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China calls Solomon Islands tune

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The Australian

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Policy settings should drive investment, business activity

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The Australian

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Reef bounce-back no fishy story

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The Australian

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At a time of rising debt, chaos state should look at reform

yesterday 10

The Australian

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UK landslide has turned to mud

yesterday 10

The Australian

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Black market smokes must be tackled at every level

yesterday 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on the ‘twin’ Vermeers: how to spot a masterpiece

The Guardian view on the ‘twin’ Vermeers: how to spot a masterpiece

“How do you know how much to pay if you don’t know what it is worth?” So ends Theft: A Love Story by the Australian novelist Peter Carey. This...

yesterday 10

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality

The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality

More than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won. Now Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a worse...

yesterday 20

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on In Our Time: Melvyn Bragg has proved that media can be both serious and popular

The Guardian view on In Our Time: Melvyn Bragg has proved that media can be both serious and popular

Over the years, a select few BBC radio programmes have carved out distinctive niches in the nation’s affections. High on many people’s lists of...

saturday 20

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The Guardian view on Angela Rayner’s exit: a loss that exposes Labour’s deeper faultlines

The Guardian view on Angela Rayner’s exit: a loss that exposes Labour’s deeper faultlines

The exchange of letters between Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer closes one chapter and opens another. Ms Rayner accepted the verdict of the...

saturday 20

The Guardian

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Armani a master of slow fashion

saturday 8

The Australian

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Global divisions are on display

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The Australian

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Ley sets agenda for debate about role of government

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The Australian

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Dan Andrews has currency of government for the CCP

05.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Xi’s loathsome Axis of Upheaval

05.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Crossing the bridge on protest

05.09.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on new ideas in social work: pioneers are breaking down silos and focusing on relationships

The Guardian view on new ideas in social work: pioneers are breaking down silos and focusing on relationships

When it is not framed around cost savings, discussion of public service reform these days mostly focuses on technology. This is most obvious in...

04.09.2025 7

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes

The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes

In 1995, Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader for Barings Bank, brought down the City’s oldest finance house by, among other things, betting that the...

04.09.2025 20

The Guardian

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Growth, our economic lifeblood

04.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Xi plays up the inevitability of China’s rapid global rise

04.09.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth

The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth

Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed....

03.09.2025 40

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The Guardian view on Zack Polanski’s rise: he wants to replace Labour, not work with it

The Guardian view on Zack Polanski’s rise: he wants to replace Labour, not work with it

Zack Polanski’s landslide election as leader of the Green party marks a turning point for Britain’s fractured left. Young, rhetorically fluent and...

03.09.2025 10

The Guardian

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Bowen’s energy transition is a double-edged sword

03.09.2025 10

The Australian

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AI must not replace scholarship

03.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Make public information more readily transparent

02.09.2025 8

The Australian

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Mass rallies show divided nation

02.09.2025 8

The Australian

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Beijing’s new world order show

02.09.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China

The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China

Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his...

02.09.2025 50

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on free nursery places: risks as well as rewards must be monitored

The Guardian view on free nursery places: risks as well as rewards must be monitored

With the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political...

02.09.2025 5

The Guardian

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Israel decapitates Houthi snake

01.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Let companies, workers decide best WFH practice

01.09.2025 10

The Australian

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Indonesians’ anger boils over

01.09.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Trump and the Fed: independence is no substitute for accountability

The Guardian view on Trump and the Fed: independence is no substitute for accountability

Donald Trump’s attempt to sack the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, is the familiar authoritarian trick of bending institutions to serve the...

30.08.2025 20

The Guardian

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A school champion like no other

30.08.2025 9

The Australian

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Victoria’s lost peace, prosperity

30.08.2025 10

The Australian

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World is safer after Israeli hit on Houthi terror rebels

30.08.2025 10

The Australian

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Iran a model of theocratic global, hateful intolerance

29.08.2025 10

The Australian

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Political mischief is unpunished

29.08.2025 10

The Australian

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US sends message of indifference

29.08.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Reform UK v the Nottingham Post: a council’s boycott of its local paper is both petty and alarming

The Guardian view on Reform UK v the Nottingham Post: a council’s boycott of its local paper is both petty and alarming

The decision by Nottinghamshire council’s Reform UK leader, Mick Barton, to ban his councillors from speaking to the Nottingham Post is as absurd...

29.08.2025 10

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Russia’s strike on Kyiv: Putin is testing Trump’s will and Europe’s resolve

The Guardian view on Russia’s strike on Kyiv: Putin is testing Trump’s will and Europe’s resolve

Wednesday night brought a grim return to Russia’s form: one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began. Moscow eased off...

29.08.2025 20

The Guardian

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No quick wins on housing crisis

28.08.2025 6

The Australian

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Local spread of Iran’s tentacles must be tracked

28.08.2025 6

The Australian

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Throw book at ‘sovereign citizen’

28.08.2025 4

The Australian

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The Guardian view on France’s latest political crisis: François Bayrou’s gamble on austerity does not deserve to pay off

The Guardian view on France’s latest political crisis: François Bayrou’s gamble on austerity does not deserve to pay off

Following a startling victory for Marine Le Pen in European elections last June, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, foolishly called a snap...

28.08.2025 20

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on UK attitudes to Europe: Labour is following where it could be leading

The Guardian view on UK attitudes to Europe: Labour is following where it could be leading

Britain’s relationship with the European Union was not a prominent issue in national debate when Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, and Downing...

28.08.2025 5

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Gaza: the questions that Israel and its allies must answer

The Guardian view on Gaza: the questions that Israel and its allies must answer

Tragedy has piled on tragedy in Gaza. Yet Israel’s attack on Nasser hospital – the only functioning public hospital left in the south – still...

27.08.2025 2

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan: Trumpism in a union jack

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan: Trumpism in a union jack

Nigel Farage wants you to believe Britain could deport 288,000 people annually. That’s nearly 800 a day – 30 times the current rate of...

27.08.2025 8

The Guardian

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Paying the rent on green tape

26.08.2025 10

The Australian

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Nation hits back at Iran’s barbaric attacks on our soil

26.08.2025 10

The Australian

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