Euthanasia campaigner Phillip Nitschke says the seizure of his book by Border Force officials amounts to government intervention ‘with the choices and decisions of elderly Australians’. Photograph: Joe Castro/AAPEuthanasia campaigner Phillip Nitschke says the seizure of his book by Border Force officials amounts to government intervention ‘with the choices and decisions of elderly Australians’. Photograph: Joe Castro/AAPPhilip Nitschke This article is more than 7 years oldBorder Force seizes copy of assisted suicide book written by Philip NitschkeThis article is more than 7 years oldExclusive: Peaceful Pill Handbook was ordered by a 73-year-old Victorian woman who was told it was ‘prohibited absolutely’ Australian Border Force has seized and destroyed copies of a book that provides information on euthanasia and assisted suicide to the elderly and the seriously ill.
Kenney Bui was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with concussion. He never woke up. Photograph: Highline School DistrictKenney Bui was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with concussion. He never woke up. Photograph: Highline School DistrictUS sportsEarlier this month Kenney Bui, a 17-year-old star pupil who loved football and the Seahawks, died from severe head trauma after a high school game in Seattle. Les Carpenter reports on the tragic story of the boy whose death represents an alarming trend
Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 This article is more than 1 month oldNew Queensland Labor leadership hits pause on $2.7bn Gabba stadium rebuildThis article is more than 1 month oldIndependent body to review plans for Olympic and Paralympic games as new premier and deputy distance themselves from Palaszczuk-era policies
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An xPoint survival shelter in South Dakota. Photograph: Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Rex/ShutterstockDoomsday luxury accommodation is a booming business, offering customers a chance to sit out global pandemics and nuclear wars in comfort – as long as they have the money to pay for it. By Mark O’Connell
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by Mark O’ConnellNot long ago, I travelled to the Black Hills of South Dakota to see the place from which humanity would supposedly be reborn after global civilisational collapse.
Temperature CheckClimate crisis This article is more than 10 months oldRussell Brand is the latest to platform climate conservative Bjørn Lomborg’s ‘reckless’ net-zero cost claimsThis article is more than 10 months oldGraham ReadfearnThe Danish commentator has been accused of continuing to misrepresent findings about the costs of cutting emissions, despite pleas from scientists
Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast If you like your YouTube content to have plenty of references to global elites, industrial complexes, “freedom” and the conservative conspiracy theory of a “Great Reset”, then the British comedian and actor Russell Brand’s channel might be for you.