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The entity that was gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure. The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last month announced it was going broke and could not afford to meet civil claims from abuse survivors.
In South Australia, conservation groups have questioned why their advertisements targeting Labor politicians were pulled by Adelaide airport for breaking rules on political advertising, while others promoting gas and mining kept running.
And in global news, Donald Trump has hit Australian exports with new trade tariffs, claiming the country is not doing enough to combat forced labour, but the Albanese government has demanded he remove them immediately.
Top newsIn picturesJustine Spokes (centre), the mother of Isla Bell, departs the supreme court of Victoria on Friday. Photograph: James Ross/AAP
The man previously charged with killing 19-year-old Melbourne woman Isla Bell has failed in his attempt to have the final charge against him relating to her death thrown out. “It’s just so gruelling, and my heart aches,” Bell’s mother said through tears outside court.
What they said …Former SBS commentator Craig Foster. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian
“I would have said something about Trump.” – Craig Foster
Socceroo turned commentator Craig Foster has been the face of World Cup coverage on SBS for 24 years, though he was absent from this year’s tournament. This week he revealed why he didn’t appear this year.
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Newsroom Edition: An El Niño summer looms – we need to talk about climate change
Political and media attention this week has once again been squarely focused on One Nation’s antics. But while Pauline Hanson had her Euro summer, many of that continent’s biggest cities were enduring their worst heat stress in recorded history.
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In Australia, an El Niño summer is not far away and we may be headed for our hottest winter on record.
Jo Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and assistant climate editor Donna Lu about whether Australia is being too complacent about the changing climate.
Before bed readProf Sarah Dillon with Alan Turing’s short story. Photograph: King’s College/Cambridge
When people think of Alan Turing – the father of modern computing – they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured.
But Turing’s little-known short story suggests a more accurate way of remembering him would be as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex,” according to a Cambridge English literature professor.
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