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| | | | 14/04/2025 Academics cancel US travel plans, what’s behind Gina Rinehart’s wealth, Oscar Piastri wins in Bahrain |
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| | | Good morning. Australian academics are tearing up their US travel plans amid fears they may be refused entry or detained under policy changes by the Trump administration. As US-led ceasefire talks falter, a Russian missile attack on a crowded city street in the Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed dozens of civilians on their way to Palm Sunday church services. Plus: The Australian F1 driver Oscar Piastri has stormed to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and the track star Gout Gout has won the 200m Australian title in astonishing fashion. |
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| Gina episode 3: Love and money Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In episode three, we unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune – and consider a fundamental question: is Gina Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? | | |
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| What does China really think about Donald Trump? Isabel Hilton writes that the new trade war might be economic bad news for Xi Jinping but ideologically and politically it is a gift. A “determination to fight to the end is both rooted in China’s recent history and in concern for its future”. |
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| The 90s Hollywood It girl Ione Skye doesn’t hold back. Whether she’s discussing menopausal hormone treatment, her marriage to the musician Ben Lee, or recounting her sexcapades with male and female celebrities, for 54-year-old Skye, there’s no such thing as too much information. As Janine Israel discovers, the Sydney-based actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything is raw, revealing, disarming and horny. |
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What’s happening today | NSW | The final day of a committal hearing for an SAS soldier charged over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan is scheduled to be heard today in Sydney. | SA | Victim impact statements are expected to be heard in relation to the death of Melissa Hoskins. | NSW | The Royal Easter Show continues in Sydney. |
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