Who will take the trophy in bird of the year 2025?
Over the coming week, hundreds of thousands of Australians will cast their vote in an election unlike any other. In the fifth bird of the year competition Guardian Australia and BirdLife Australia celebrate the diversity and wonder of our unique and native bird life. Deputy editors Gabrielle Jackson and Patrick Keneally and BirdLife Australia’s Sean Dooley tell Reged Ahmad about the scandals of elections past, why the poll matters and which bird will get their vote
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The 'civil war' brewing within the Liberal party
It’s Senate estimates week in Canberra but all eyes are on Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, the former SAS soldier with leadership aspirations. Nour Haydar talks to the political editor, Tom McIlroy, and political reporter Krishani Dhanji about Hastie’s recent resignation to the backbench, the pressure that puts on the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, and how close we are to a leadership spill
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What happens when you stop weight-loss jabs?
Science editor Ian Sample talks through the dilemma facing more than a million people in the UK as the cost of the jabs jumps
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Shadi Khan Saif: the Taliban’s war on the internet
Last week for 48 hours, and without any warning, Afghanistan was in a total internet blackout. It was a telecommunications shutdown imposed by the Taliban and one that had an immediate and profound impact on the population. Journalist and Full Story producer Shadi Khan Saif speaks to Reged Ahmad about the regime’s calculated effort to silence dissent
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When did the US supreme court become so ‘lawless’?
The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to the future of American society and democracy. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Prof Leah Litman about what exactly motivates the nine judges who are supposedly tasked with upholding the US constitution. When did the highest court in the land become so apparently partisan? Is there any coming back from this?
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