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Research question #30 for fabulous forensic Facebook friends:The Murdoch media are blaming Labor for the attack against...
23/10/2026

Research question #30 for fabulous forensic Facebook friends:

The Murdoch media are blaming Labor for the attack against Helen Haines, claiming Labor released a so-called "dirt file" on her.

Has anyone seen this? Does it exist? Where can we see the full text of this document?

Thanks heaps.

23/10/2026

The Pickles

23/10/2026

POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE KILLS AT LEAST 16 IN TIBET AS RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE

At least 16 people have died and 46 others have been injured after a powerful magnitude-seven earthquake struck a remote mountainous region of Tibet, destroying hundreds of homes and triggering an emergency rescue operation.

The earthquake struck at 10.33pm local time on Thursday, with its epicentre in the sparsely populated Nagqu region of northern Tibet, approximately 400 kilometres from the regional capital, Lhasa.

Chinese authorities said 11 people were seriously injured, while at least 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds had collapsed. More than 1,600 rescue personnel have been deployed as emergency crews search damaged buildings, assist survivors and establish temporary accommodation for displaced residents.

The earthquake struck at an altitude of nearly 4,900 metres, where difficult terrain, cold temperatures and limited access present additional challenges for emergency workers.

Authorities have dispatched approximately 1,000 prefabricated housing units, 3,000 tents and folding beds, along with winter clothing, lighting equipment and other emergency supplies. Communications have been disrupted in some affected communities, while rockfalls have forced the closure of part of a major highway. Railway services have also been interrupted.

Forecasters are predicting intermittent snowfall over the next three days, potentially complicating rescue and recovery operations.

China’s earthquake monitoring agency recorded the quake at a depth of approximately 10 kilometres, while the United States Geological Survey estimated a depth of 18 kilometres. Several smaller earthquakes, measuring around magnitude three and four, have followed the initial tremor.

Footage released by Chinese state media showed residents leaving their homes and sheltering outdoors or inside parked vehicles.

The earthquake is the strongest recorded in the region in five years, according to China’s national broadcaster CCTV. Tibet lies in a seismically active region where the Indian tectonic plate pushes against the Eurasian plate, generating powerful earthquakes across the Himalayas and surrounding areas.

In January 2025, an earthquake in Tibet’s Tingri county killed at least 126 people. A magnitude-7.1 earthquake in neighbouring Qinghai province in 2010 killed more than 2,600 people.

Authorities are continuing to assess damage and reach affected communities, with the full extent of the latest disaster yet to be established.

23/10/2026

NATIONAL HERALD SPORTS

AUSTRALIA SUFFERS CRUSHING TEST DEFEAT AS SOUTH AFRICA LEVELS SERIES

Australia faces serious questions about its batting after suffering an innings-and-31-run defeat to South Africa in the second Test at Gqeberha, leaving the three-match series tied at 1-1.

Despite a fighting century from Travis Head and remarkable resistance from nightwatchman Scott Boland, Australia was dismissed for 295 in its second innings on Thursday, giving South Africa victory in the final session at St George’s Park.

Captain Pat Cummins acknowledged that Australia’s batting had fallen well short of expectations, particularly after the tourists were bowled out for just 99 in their first innings.

South Africa’s victory represented an extraordinary turnaround after the hosts had slumped to 6-110 in their first innings, with Australia appearing well placed to secure the series.

However, captain Temba Bavuma produced a magnificent 179, supported by Marco Jansen’s 85 and Simon Harmer’s 82, allowing South Africa to declare at 9-425. Jansen then devastated Australia’s batting order, claiming 5-33 as the tourists collapsed for 99 and were forced to follow on.

Head led Australia’s second-innings resistance with 121, becoming the first Australian since David Boon in 1988 to score a century after following on.

Boland, better known for his bowling, produced an outstanding defensive performance, surviving 166 deliveries for 40 runs as Australia attempted to salvage a draw.

Rain washed out the opening session on the final day, improving Australia’s prospects of survival, but South Africa’s bowlers maintained the pressure. Wiaan Mulder dismissed Head, Boland and Cummins, finishing with 3-64, while Kagiso Rabada claimed 4-77. Jansen completed the victory when Josh Hazlewood was caught in the slips.

Cummins said Australia’s batters needed to show greater patience and discipline, pointing to Head and Boland as examples of the determination required to withstand difficult bowling conditions. The defeat has also intensified scrutiny of Australia’s batting selections ahead of the deciding Test, although Cummins confirmed that Steve Smith, who experienced neck discomfort during the match, would be available.

Australia won the opening Test in Durban by 214 runs, but South Africa’s emphatic response has ensured the series will be decided in Cape Town.

The third and final Test begins at Newlands on Tuesday, 27 October.

Sources: AAP, Reuters, International Cricket Council and Cricket Australia, 22–23 October 2026.

23/10/2026

I’d prefer we’re defending Australia’s homeland and not the US. But maybe that’s just me.
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AUKUS: Australians paying to defend the US homeland

By John Menadue, Pearls and Irritations

AUKUS is sold as a sovereign Australian defence capability. But its strategic logic and dependence on US systems raise a harder question: whose homeland is it really designed to defend?

It is not to defend Australia. It is primarily to defend the US homeland.

It is my understanding that the AUKUS heads of agreement were agreed at a meeting between Andrew Shearer, the head of our Office of National Intelligence, and Kurt Campbell in Washington in April 2021. Campbell was National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific. The stitch-up was before Australia’s Cabinet became involved. The basic deal was that the US would agree to Australia acquiring SSN submarines in return for a substantial enhancement of the US Force Posture Initiative (USFPI), an existing agreement between the US and Australia to allow US forces to rotate through ADF bases in Australia.

Campbell later boasted that the great benefit of AUKUS was “getting Australia off the fence” and “locking [it] in for 40 years”. It proved very easy to push open the Australian door.

Mike Gilligan on P&I on 12 June this year raised for the first time, at least as far as I can recall, that AUKUS is “for high priority underwater operations defending the United States, not for Australian defence”.

He further elaborated on 7 October that “the purpose of our mind-boggling expenditure to acquire nuclear submarines is not to defend the continent of Australia but the American homeland. By acquiring hunter-killer nuclear submarines, Australia will be equipped to join critical US naval operations in Asian and Pacific waters to counter China’s growing submarines launched strategic nuclear missile capability. Our new submarines will track and destroy, if commanded, Chinese submarines meant to deter US nuclear first strike on the China homeland.”

China’s SSBN submarines, which are armed with retaliatory missiles, patrol in the South China Sea to protect China from a US attack. With the ability to strike back at the American homeland, China sees its submarines in the South China Sea as the means to deter any American attack.

China has recently been testing its ballistic missiles that are launched from SSBNs. In a recent test, one of these missiles was launched from China’s submarines, travelling roughly 7300 kilometres from the South China Sea into the South Pacific. Not surprisingly, this drew the usual anti-China knee-jerk reaction from Australia for limited notice of the test, even though the US regularly test-fires unarmed ICBMs from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. These missiles routinely fly thousands of miles across the Pacific to strike targets in the Marshall Islands. Recent US tests were completed in March and May 2026.

Importantly, the test confirmed that China, if attacked, has a second-strike capability to attack the homeland of the US with missiles launched from its submarines in the South China Sea.

Locating and tracking these Chinese submarines is a primary intelligence and operational mission for the US Navy. AUKUS is designed to assist the US in this, to deny China a second-strike capability to protect its own mainland.

As Mike Gilligan pointed out, “Australia’s nuclear submarine project is a gargantuan Australian subsidy for America’s own defence. This has been hidden from Australians, deliberately”.

Secrecy is the hallmark of AUKUS. At no stage in the negotiations was the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade involved. It was deliberately excluded. Not only was DFAT excluded, but the Department of Defence was also largely excluded. A former deputy secretary of Defence, Hugh White, said that AUKUS is “barking mad, this won’t work”.

Neither the Morrison nor Albanese governments have been truthful or frank with us about AUKUS. The Australian Parliament has not held a comprehensive, open debate or full vote on joining the AUKUS security pact itself, though federal MPs have discussed aspects of it during debates on related legislative bills and committee motions. There is a multi-party Parliamentary Friends of AUKUS fan group in the Australian Parliament, but no real parliamentary debate about AUKUS.

The major parties have colluded to establish a new committee to monitor and scrutinise AUKUS. This committee shifts broader defence review responsibilities away from the existing Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. The new Parliamentary Defence Committee deliberately excludes the Greens and Independents, who are presumably not patriotic or trustworthy. The minister for defence, Richard Marles, told the Nationals’ Michael McCormack “that committee members must firstly support the ADF and increased resourcing for defence… And secondly, they must support AUKUS”. So shut up, the government knows best!!

But US commentators are not so reticent about telling the truth. For example, Jamie Kwong, Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said: “A submarine operated by a state without nuclear weapons may still be perceived by a nuclear-armed adversary as a threat to its ballistic missile submarines, and therefore to its second-strike capability. This strategic implication has been under-examined in both the Australian and South Korean debates.”

The Australian government also misleads us that Australia will retain legal command over our AUKUS fleet. Nuclear submarines are technologically complex machines. We do not have the domestic-industrial base to maintain them alone. If we were to assert Australian control, contrary to US wishes, Washington could simply withhold critical spare parts and specialised software. Without US logistical support, the AUKUS fleet would be inoperable. Furthermore, to track Chinese submarines, the RAN would have to rely on highly classified US satellite networks, undersea sensor grids, and data relay systems. If Australia chose to act against US strategic interests, the US would immediately cut off all that support. Our AUKUS submarines would become dead assets.

As part of the betrayal, the Australian government asks us to believe that the US naval base at Perth to support AUKUS is not an American base at all, that US submarines are merely “rotating” through Perth. In a crisis, legal niceties will count for nothing. If the United States decides to go to war, it will not ask our permission on the use of military bases in Australia.

Richard Marles is digging us deeper and deeper into this quagmire. He glories in photographs taken with himself and the weirdo secretary of war, Hegseth, in the Pentagon. These are dark days for the assertion of our national interest. And very dark days if you are a friend or ally of the United States.

And all the legacy media, without exception, have failed to seriously examine AUKUS.

Given the timid behaviour of the Albanese Government on almost everything, I cannot see a way out of the AUKUS imbroglio, even though the longer AUKUS continues the more damage will result. And on a very wide front. AUKUS is just plain “barking mad”.

The Garrett Review could provide an opportunity for the government to commission its own follow-up review. But that will need courage!

A useful first step would be to shift the foolish minister for defence, Richard Marles, with his all-in love affair with the US.

Perhaps the best hope is that the Americans decide after all that they cannot supply the AUKUS submarines. In these crazy days, that may be our only way out.

Note - John Menadue is the Founder of Pearls and Irritations and a board member. He was formerly the Editor-in-Chief. John was the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.

23/10/2026

Joanne Wallis writes: Framing the Pacific as a permanent contest with China overstates the symmetry between the two powers, underestimates Pacific agency and risks producing the very outcome Australia fears.

Australia’s ‘permanent contest’ with China is the wrong way to see the Pacific

By Joanne Wallis

Framing the Pacific as a permanent contest with China overstates the symmetry between the two powers, underestimates Pacific agency and risks producing the very outcome Australia fears.

In June 2024 Foreign Minister Penny Wong told the ABC that Australia had lost the chance to be the Pacific’s “only partner of choice”. According to Wong, Australia was therefore locked in a “state of permanent contest” in the region.

At first blush, Wong’s framing is understandable. China has become more active in the Pacific Islands region over the last decade, which has triggered Australia’s longstanding anxiety about powers with potentially inimical interests establishing a foothold in the region from which to threaten Australia.

That anxiety had escalated after Solomon Islands signed a security agreement with China in April 2022, which Wong described as Australia’s “worst Australian foreign policy blunder in the Pacific” since the Second World War. Wong’s framing also does valuable political work in Canberra, as it justifies Australia’s increased spending on the region and, latterly, the new treaties and security agreements Australia has signed with several Pacific Island countries to embed its role as their primary partner of choice.

But Australia should step back from this framing. A contest implies two or more comparable partner countries offering equivalent assistance to Pacific Island country ‘prizes’. That is both inaccurate and unhelpful.

The contest framing treats Australia and China as interchangeable partners. They are not.

Australia remains – by far – the region’s largest development partner. Australia disbursed US$1.5 billion in ODF to the Pacific in 2024, which was 37 per cent of all development flows to the region and more than three times as much as the next largest partner, the Asian Development Bank. China disbursed only 6 per cent of regional ODF. Australia has also overtaken China as the region’s largest lender, behind the multilateral banks.

China has built several infrastructure projects in the region. Chinese migrants are highly visible in the small business sector, and most Pacific capitals have a ‘Chinatown’. But Australian officials and consultants are embedded across many Pacific governments, as well as all major regional bodies, including the Pacific Islands Forum.

For example, Australia offers extensive maritime security assistance, including patrol boats (with accompanying maritime security and technical advisers) and aerial surveillance, with Australians working at the Forum Fisheries Agency. Australia also engages in wide-ranging defence cooperation, policing assistance and disaster response. And Australia offers labour mobility and permanent migration opportunities. Importantly, Australia cooperates closely with the other major regional partners, including New Zealand, the US, the UK, France and Japan.

China has neither the inclination nor – arguably – the capacity to replicate what Australia delivers.

The contest framing also implies moral equivalence between Australia and China. But they are different kinds of states.

Australia’s long history in the Pacific is far from blameless, but we know a lot about it because Australia is a democracy. The government’s Pacific policies are debated in Parliament, scrutinised in Senate Estimates, reported by a free press, tested in the courts (when necessary), and held to account at the ballot box. Pacific leaders can therefore be confident that policies that negatively affect their region will be scrutinised and that broken promises will be noticed.

Because China is further away from the region it has been less involved, which may make it seem like a more benign partner. But China is a single-party state, which Freedom House describes as “a repressive authoritarian regime” that “maintains tight control over all aspects of life and governance, including the state bureaucracy, the media, online speech, religious practice, universities, and businesses”. China is ranked 178 out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index. China’s citizens therefore cannot hold their government to account. Nor can Pacific citizens: the 2022 security agreement with Solomon Islands has never been published.

No country is a perfect partner, but Australia is a more accountable one. If China begins to coerce Pacific Island countries as it has done the Philippines, there will be little they or Chinese citizens can do to hold it to account.

Contests are intended to be won. But Pacific Island countries are not ‘prizes’.

Pacific Island countries make their own foreign and strategic policy decisions for their own reasons. The contest framing implies that engagements between Pacific Island countries and China are ’losses’ for Australia, which underestimates the ability of Pacific Island countries to distinguish between partners and their offerings. This framing also risks provoking the outcome that it fears: Pacific Island countries may calculate that the best way to resist perceived Australian pressure to “choose” a ‘side’ and to demonstrate their sovereignty is to seek greater engagement with China.

Australia’s interests are best served by being a good neighbour and giving Pacific Island countries space to reach their own conclusions. Australia should be confident that Pacific Island countries can evaluate the risks of normalising China’s presence in their region. Australia can assist their decision-making by sharing information candidly and by continuing to support the independent media, parliaments, ombudsmen and civil society organisations that let Pacific communities scrutinise all partners, including China and Australia.

None of this means that Australia does not have legitimate strategic concerns about China’s interest in the Pacific, particularly about the risk of a Chinese military presence. But Australia’s best protection against that outcome is to be the partner that Pacific Island countries engage with because of what its policies offer for their people, rather than because Australia is involved in a cycle of reacting to Chinese initiatives. This is also the most sustainable approach, because a ‘permanent’ contest has no obvious end point – escalation is often the most likely outcome.



Republished from Australian Institute of International Affairs

The views expressed in this article may or may not reflect those of Pearls and Irritations.

Note - Joanne Wallis is Professor of International Security in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide. Joanne is a leading academic voice within the Australian strategic and foreign affairs policy community. She has been a delegate to the Australia-America Leadership Dialogue, has been invited to participate in strategic dialogues in Washington, Wellington, Canberra, Taipei and Port Moresby, and has appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. Joanne is the author or editor of seven books, including Constitution making during State building (CUP 2014) and Pacific Power? Australia’s Strategy in the Pacific Islands (MUP 2017).

23/10/2026

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞
By Rachel Williamson for Renew Economy

The fossil fuel and anti-renewable lobbies are still spending big on Meta platforms, completely overwhelming the efforts of the clean energy industry and dominating the narrative on social media ahead if key state elections in coming months.

Renew Economy reported last month that fossil fuel interests spend almost $553,000 on political advertising on Meta over the course of 30 days, according to that company’s ad library. That completely outgunned the efforts of the pro-renewable sector, which spent just a few thousand dollars.

Read more:- https://reneweconomy.com.au/anti-renewables-groups-still-spending-big-on-meta-and-met-with-near-silence-by-green-energy-industry/

23/10/2026

NATIONAL HERALD MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP CONTINUED

FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2026

ATTACK ON HELEN HAINES PROMPTS REVIEW OF POLITICAL SECURITY

The federal government is considering stronger security measures for politicians following the devastating attack on independent MP Helen Haines outside her electorate office in Wangaratta.

Haines remains in a critical condition at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Monday. Her husband, Phil Haines, confirmed on Wednesday that surgeons had amputated her second leg.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to support Haines and her family while warning about the increasing hostility directed towards politicians and other members of the community.

In an opinion article, Albanese said the attack had shocked the nation and renewed concerns about the deterioration of public debate. He emphasised that the alleged attacker’s motivation had not been established.

The government is examining additional security arrangements for MPs, including greater police protection and improvements to the security of electorate offices and private residences.

Victorian and NSW parliamentarians have reportedly received emergency security briefings ahead of their respective state elections. Victorian Labor candidates have been advised to conduct door-knocking in pairs and ensure mobile electorate offices have at least three volunteers.

Federal MPs have also been encouraged to report threats to police and provide information about their public schedules to assist security planning. The developments raise difficult questions about maintaining politicians’ accessibility to the public while ensuring their safety.

SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA

The Albanese government’s proposed digital duty of care legislation is expected to attract renewed attention when federal parliament resumes on Monday.

Communications Minister Anika Wells is seeking stronger obligations on major technology platforms to protect users from online harm. The legislation has been referred to a Senate inquiry, which is expected to report before parliament concludes its scheduled sittings next month.

Albanese has criticised social media algorithms that encourage polarisation and amplify anger, arguing that technology companies must take greater responsibility for harmful material appearing on their platforms.

He told ABC Sydney that platforms needed to do more to remove threatening content. The debate has intensified following reports from MPs about threats and abuse they have received online. However, there is no established evidence linking social media activity to the alleged attack on Haines.

The legislation will require scrutiny of its effectiveness, the responsibilities imposed on technology companies and the implications for freedom of expression.

NATIONALS LEADER CONSIDERS MOVE TO LOWER HOUSE

Nationals leader Matt Canavan could seek election to the House of Representatives following reports that Queensland MP Michelle Landry intends to retire.

The ABC reports that Landry, who has represented the central Queensland electorate of Capricornia since 2013, is expected to announce she will not contest the next federal election.

Canavan, currently a Queensland senator, has previously indicated he would consider moving to the lower house if it would strengthen the Nationals’ parliamentary position. The reported vacancy would provide a possible opportunity, although his candidacy has not yet been formally confirmed.

The potential move comes amid growing competition between the Coalition and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. One Nation has announced plans to establish a branch in Yeppoon, where Canavan lives.

A move to Capricornia would also require changes to the Nationals’ Senate representation and could influence the party’s longer-term leadership arrangements.

CHALMERS WARNS OF WEAKER GROWTH AND HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is preparing Australians for a deterioration in the economic outlook while emphasising continued international interest in investing in the country.

December’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook is expected to forecast weaker economic growth and higher unemployment than previously anticipated. The warnings follow persistent inflation, higher interest rates and growing pressure on household budgets.

Speaking to investors in Sydney, Chalmers is expected to highlight Australia’s reputation as a relatively stable destination for international capital. Treasury now expects business investment to increase by more than five per cent this financial year, approximately double the growth forecast in May.

Chalmers argues that Australia’s institutions, resources and economic stability remain attractive to investors amid international uncertainty. However, stronger investment does not immediately translate into relief for households facing rising living costs.

The government must also contend with the effects of international energy prices, the Middle East conflict and domestic inflationary pressures.

The Reserve Bank’s next interest rate decision will be closely watched as economists assess the risks to employment and economic activity.

ABC REPORTER AND BYSTANDER SAVE DRIVER FROM SINKING VEHICLE

An ABC journalist and a member of the public have rescued a driver from a sinking four-wheel drive during severe flooding north of Brisbane.

Reporter Will Murray and bystander Daniel Hainey entered floodwaters at Morayfield after witnessing the vehicle become trapped and begin to sink. Murray was preparing to report on the flooding with camera operator Liz Pickering when the driver attempted to cross a flooded section of Buchanan Road.

The vehicle began floating downstream before rapidly sinking. Murray called triple zero but decided to enter the water after losing sight of the driver. He and Hainey reached the vehicle and struggled to open its doors before managing to force open a rear passenger door and pull the driver to safety.

Pickering, who filmed the rescue, said the two men had undoubtedly saved the driver’s life. Murray described the experience as frightening and said it demonstrated how quickly apparently manageable floodwater could become life-threatening.

Around 170 millimetres of rain fell in the Morayfield area during Thursday’s severe weather. Emergency services have repeatedly warned motorists never to attempt to drive through floodwaters, regardless of how shallow they appear.

Authorities also advise people not to enter floodwater because of the danger from strong currents, submerged hazards and contamination.

SNOWY 2.0 COSTS COULD REACH $25 BILLION

The cost of Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project could rise to $25 billion following another review of the troubled development.

Snowy Hydro has announced a revised target cost of $22.2 billion, with a higher-cost scenario of $25 billion to account for the project’s complexity and remaining risks.

The expansion was originally expected to begin operating in 2021 but is now targeting full commissioning in late 2029.

Snowy Hydro chief executive Dennis Barnes acknowledged that the latest increase was disappointing but said construction had made substantial progress. The project is designed to store electricity by pumping water between reservoirs when energy is plentiful and releasing it through turbines when electricity is needed.

Its supporters argue that large-scale, long-duration storage will become increasingly important as Australia relies more heavily on renewable electricity and ageing coal-fired power stations close. However, the escalating costs and repeated delays have raised questions about project management, forecasting and the eventual financial return on public investment.

Snowy Hydro says the completed development will provide enough storage capacity to supply approximately three million homes for a week. The latest estimates are likely to renew debate over the project’s economic justification and the oversight of major publicly funded infrastructure developments.

23/10/2026

NATIONAL HERALD | HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS

BAKE OFF BRINGS STRANGERS TOGETHER OVER CAKE

In Washington DC, hundreds of people are discovering that you don’t need football to fill a pub and have everyone shouting at the television.

British expat Joanna Mutch has started weekly watch parties for The Great British Bake Off at Duke’s Grocery, where fans gather to watch the famously gentle baking competition together.

People bring homemade cakes and other treats to share, while the pub has added British favourites including biscuits and hand pies to the occasion.

Mutch says part of the appeal is the program’s kindness: contestants compete, but also help one another and want their fellow bakers to succeed.

What began as one woman’s idea has also become something more important. People who arrived knowing nobody have made new friends through a shared love of baking, British television and, apparently, shouting “soggy bottom” in a crowded pub.

In a news cycle that can sometimes feel relentlessly grim, several hundred strangers getting together over cake, friendship and a television baking competition seems worth celebrating.

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