Victorian lesbian group cannot exclude transgender and bisexual women from events, tribunal rules

Finding upholds Human Rights Commission’s earlier ruling to deny group a five-year exemption under Sex Discrimination Act Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A Victorian lesbian group cannot exclude transgender and bisexual women from its public events as doing so would…

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Gaza ceasefire: Displaced Palestinians return to destroyed homes as aid is delivered to strip – live updates

Humanitarian organisations express cautious hope truce deal will allow to scale up aid from 18 to 500 truckloads a day Displaced Palestinian people making their way home have spoken to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency about their hopes and fears for the future. Ghadeer Abdul Rabbo, 30, told AFP she hopes that the ceasefire…

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Wards in NSW’s largest psychiatric hospital close as mass resignations begin

Doctor calls situation ‘an absolute disaster’ for public mental health system and vulnerable patients Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Mental health wards have begun to close in New South Wales as negotiations to avert the mass resignations of psychiatrists continue. At Cumberland psychiatric hospital, the largest mental health facility…

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German election 2025 poll tracker: which party is leading and who could be chancellor?

Germany will elect a new Bundestag on 23 February. Find out who is ahead in opinion polls and what coalitions are possible Germany is preparing for a general election to the Bundestag, the lower house of its parliament, on 23 February, after its “traffic-light” coalition of social democrats, liberals and greens collapsed. The country’s electoral…

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