
Daisy Dumas
Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Reporter at The Guardian
Reporter for @GuardianAus living and working on Gadigal lands, via the Middle East, NYC and London.
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3 days ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Rafqa Touma |Caitlin Cassidy |Shelley Hepworth |Carly Earl |Sanjana Jose | +2 more
Boiled eggs? Tofu? Avocado? Are these high-protein, low-sugar alternative mousse recipes the new way to make the chocolate dessert? TikTok certainly seems to think so. Guardian Australia staff put them through a taste test so you can decide if you should try making these at home – or give them a miss and keep scrolling instead• ‘My face is leaking’: taste testing the spicy ramen deemed too dangerous for Denmark
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6 days ago |
theguardian.com | Daisy Dumas
Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles has lauded the US’s strategic commitment to the Indo-Pacific as“deeply welcome” amid the risk of global nuclear proliferation, while calling for the stabilising force of liberal trade in the region. In an address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Marles said the region had become the “world’s most consequential strategic arena”.
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6 days ago |
theguardian.com | Daisy Dumas
Elizabeth Young has had her daughter’s Chinese name, Meh Yuk, tattooed onto her left arm. “Beautiful Jade, the name her grandparents gave her,” the heartbroken mother told the New South Wales coroner’s court on Thursday, sitting close by her dog, Teddy, in the witness box. Jade Young, 47, was killed by Joel Cauchi in Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April 2024. The architect had been shopping with her daughter.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Daisy Dumas
The mother of Jade Young, a victim of the Bondi Junction stabbings, has described her daughter’s murder as the “stuff of nightmares” and the result of “years of neglect” within the mental health system. Elizabeth Young told the New South Wales coroners court on Thursday that her words were “both a distillation and a manifestation of anguish”.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Daisy Dumas
One of Queensland’s most senior police officers says the state’s mental health legislation should be amended to make it easier for police to intervene when a person’s mental health makes them a risk to others. Acting deputy commissioner Mark Kelly told the New South Wales coroners court on Wednesday that Queensland’s Mental Health Act had caused “confusion”. Kelly was speaking on the final day of testimony at the five-week inquest into the April 2024 stabbing attack at Westfield Bond Junction.
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Jose Ramos-Horta at the @SydOperaHouse last night: We are "zombies walking into the abyss" as war in the Middle East escalates. Gaza could have been prevented. "In victory, be magnanimous." And, he plans to nominate Antonio Guterres for the Nobel Peace Prize. @TheAusInstitute

Kathryn Joy was raised by the man who killed their mother. Now they want answers https://t.co/wjB1FGqx5Q

The truth of Queensland's broken youth justice system: "If you treat a child like an animal, it is unsurprising that they may behave like an animal." https://t.co/pZBcd2NAUP