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Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among more than 24 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing
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Dozens of authors, journalists, media personalities and a sponsor are boycotting the Adelaide festival after it dumped Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from its annual writers’ week lineup, citing concerns over “cultural sensitivity” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
More speakers were expected to withdraw from the festival, with speculation that other high-profile figures were coordinating their exit announcements.
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Mayor urges ICE to pause operations as congresswoman says victims alive but extent of injuries unknown
US federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon, Portland police said.
“Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents,” the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said in a statement, adding that their conditions were not known.
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‘Five setters are a different beast’, says 30-year-old
Australian has attempted comeback from injury in recent weeks
Nick Kyrgios’s surgically-repaired knee and wrist will not prevent him from taking part at Melbourne Park, where Australian Open qualifying begins next week, but he will not feature in the singles draw.
The 30-year-old posted on social media saying he wasn’t ready for best-of-five set tennis, ruling himself out of contention for a wildcard, but he would still take to the court alongside friend and doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis.
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