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Australians in Melbourne react to the Queen's death (ABC News)

Buckingham Palace announced her death on Thursday UK time, saying the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral Castle that afternoon.

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Is it time to declare war on our devices? - ABC Radio National (ABC News)

Specialists say screen and gaming disorders affect tens of thousands of Australian children. The issue has led several academics, child psychologists and ...

Andy Crouch is an American scholar, journalist and author of "The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World." Jocelyn Brewer is a Sydney-based psychologist with a special interest in the psychology of technology. What are the possibilities of tech in our education system?

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Update: ABC, ABC TV programming: Sept 10 - 11 | TV Tonight (TV Tonight)

Marriage, Spicks & Specks are out of schedule as rolling coverage continues, plus the accession of King Charles III.

The Queen and Us airs on ABC TV on Sunday 11 September at 7.40pm AEST. On the evening of Saturday 10 September the ABC will provide live coverage of the accession of King Charles III. ABC TV

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Laura Tingle praised in ABC external review | TV Tonight (TV Tonight)

Review co-led by Laurie Oakes praises 7:30 political editor for her knowledge, experience and authority in reporting, analysing.

“The importance of Laura Tingle to 7.30 was demonstrated in the campaign,” Oakes and Ridout said. “Her economics expertise and Financial Review background were particularly valuable because of the dominance of economic issues in the campaign.” “The way she used her knowledge, experience and authority in reporting, analysing and providing context for issues and events helped to solve what used to be a real difficulty for the program – how to differentiate its coverage from what viewers had just seen on the news.

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Good leaders know when to lead and when to follow: ABC's Laura ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Tingle is focused on this idea as the Albanese government clocks up three months in office; she's as interested in the way they do things as what they actually ...

“I find the interesting thing about what’s happening now is the new prime minister is prepared to throw out into the public domain the [Indigenous Voice to parliament], as a classic example, where he hasn’t said, ‘We are going to have a Voice and we’re going to have the referendum on this day, and the questions are going to be this, and this is how we think the whole thing is going to work’. [Kerrie O'Brien](/by/kerrie-o'brien-gjigmb)is a senior writer, culture, at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via “I think that is counter-productive not only for community discussion but for the politicians themselves because they get trapped in just chasing their own tails.” “Parliament is meant to be about talking about stuff and reaching compromise. “It hasn’t been a question of leaders leading, I don’t think, in the last 10 years – it’s been more of them following,” she says. People felt that Hawke and Keating were great leaders – and Howard – because they tore up the old rule book.”

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Sudanese minister tells woman during visit to Australia 'we would ... (ABC News)

Sudanese-Australian activist Nazik Osman calls for a senior Sudanese government minister to be banned from Australia after he allegedly threatened her ...

"He shouldn't be allowed to come to Australia … A spokesperson said Amnesty had called on the AFP and government ministers involved in the conference to investigate the matter and ensure the family's safety. if he's not respecting the citizens, and if he's not respecting the values of this country, he shouldn't be allowed to enter." He said violence and intimidation had "no place in Australia" and the government took seriously any threats made by a foreign official or representative towards any Australian citizen. "We know that these deals they make to buy weapons and to buy bullets to kill the Sudanese people," she said. Ms Osman said she had been protesting the "exploitation of Sudanese gold and other minerals".

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A history of female war correspondents - ABC Radio National (ABC News)

In Australia we have a long history of trailblazing women reporting from both the frontline and, simply, far from home.

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