Woman camping at flooded Wye River with her daughters says ‘it’s just heartbreaking, strangers are hugging strangers’
In today’s newsletter: Numerous studies have found evidence of microplastics in the human body and warned of the risks to our health. But in the race to research this new field scientists may have drastically overstated the dangers
US president adopts more measured tone and suggests a pause in decision on threatened US military action in Iran
Claim comes after former festival board member Tony Berg accused Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah of ‘hypocrisy’ in their accusations of repressing freedom of speech
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The chirpy travel guide explores fjords and harvests mussels in a new series. Plus, daft sitcom Piglets returns. Here’s what to watch this evening
Assistant commissioner says police will have ‘contingencies in place’ for public assemblies on 26 January
Opposition leader Ley labels bill ‘unsalvageable’ while Greens senator says it should be properly scrutinised and include protection for LGBTQ+ people
Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story
Prime minister wants cabinet ministers to move on from policies that have tanked with voters
The international swan census takes place this weekend, with volunteers helping count whooper and Bewick’s swans
Sustainable fresh scallops are best treated simply, and this herby, garlicky breadcrumb topping ticks all the right boxes
As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Apology comes as former Adelaide festival board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy after she resigned citing free speech concerns
United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities
In 1994 the singer and Brian Eno spent a day with ‘outsider’ artists. Intimate photographs, showing in Australia for the first time, reveal the effect it had
It took Robert Dessaix many decades to appreciate Australia’s landscape, but when it finally happened, he felt forever changed