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Our study of 267,000 kids reveals the hidden burden of multiple developmental conditions

Children with more than one developmental condition โ€“ such as ADHD, autism or others โ€“ are at risk of depression or anxiety too. And health systems need to adapt.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial. It raises big questions

Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The governmentโ€™s super retreat fixes some design flaws, but creates a new distortion

The revised plan still leaves gaps โ€“ especially for people earning $45,000 or less a year โ€“ that will quietly chip away at its fairness over time.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The dark underside of the NSW blueberry industry โ€“ podcast

The Australian blueberry industry has experienced rapid and unprecedented expansion in recent years.And while the increase in production means cheaper prices and more choice at the checkout, there is a dark side to the industry unseen to shoppers.Investigative journalist and Guardian Australia NSW state correspondent Anne Davies speaks to Nour Haydar about growing concerns over treatment of workers, and the use of...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

โ€˜Her death was tranquilโ€™: why Eve is urging Victorian MPs to make access to voluntary assisted dying easier

Eveโ€™s mother saw VAD as a way to reclaim bodily autonomy and dignity, but gaining approval to use the scheme took nine โ€˜traumaticโ€™ weeksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEve Crotty describes her mum Marionโ€™s death as peaceful and painless. They were on the couch in their family home, Crotty on one side, her dad on the other, singing Sex on...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Millions of lower-income workers in Australia are set to benefit from proposed super changes. Hereโ€™s why

Treasury estimates Australians affected by boost will get an average extra $410, and could end up retiring with an extra $15,000 in superFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe big news this week has been around Laborโ€™s capitulation on key aspects of its proposed extra tax on the tens of thousands of Australians with massive super...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

AFP promises โ€˜swift actionโ€™ after Albanese, Ley and Morrisonโ€™s private phone numbers exposed online

Richard Marles says investigation under way into how the prime minister and other senior government staffโ€™s phone numbers appeared in databasesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal police are scrambling to assist politicians after the private phone numbers of Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, Scott Morrison and senior government staff were...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Ley calls for parliament to investigate Thorpe over โ€˜incendiary behaviourโ€™ at protest โ€“ as it happened

This blog is now closedConflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews โ€˜quite audaciousโ€™, lawyer for Sydney academics tells courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has echoed Penny Wong in crediting Donald Trump with securing the release of all remaining Israeli hostages from Gaza.Speaking to Channel Nineโ€™s Today show earlier, Marles said:I think you...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

NSW minister urges people to 'vote early and vote often' in 2025 bird of the year โ€“ video

As the final hours of Guardian Australia's 2025 bird of the year draw near, Penny Sharpe, the New South Wales environment minister, makes a last-minute appeal for votes for the endangered bush stone-curlew. In a boisterous session of state parliament, Sharpe encourages people to 'vote early and vote often' in what she calls 'the only ballot that counts this year'. A colleague can be heard yelling their support for the...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Creative Australia awards Khaled Sabsabi $100,000 grant months after dumping from Venice Biennale

Funding is a silver lining in a tumultuous year for the Lebanese-Australian artist from western SydneyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCreative Australia has awarded a $100,000 grant to artist Khaled Sabsabi, months after he was controversially dumped and then reinstated by the federal arts body as Australiaโ€™s representative for the 2026...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Indonesian police arrested hundreds after August riots, sending a chill through civil society

Nearly 1,000 suspects have been named in the riots, including high school students. Police have seized books they claim are subversive to justify the arrests.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destruction

Collectively, the trioโ€™s work has examined what drives sustainable economic growth over time, including scientific innovation and the birth and death of firms.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Noodles, pita bread, rice? How more diverse hospital menus can improve care โ€“ and reduce costs

Most older patients in a recent study had a โ€˜no complaintsโ€™ attitude to hospital food. But when it was unfamiliar, they were less likely to eat it.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

These Australian women modernist painters were overlooked, and forgotten. A century later, they are in the spotlight

Dangerously Modern, on now at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, marks an exciting new chapter in the project of reclaiming forgotten women artists.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

How we sharpened the James Webb telescopeโ€™s vision from a million kilometres away

The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

A โ€˜lack of ambitionโ€™ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZโ€™s reputation and trade

The governmentโ€™s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Beyond Qantasโ€™ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks

As millions of Qantas customersโ€™ data hit the dark web, a corporate watchdog has warned financial services firms about sending work โ€“ and customersโ€™ data โ€“ overseas.

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

How does the government justify its backdown on super reforms? | Fiona Katauskas

Seems like a pretty poor excuseSee more of Fiona Katauskasโ€™s cartoons here Continue reading...

Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Man arrested after alleged carjackings, dramatic pursuit in Melbourne CBD

A man is being assessed in hospital after a string of alleged carjackings beginning in Melbourne's west ended with his dramatic arrest in the CBD.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Warnings of 'shonky' operators amid increased demand for solar

The Queensland government unveiled its energy road map last week, introducing a new solar rebate scheme. The industry says similar subsidies mean demand is already surging.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Australia's largest owl, which eats koalas and possums, captured on tape

Powerful owls prey on possums, and even koalas, but local bird watchers are excited by the discovery of new pairs in South Australia.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Linda Reynolds pursues bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win

Former Liberal senator launches claim in effort to obtain more than $1m in damages and legal costs Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLinda Reynolds has launched bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins in an effort to claim more than $1m in damages and legal fees following her defamation win against her former staffer in August.The...

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Hiker feared missing days after last contact in Tasmanian national park

A search is underway for a Tasmanian man in Mount Field National Park after his last contact on Sunday morning said he would seek shelter.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Police union calls for tougher sentences amid soaring crime in Victoria

The Police Association welcomes the Victorian chief commissioner's new strategy to get more officers on the streets, but says tougher sentences the only effective solution to crime crisis.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

National art gallery in Alice Springs scrapped after government rift

The Northern Territory government scraps controversial plans to build the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia in Alice Springs, after nine years of back and forth.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Fans scramble to keep Midnight Oil drummer's kit 'in public hands'

Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst auctions off the kit, which he has had since 1979, saying he can no longer play it because of his battle with pancreatic cancer.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

It took just 60 years for the red fox, one of Australiaโ€™s most devastating predators, to colonise the continent | Sean Tomlinson and Damien Fordham for the Conversation

The rapid spread of the invasive species offers clues to how we might prevent future extinctions of native animalsTo a newly arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, must have seemed like a predatorโ€™s paradise.This landscape was filled with small native marsupials and birds, and free of European wolves or bears that...

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

Former senator Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Popyrin defeated in ATP Tour return after two-month back injury layoff

Alexei Popyrin's ATP Tour return has ended with defeat as Australia's second-highest-ranked men's player returns following a back injury.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara

It only took 60 years for the red fox to spread across Australia. New research could prevent other invasive animals doing the same.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Communities given generators to save mobile coverage during emergencies

Rural communities battling power cuts to mobile towers during natural disasters are being offered a temporary solution with a trial of community-operated generators.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Hawthorn reportedly set to test Essendon's resolve after Merrett meeting

Hawthorn's bid to add Essendon skipper Zach Merrett looks set to fall short, as the AFL trade period ticks towards Wednesday night's deadline. Follow live.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Six NRL players in England Ashes squad, no place for Man of Steel

Six NRL players are in the England rugby league squad for the upcoming Ashes series against Australia, but there's no room for the most consistent player of the Super League season.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Chalmers wielded the axe on his super tax, but the PM's fingerprints were obvious

The treasurer has never been afraid to venture beyond his prime minister with his tax reform ambitions, but on superannuation, he has been pulled into line.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Why are regional students under-represented at universities?

Just 12 per cent of domestic students starting university in WA are from rural communities. It is hoped courses closer to home will address low participation rates and help overcome workforce shortages.

Published on: October 13, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia