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While Australia’s relations with China have warmed, data shows economic ties are at their lowest levels in more than five years and are unlikely to bounce back (www.afr.com)

Data compiled by The Australian Financial Review shows key metrics in the critical bilateral relationship have failed to return to levels before ties soured under the Turnbull and Morrison governments, and in some cases are shrinking....

Mona: Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors (www.bbc.com)

Scott Morrison-era ‘accounting tricks’ to cost public schools $13bn over next five years (www.theguardian.com)

Australia’s public schools will miss out on $13bn in the next five years if accounting tricks are maintained in upcoming funding agreements, a major report has found....

(NSW) LGBT Equality Bill Is Now Open For Consultation: Here's Why You Should Fill The Online Survey - Star Observer (www.starobserver.com.au)

The rise of financial sovereignty — and why some Australians believe they don't have to pay tax - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)

The sovereign citizen movement rejects the legitimacy of the government. Its fast-growing popularity has had authorities scrambling to get a handle on how far its tentacles have reached....

Vote for your favourite Lemmyvision songs! (jlai.lu)

cross-posted from: jlai.lu/post/5874257...

Life on Willis Island in the Coral Sea, one of the world's most remote weather stations (www.abc.net.au)

Whether Australia’s budget has a surplus tells us little about the government’s worth – it’s all on the choices made | Greg Jericho (www.theguardian.com)

An Australian citizen under surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party: "I’m not the only China scholar who lives in fear of abduction or assassination" (www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au)

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12976581...

How a Taylor Swift faux pas led to the upending of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case's final days (www.abc.net.au)

Daylight saving has 80% support in Australia and a majority in every state (theconversation.com)

Spending a billion dollars to bring solar manufacturing back to Australia is 'worth a shot', researchers say (theconversation.com)

If Australia can kickstart a viable solar industry, the country could take better advantage of the talent and research knowhow in Australia to begin building next-generation cells, and unlock other parts of the green economy, write Brett Hallam and Fiacre Rougieux from the UNSW Sydney....

TIL Julia Gillard has a podcast, on which she interviews prominent women from a range of fields (giwl.anu.edu.au)

The first episode was with UK-based Danish comedian Sandi Toksvig. Other noteworthy guests include Tanya Plibersek, Hillary Clinton, and Theresa May.

A mere 57 mega polluters produce 80 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, new analysis shows (www.abc.net.au)

On the one hand, it makes it really hard to stay motivated with the teeny contribution I make to reducing emissions....

Brock got the news the day he asked for repairs – one of 30,000 NSW renters evicted without a reason each year (www.theguardian.com)

Federal Court publishes affidavit detailing Seven Network payments to Bruce Lehrmann, including for sex, drugs (www.abc.net.au)

‘We know the community is over it’: how self-regulation of gambling ads came unstuck minutes into an AFL game (www.theguardian.com)

Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price (theconversation.com)

We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago (www.abc.net.au)

I’m sure this whole article comes as a shock to nobody, but it’s nice to see it recognised like this.

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