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Are movies getting longer? From blockbuster events to human-scaled dramas, why modern movies are stretching past two hours watoday.com.au/culture/movie…

Your bladder isn’t lying. Movies are getting longer

From big-budget spectacles like The Odyssey to art house dramas and documentaries, directors are stretching their film’s run times.

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Israel election: The far-right Israeli settlers who want to build homes in Gaza watoday.com.au/world/middle-…

‘It is ours’: The far-right Israeli settlers who want to build homes in Gaza

Just a few hundred metres from the Gaza border, Israeli settler activists cannot wait to move in and are in no mood to share the land with Palestinians.

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Michael Jordan had his ‘Flu Game’. Now Australia’s UFC legend has his own version watoday.com.au/sport/michael…

Michael Jordan had his ‘Flu Game’. Now Australia’s UFC legend has his own version

Feeling sick before his title fight on Sunday, Alexander Volkanovski refused to take any medication – mostly because he wanted to make it harder for himself.

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Gina Rinehart helipad: Hancock Prospecting takes West Perth rooftop landing pad fight to State Administrative Tribunal watoday.com.au/national/west…

Gina Rinehart takes fight for Perth helipad at Hancock HQ to tribunal

Gina Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting has taken its fight to build a helipad atop its West Perth headquarters to the State Administrative Tribunal after it was knocked back by the local council.

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US midterms: Trump’s election rallies are getting weirder and looser – and more racist watoday.com.au/world/north-a…

Trump’s election rallies are getting weirder and looser – and more racist

On Sunday, the president admired Nicki Minaj’s bottom and disparaged Norway. But his remarks about Democrat Abdul El-Sayed were more sinister.

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Perth Airport Line: Push for WA government to schedule earlier trains for FIFO workers watoday.com.au/politics/west…

Push for early train times to get FIFO workers to Perth Airport

FIFO workers considering public transport for their journey to Perth have long complained the Airport Line service is not early enough to catch the morning peak of flights, which runs from about 4am...

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Helen Haines attack: Somewhere along the way a politician’s job has changed dramatically watoday.com.au/politics/fede…

My dad was PM once or twice. Somewhere along the way a politician’s job changed dramatically

We’ve begun to confuse the right to hold politicians accountable with carte blanche to make their lives unbearable.

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Barack Obama Trump comments: Will the former US president’s risk pay off? watoday.com.au/world/north-a…

Obama has never mocked Trump so personally. That comes with a big risk

If you attack Trump on these terms, he comes back at you with a vengeance. And it will be more than simply referring to his predecessor as “Barack Hussein Obama”.

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WA news LIVE: Driver dies after Kalgoorlie Desert Race watoday.com.au/national/west…

WA news LIVE: Driver dies after Kalgoorlie Desert Race

Follow our live coverage here.

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Australian government spending: Why Jim Chalmers is resisting calls to cut costs amid recession fears and high inflation watoday.com.au/politics/fede…

What would you cut? Chalmers challenges critics of government spending

The treasurer has used an interview to reject calls for him to set a spending cap as he worries over the economic fallout from the war against Iran.

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#OPINION Jordon Steele-John independent inquiry should find truth rather than conspiracy theories watoday.com.au/politics/fede…

Time for the truth about Jordon Steele-John, rather than conspiracy theories

David Shoebridge is genuine in wanting an independent inquiry into Jordon Steele-John. Some of his party’s supporters, not so much.

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China iron ore stoush puts Australian mines in the firing line watoday.com.au/business/comp…

China iron ore stoush puts Australian mines in the firing line

One of Australia’s biggest mining companies warns deadlocked price talks with Beijing over iron ore prices may force production cuts by the year’s end.

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Perth driver accused of Bibra Lake fatal hit-and-run fronts court watoday.com.au/national/west…

Perth driver accused of Bibra Lake fatal hit-and-run fronts court

The alleged driver behind the wheel of a hit-and-run clash that claimed the life of a cyclist has been identified.

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ABC reporter saves man from sinking car watoday.com.au/national/quee…

ABC reporter saves man from sinking car

The journalist became part of the story when he and a bystander swam out to free a driver from a sinking vehicle in the midst of flooding north of Brisbane.

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#OPINION Alleged war criminal shapes the battlefield with Epic 1 Two merch, Ben Fordham interview watoday.com.au/national/ben-…

Ben Roberts-Smith’s big publicity blitz is aimed at an audience of 12

Ben Roberts-Smith is shaping the battlefield. Or as he sees it, he’s re-shaping it. No-one should be surprised. It’s what soldiers are trained to do.

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WA news LIVE: Arrest made in Bibra Lake fatal hit-and-run mystery watoday.com.au/national/west…

WA news LIVE: Arrest made in Bibra Lake fatal hit-and-run mystery

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Ben Roberts-Smith interview LIVE updates: 2GB’s Ben Fordham interviews alleged war criminal, Victoria Cross recipient; Nine defamation case, ‘throw downs’, SAS ‘cowboy culture’ probed watoday.com.au/national/ben-…

Ben Roberts-Smith interview LIVE updates: Alleged war criminal, Victoria Cross recipient speaks of...

Ben Roberts-Smith will give his first interview after he was charged with five counts of war crime - murder in April. Follow our live coverage.

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Perth house prices suffer record fall in unprecedented market reversal watoday.com.au/property/news…

Perth house prices suffer record fall in unprecedented market reversal

After Perth house prices rose 82 per cent in five years, the bubble has officially burst, with the city recording the biggest drop in history.

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Man arrested after entering WA MP Hannah Beazley’s Victoria Park electorate office with ‘nunchucks’ watoday.com.au/national/west…

Man arrested after entering WA MP’s electorate office with ‘nunchucks’

Hannah Beazley said her staff had been left shaken over the incident.

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Satterley to head back to court to revive North Stoneville dream watoday.com.au/politics/west…

Satterley to head back to court to revive North Stoneville dream

Satterley, on behalf of the North Stoneville landowner the Anglican Church, lodged an appeal of the SAT’s decision on Tuesday.

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