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Reporter @GuardianAus Still studying @UTSLaw @UTSFass

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@walkleys
Walkley Foundation
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The winners for Innovation Journalism, supported by @MBA_Aust, are: Guardian Australia team, @GuardianAus. #walkleys
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nervous hope is mixing *with* anticipatory dread (sorry for the typo)
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Nervous hope is mixing to anticipatory dread among Harris supporters watching the US election results come in at the Kent St Hotel in Sydney. “Reality is starting to set in,” an American in Sydney says. "It's like when you are on a roller coaster, you know the drop is coming."
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Kent St Hotel, Sydney, is filling up with Australians and American expats supporting Kamala Harris as the US presidential election results roll in
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Supporters of Kamala Harris are watching US election results roll in at Kent St Hotel in Sydney
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American expats are filling in to watch the US election results roll in at a Democrats Abroad watch party in Kent St Hotel, Sydney
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“The fate of western democracy is on the line,” Hope, an American-Australian dual citizen, says. She is watching the US presidential election results roll in at a Democrats Abroad watch party in Kent St Hotel, Sydney.
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@PalestinePDP
PLO Department of International Relations
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.@guardian by .@At_Raf_ & @Rachwani91 “I feel that I left them all behind and I rescued myself. I feel so much guilt, so much shame.” https://t.co/qPD2Cqa9Yc #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights
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Gazans who escaped and the diaspora community speak of the anguish and guilt of watching a year-long war from afar
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@thebigjohnnyd
John Delmenico
1 year
RIP Amy ‘Guardian Blog’ Remeikis 😢
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Rafqa Touma
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NSW premier Chris Minns says he hasn’t lost control of the caucus, after multiple MPs expressed concern re his protest rhetoric. “Our priority was peace and security and social cohesion … The vast majority of my parliamentary party are completely behind … that sentiment.”
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@profjmcadam
Jane McAdam
1 year
This excellent piece by @BenDohertyCorro & @At_Raf_ shows all too starkly why our @KaldorCentre proposal for an emergency framework for humanitarian crises is needed. Even the Home Affairs Minister acknowledges here that its recommendations are important
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Hassan Elhassan works two jobs to support his family of six. Without change, there’s ‘no light on the horizon’
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Paul Karp
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Fatima Payman singles out Rupert Murdoch as she decries mainstream media’s treatment of Muslim women - w @At_Raf_
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Independent senator accuses mogul of causing ‘division, marginalisation and fearmongering’, and says the media too often reduces her to a stereotype
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Super packed trains this morning - services cancelled “due to track repairs at Central” according to a note on the TripView app Was waiting for at least 20 mins due to delays, then couldn’t fit on the train when it did finally arrive
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A 19m yacht has been left to float off Nowra coast after 2 people were rescued. “Depending on conditions it may come in on the coast further down, it may go to New Zealand,” chief inspector Anthony Brazill said. “Our priority is to rescue people, save lives, not save boats.”
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Rafqa Touma
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Grateful to work alongside @arielbogle @NickEvershed @shelleymiranda @Rachwani91 @gabriellecj and Andy Ball
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Rafqa Touma
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These are messages exchanged between Palestinian artists and friends – one in Gaza, one in the US – from inside the Israel-Gaza war. Thank you Hamada and Nahed for sharing your story with us. https://t.co/r9thxdspwj
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Hamada was in northern Gaza when Israel invaded after the 7 October Hamas attack. His story is documented through WhatsApp exchanges, Instagram posts and voice messages with his friend Nahed
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Shelley Hepworth
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The WhatsApp messages between two artists and friends, Hamada and Nahed, during the first six months of the war reveal the incredible challenges of daily life in Gaza – and shows how music can help us through the very worst times
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Hamada was in northern Gaza when Israel invaded after the 7 October Hamas attack. His story is documented through WhatsApp exchanges, Instagram posts and voice messages with his friend Nahed
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