El Nino
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In-depth Invasion Day event at the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra yesterday. Photograph: Martin Ollman/Getty Images
The swirling debate about the voice to parliament has been given extra charge this month amid alcohol bans in Alice Springs and yesterday’s Invasion Day rallies. But there’s a danger that the complexity of the issue could be lost in the noise, writes our editor, Lenore Taylor, who argues that the media has a particular responsibility to help readers understand the facts and the historical, political and legal context, to call out falsehoods and to avoid fuelling an ideological outrage cycle.
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Lewis Treston’s witty and polished play, Hubris & Humiliation, a modern take on Jane Austen, is the perfect way to start off Sydney World Pride, according to our critic, Cassie Tongue. The play, which is now at the city’s Wharf 1 theatre, blends Regency language and Australian slang to deliver jokes and sizzling romantic tension.
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Australian Open | Aryna Sabalenka reached her first grand slam final after swatting aside Magda Linette and will play Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s showdown. Australian pair Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler have reached the men’s doubles final after beating the experienced duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
Cycling | After her new team collapsed, Chloe Hosking, one of Australia’s most successful cyclists, will be forced to retire unless a contract arises soon.
Cricket | Australia wrapped up a Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan in Hobart last night on the back of a clinical bowling effort and clean strikes from Beth Mooney.
The Sydney Morning Herald looks at Australia’s connection to the Indian conglomerate Adani and the alleged “largest con in corporate history”. The Australian Financial Review argues that despite optimism about inflation peaking out, the pain for mortgage borrowers is only just getting started. NT News claims an exclusive with a Labor MP’s warning to the Northern Territory government that Canberra will step in if it can’t fix the social unrest in Alice Springs. Lindsay Fox’s attempt to claim a beach at Portsea for his private use appears to have thwarted by three senior judges, the Herald Sun reports.
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Sexual abuse hearing | Readiness hearing in Sydney for retrial of MasterChef finalist and swim coach Paul Douglas Frost on sexual abuse charges.
Road safety | With the school year about to begin, the NRMA will reveal data on the record number of drivers caught speeding in school zones.
Coronavirus | Weekly update of Covid cases and deaths in Australia.
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