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President Trump spoke Sunday with embattled Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and vowed to stick by him despite new revelations that he shared sensitive information about a military strike in another group chat: bit.ly/3GgpabH

Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and “irreversible heart failure,” the Vatican has announced in a statement. ⁠The Vatican said the Pontiff was woken by his alarm at 6am (local time), but soon after suffered a stroke, followed by a coma and heart failure.⁠ Read the

Opinion: We’ve been humiliated by China, publicly mocked for our military impotence by Russia and told by the US to increase defence spending. Our response? Absolutely nothing: bit.ly/4jstkfi

What was a 4 per cent swing to the Coalition in Victoria at the start of the year has been reduced to 1.8 per cent, based on the last election result. If Labor can limit the swing on May 3 to this, its path to majority government becomes a lot smoother: bit.ly/3S1ElYA

A man has faced court accused of murdering teenager Audrey Griffin on the Central Coast: bit.ly/3YcqL8t

Early-career lawyers have slammed their conditions and pay as research shows many in the next generation of legal minds are at risk of leaving the profession entirely, citing poor physical health, burnout, depression and anxiety: bit.ly/4jrgaz8

Bluesfest Byron Bay, one of the country’s biggest and longest-running music festivals, has announced that it will return next year — just one year after declaring that the 2025 edition would be its last: bit.ly/4lGcVFf

Virgin Australia has maintained its status as the country’s most punctual airline in the cyclone-ravaged month of March, in a welcome boost to US owners Bain Capital ahead of a planned IPO: bit.ly/3Es0zjx

A string of airlines are rolling out new cabin features like the first ever business class ‘quad suites’ on Qatar that allow a family of four to sit together for meals, in a move designed to challenge Qantas’ comeback: bit.ly/4cLFQnB

Nine investigative reporter Nick McKenzie will face cross-examination in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal, as the ex-SAS soldier demands files from the ABC’s MediaWatch program: bit.ly/42MpJS3

Teal MP Monique Ryan has kept up her frosty front, refusing to answer questions while campaigning outside pre-polling stations in Kooyong | WATCH: bit.ly/3YI2hUB

Peter Dutton points to nuclear costings and power bill relief as Anthony Albanese claims the Coalition’s biggest lie centres on Medicare in the third debate of the campaign: bit.ly/42I3ZGW

I’ve always been a bit cheeky and made my Anzac biscuits with chocolate drops in them. But if you are a traditionalist, you can easily make these without the chocolate: bit.ly/4jg1oec

Benson, Sheridan, Kenny, Trinca and Bramston analyse the performances of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in the third leaders debate of the election campaign: bit.ly/3YysJQP

Unsung and unexpectedly buzzy, this city is a pocket-sized dynamo. Now, it’s in the spotlight for offering visitors a heady mix of Baroque architecture, historical intrigue and a newly thriving restaurant scene: bit.ly/3EzqK7V

With a change in mindset lasting weight loss is achievable, according to researchers at Oxford and Cambridge. Here’s where to start: bit.ly/3YyfI9V

For culture-loving travellers who love to immerse themselves in a destination’s arts scene and discover upcoming talent, this place is hard to beat: bit.ly/3Ehwtze

Peter Dutton will pledge to pump at least $21bn more into Defence than Labor over five years, lifting military spending to 2.5pc of GDP by 2030 and vowing to meet the Trump administration’s 3pc target within a decade. theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

Anthony Albanese and almost all of the Labor frontbench have given their second preferences to the anti-Israel Greens despite multiple accusations of anti-Semitism against them. Read more: bit.ly/3RqmCKi

Opinion: Anthony Albanese is not the leader he was in the 2022 campaign, he is across the detail and confident in his approach. Read on: bit.ly/3YIPZv8