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She said yes: with no French getaway on the cards, Victorian MP Nathan Lambert proposes in par

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Victorian politics This article is more than 10 months old‘She said yes’: with no French getaway on the cards, Victorian MP Nathan Lambert proposes in parliamentThis article is more than 10 months oldApplause erupts from both sides of the chamber after Labor MP’s romantic gesture in his first speech Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Amid a busy parliamentary schedule, new Victorian Labor MP Nathan Lambert could not see any romantic “French holidays” on the horizon to pop the question to his partner. Read More...

Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand womens voices must be heard | Rebecca Solnit

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OpinionFeminism This article is more than 6 years oldSilence and powerlessness go hand in hand – women’s voices must be heardThis article is more than 6 years oldRebecca SolnitBeing unable to tell your story is a living death. The right to speak is a form of wealth that is being redistributed. No wonder powerful men are furious Silence is golden, or so I was told when I was young. Later, everything changed. Read More...

Tom Daley: I'm only recognised when strangers think of me in my pants' | Tom Daley

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‘To do what I do, you can’t be big and bulky, or you spin slower in the air.’ Photograph: Gustavo Papaleo/The GuardianAs he prepares for his fourth Olympics, the diver talks about fatherhood, growing up fast and why wrapping himself in the flag feels different now by Tom Lamont* * *Tom Daley has the large lumberjack hands and size 11 feet of a very tall man. There must be height lurking somewhere in the diver’s genes, because his younger brothers are 6ft 5in (1. Read More...