<gu-island name="KeyEventsCarousel" priority="feature" deferuntil="visible" props="{"keyEvents":[{"id":"6556755c8f08d1d922ef85c8","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":" Good morning, I’m Jordyn Beazley and I’ll be taking you through our rolling live news coverage today. ","elementId":"89be12ee-dde1-4533-8939-b462addf3acb"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":" As always, if you see anything that needs our attention please email me at jordyn.beazley@theguardian.com. ","elementId":"0102a44f-6ac6-44e9-8023-96bf80626b1e"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1700164956000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"15.02 EST","blockLastUpdated":1700165337000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"15.08 EST","blockFirstPublished":1700165065000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"15.04 EST","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"15.04","title":"Hello","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Thu 16 Nov 2023 15.58 EST","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Thu 16 Nov 2023 14.30 EST"},{"id":"6556702c8f088603929f3693","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":" A volunteer firefighter has been killed after being struck by a falling tree in northern NSW, Australian Associated Press reports. ","elementId":"f7eb674a-b14c-4f8f-b1f2-a1f44c3862cc"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":" The man was killed while battling the Hudson fire near Walgett yesterday afternoon. Rural Fire Service members…
Tag: Indigenous voice to parliament
Australia news live: Optus network goes down across nation; trains grind to a halt in Melbourne
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Australia news live: fires in Queensland and NSW threaten homes amid strong winds, high temperatures
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Australia politics live: Marles warns of risks in ‘grave’ China clash; the ‘fables’ spread by the no campaign
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Australia politics live: no vote came from ‘grievance camp’, Labor MP says; trade minister to urge China to review wine tariffs
From 1h ago No vote came from ‘grievance camp’, Labor MP says Marion Scrymgour: With the failure of the referendum, we are stuck with a Constitution built on a deliberate plan for exclusion and discrimination by way of race, which still retains a race power rather than a mechanism for recognising the special relationship the commonwealth government must have with its First People as a result of the way this continent was colonised. That is something which we are all going to have to accept and do our best to…
Australia news live: Anthony Albanese to announce referendum date as poll puts yes ahead in South Australia
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Australia news live: Philip Lowe reportedly to be replaced as RBA governor; Wong meets top Chinese diplomat
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Australia live news update: fifth child airlifted to hospital with irukandji jellyfish sting; Albanese and Dutton trade insults over Indigenous voice
From 4h ago Fifth child stung by irukandji on K’gari in a fortnight A primary school-age girl has become the fifth child airlifted to hospital from K’gari with suspected irukandji jellyfish stings in the past fortnight, AAP reports. The girl was swimming in the ocean near a popular creek at K’gari – also known as Fraser Island – when she was stung on her lower back and leg. Her parents used vinegar and water on the stings before the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter landed on a beach on the western…