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Elizabeth Watt, a former employee of Australia’s peak, publicly funded women safety organisation, had to escalate a dispute to the Federal Court after being denied her job back following maternity leave.

Elizabeth worked at Australia’s top women’s safety body - until she went on mat leave

Elizabeth Watt spent years fighting the federal agency after being denied her pre-parental leave role. Her case exposes a loophole that experts say leaves mothers lagging the rest of the world.

  • Rob Harris

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Famed British artist David Hockney has died at the age of 88

David Hockney, artist renowned for his pool scenes, dies aged 88

The British artist, whose brightly coloured renditions of California made him one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, died on Thursday.

  • Jill Lawless
The city of Belfast exploded in anger this week, fuelled by growing public anxiety over unchecked migration.

Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across the UK.

  • David Crowe
Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese in September.

Shorten’s Trump fears on AUKUS revealed

The former Labor leader raised concerns about the prospect of Donald Trump being elected and compromising the AUKUS deal in a cabinet meeting in 2023.

  • Paul Sakkal and Matthew Knott
Police attempt to disperse protesters near Newtownabbey, in Belfast.

Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed-up public

While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.

  • David Crowe
Disorder in Belfast.

I grew up in Belfast. To see such hate on its streets again is heartbreaking

On Saturday, I return to a city I still call my home, to a depressingly familiar sight.

  • Jonathan Drennan
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Police water canons spray water as fire burns during protests taking place near the Chimney Corner Hotel, which allegedly may be a hotel housing migrants, following a night of anti-immigrant riots.

Second night of disorder rocks Belfast as stabbing victim’s family calls for calm

Police have been forced to use water cannons to keep rioters at bay as new details emerged in court about the accused attacker, Hadi Alodid.

  • David Crowe
Vehicles set on fire by protesters burn on Lendrick Street in east Belfast, on Tuesday.

Belfast knife attack victim lost eye, court hears, as suspect named

An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder over a stabbing which sparked violent protests against migration, with masked activists setting fire to a bus.

  • David Crowe

‘Blood-curdling scream’: How a horrific knife attack brought terror to Belfast streets

Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed at the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on.

  • Cameron Henderson
Bus set on fire during Belfast protests the night after an asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder in a brutal stabbing attack.
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Bus set alight in Belfast during riots after a stabbing attack

Bus set on fire during Belfast protests the night after an asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder in a brutal stabbing attack.