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2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

The Liberal candidate Howard Ong will challenge a former dolphin trainer, Sam Lim, in Saturday’s election for the knife-edge Western Australian seat of Tangney, on the same day his little brother – Singapore’s health minister – goes to the polls. Ong, an IT consultant born in Singapore, will face off against the Labor incumbent, Malaysian-born Lim, while his brother, One Ye Kung, stands for the governing conservative party, the People’s Action party.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

The cat-proof fence drops off a sheer cliff on one side of Kangaroo Island, and disappears into the ocean on the other. The top section is floppy and electrified – a rude shock for wily cats seeking to climb over – and the bottom is burrow-proof. Gaps left for humans and wildlife funnel any would-be trespassers through a minefield of traps, which are closely monitored.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Martin Farrer |Tory Shepherd

Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian islandValerie the Dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023. Valerie the Dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023. Photograph: Courtesy of Georgia GardnerAfter 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last. Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

Trade unions, conservationists , First Nations groups, church congregations and community organisations have launched a coordinated campaign against opposition leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear reactors across Australia. The Coalition has pledged, if elected, to build seven nuclear reactors to replace retiring or retired coal sites naming Tarong and Callide in Queensland, Liddell and Mount Piper in NSW, Port Augusta in SA, Loy Yang in Victoria, and Muja in Western Australia.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

Teachers are reporting instances of boys claiming the pay gap doesn’t exist, says sociologist Samantha Schulz. They are encountering boys claiming women lie about rape, who say that men are superior, and increasingly say things such as “make me a sandwich”, a modern take on the trope that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. Schulz, an associate professor at the University of Adelaide, has studied the increasingly abusive behaviour of male school and university students towards their teachers.