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Headlines
Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures
Extreme weather  
Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures
Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records
Inequality  
Executive pay jumped in the last year – so did the gulf between CEOs and the average worker
US  
Trump denies exploiting visit to US soldiers’ graves: ‘I don’t need publicity’
Science  
Vast ‘doughnut’ discovered in molten metal of Earth’s core
Art  
Gina Rinehart’s personal message to NGA about her portrait revealed in FOI documents
Russia-Ukraine war  
Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv kills seven including child in playground
Paris Paralympic Games 2024
Para cyclist Petricola defends title as Australians sparkle in velodrome
What you missed overnight  
Para cyclist Petricola defends title as Australians sparkle in velodrome
44-year-old overcomes multiple sclerosis flare-up to clinch gold, as Korey Boddington wins men’s C4-5 time trial in Paralympic Games debut
The rural network
The struggle to tell rural and local stories has never been harder – or more essential
The struggle to tell rural and local stories has never been harder – or more essential
Local media have been stretched ever thinner as the money to train and staff publications disappears. Now many towns have no reliable news source
Full Story podcast
Full Story  
Newsroom edition: is Labor folding too often on ‘divisive’ debates? – Full Story podcast
Newsroom edition: is Labor folding too often on ‘divisive’ debates? – Full Story podcast
Sport
Football  
Arsenal sign Sterling on loan as Sancho agrees Chelsea move
Arsenal sign Sterling on loan as Sancho agrees Chelsea move
Cycling  
Roglic slashes O’Connor’s Vuelta lead as Woods wins stage 13
Cricket  
England assume control after Potts and Stone grind down Sri Lanka
Culture
Television & radio  
Talking Heads, Agatha All Along and George Clooney: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September
Talking Heads, Agatha All Along and George Clooney: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September
Life and style  
Liane Moriarty: ‘I was wondering, “How is everyone on this plane going to die?”’
Books  
We love to dissect our ‘private lives’, but is forgoing privacy the only way to prove I am a human being?
Opinion
Which multiple record breaker is so hot right now?
Which multiple record breaker is so hot right now?
Will the promise of free coffee win over workers in Melbourne? Like Coke in the water fountains, I want to believe
Winter’s unseasonal warmth and clear skies are glorious – but a forbidding sign of danger to come
Lifestyle
Leading questions  
My 15-year-old stepdaughter never acknowledges my birthday. Am I wrong to stop buying her gifts?
My 15-year-old stepdaughter never acknowledges my birthday. Am I wrong to stop buying her gifts?
Australian lifestyle  
Powder up: ‘old-school’ laundry detergents best bet for cleaner clothes, 2024 Choice test finds
Technology
Mobile phones  
From dumb phones to hand-me-downs: the ultimate guide to buying phones for kids
From dumb phones to hand-me-downs: the ultimate guide to buying phones for kids
Science
Patrick Vallance  
I would not have been a minister under Tories, says Labour’s Patrick Vallance
I would not have been a minister under Tories, says Labour’s Patrick Vallance
Environment
Photography  
A day in the life of a Queensland prawn trawler – in pictures
A day in the life of a Queensland prawn trawler – in pictures
Mining  
What’s the fight over McPhillamys goldmine about and why has Tanya Plibersek hit out at ‘misinformation’?
Video
Fiery crash site evacuated after truck carrying chemicals explodes on Bruce Highway – video
Fiery crash site evacuated after truck carrying chemicals explodes on Bruce Highway – video
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