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Play it faster, play it weirder: how speedrunning pushes video games beyond their limits | Games

In the summer of 2017, the gamer Beck Abney sat in his room playing Mario Kart 64. What happened next has been described as one of the greatest achievements in…

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Climate pressure on Scott Morrison grows after NSW promises to cut emissions in half by 2030 | Australian politics

Scott Morrison faces escalating pressure to set a more ambitious national climate target for 2030 after the New South Wales Coalition state government promised to cut the state’s emissions in…

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Future Fund worth $250bn says FoI requests ‘administratively burdensome’ | Australia news

The $250bn Future Fund says receiving 10 to 20 freedom of information requests a year is “administratively burdensome” and has confirmed proposed changes by the Morrison government would have shielded…

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Family of Wayne Fella Morrison call for new inquiry into his death in custody | Deaths in custody

The family of Wayne Fella Morrison are calling for a fresh inquiry to examine what happened in his final moments in the back of a prison van as the South…

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Scott Morrison meets with Liberal MPs worried Coalition will appease Nationals on net zero | Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison has met with a number of Liberal MPs concerned the government could try to appease the National party by adopting a policy roadmap to achieve net zero emissions…

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ACCC calls for new powers to rein in Google’s dominance of Australian online ads | Australia news

The Australian competition regulator has argued it needs more powers to control Google’s dominance of the $9.5bn Australian online advertising industry, with 90% of ad impressions passing through at least…

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Australia can’t get back the time lost to lockdowns – but an extra hour of daylight saving would help | Elias Visontay

State governments have released reopening roadmaps and are on their way to vaccinating us to freedom, and while the thought of a return to the great Australian summer has provided…

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Victoria Covid update: state overtakes NSW in daily numbers with 867 new cases | Victoria

Victoria has officially overtaken New South Wales in daily Covid case numbers, recording its highest since the beginning of this Delta outbreak. It comes as the state’s health department revealed…

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NSW Covid update: Brad Hazzard contradicts police chief on enforcement of vaccine rules | Australian police and policing

The New South Wales health minister Brad Hazzard insists police will be responsible for enforcing entry restrictions on unvaccinated people – a position at odds with the state’s police commissioner…

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Australia must adopt unorthodox options to disrupt China’s grey-zone threats | Ashley Townshend and Thomas Lonergan

Canberra’s momentous decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines through the new Aukus arrangement with London and Washington is an unmistakable sign of Australia’s commitment to balance China’s military power in the…

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Play it faster, play it weirder: how speedrunning pushes video games beyond their limits | Games

Climate pressure on Scott Morrison grows after NSW promises to cut emissions in half by 2030 | Australian politics

Future Fund worth $250bn says FoI requests ‘administratively burdensome’ | Australia news

Family of Wayne Fella Morrison call for new inquiry into his death in custody | Deaths in custody

Scott Morrison meets with Liberal MPs worried Coalition will appease Nationals on net zero | Scott Morrison

ACCC calls for new powers to rein in Google’s dominance of Australian online ads | Australia news

Australia can’t get back the time lost to lockdowns – but an extra hour of daylight saving would help | Elias Visontay

Victoria Covid update: state overtakes NSW in daily numbers with 867 new cases | Victoria

NSW Covid update: Brad Hazzard contradicts police chief on enforcement of vaccine rules | Australian police and policing

Australia must adopt unorthodox options to disrupt China’s grey-zone threats | Ashley Townshend and Thomas Lonergan

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