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the guardian today - Australia edition Thursday 09 Feb 2017 Headlines More » Malcolm Turnbull boasts of standing up to billionaires while defending attack on Shorten Labor leader says 'name calling' showed the prime minister was under intense political pressure Medical journal to retract paper after concerns organs came from executed prisoners Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general despite controversies Fire risk in Victoria as temperatures soar in several parts of Australia George Pell's spokesman says Senate motion calling for his return is a 'political stunt' Melbourne City's Bouzanis gets five-game A-League ban for racial slur Sport More » Reform can't come soon enough given maelstrom of current cricket rankings | Geoff Lemon David Squires on ... an incident-packed Melbourne derby The box seat: AFLW headlines the sporting week on Australian television Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty have the courage Tom Brady lacks Alastair Cook: ECB hung me out to dry in Kevin Pietersen furore Culture More » Max Dupain's Sunbaker: Australian artists respond to celebrated photograph – in pictures Stella prize 2017: 'urgent national issues' dominate longlist of Australian women writers Richard Hatch, Battlestar Galactica's original Captain Apollo, dies at 71 Comment is free More » The Reserve Bank puts on its rose-coloured glasses with interest rate decision | Greg Jericho How the Indigenous art recognised by Unesco draws us into Australia's real history | Paul Daley Dynamic socialism: how progressives can win back the blue-collar heartlands | Tim Ayres Life and style More » Hen dos are a deeply sad and conservative tradition – like marriage itself Domestic violence leave a small cost to employers but priceless to victims Dog day afternoons: caring for your pets in extreme heat | Anne Fawcett Technology More » Real life CSI: Google's new AI system unscrambles pixelated faces Samsung factory fire caused by faulty batteries Science More » Successful male contraceptive gel trial brings new form of birth control closer Bright sparks: exhibition traces electricity's allure for centuries of innovators Environment More » Powershop reveals cash for renewable projects from customers who paid more Carmichael mine jobs need '21 times the subsidies' of renewables, says lobby group Video More » Malcolm Turnbull calls Bill Shorten a 'social-climbing sycophant' – video Turnbull calls Australia Post chairman over CEO's pay – video Cory Bernardi explainer: why his defection means trouble for Turnbull – video Most viewed in last 24 hours More » Supreme court nominee Neil Gorsuch calls Trump judge attacks 'demoralizing' Spokesman confirms that Neil Gorsuch called president's attack on federal judge James Robart 'demoralizing' in private meeting with senator Malcolm Turnbull sets up new politicians' expenses authority – politics live How can Obama smile at a time like this? I think he knows something | Jonathan Jones Donald Trump: a man so obnoxious that karma may see him reincarnated as himself | Frankie Boyle Tara Palmer-Tomkinson dies aged 45 Trump lashes out again at judges over travel ban and calls hearing 'disgraceful' Sport Culture Comment is free Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396