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Outback residents still living in caravans months after flood disaster
Families are living in caravans long after catastrophic flooding in south-west Queensland, where a tradesman says it costs nearly double to build a home compared to the city.
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Trump's ICE agents tell Iranian man he'll be deported to Australia
The Trump administration has been deporting migrants to places they've never been. Now, immigration agents have told an Iranian man they are planning to send him to Australia.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:An unknown composer posted his music online and scored the biggest indie game of the year
In his first-ever video game soundtrack, Lorien Testard created the music for hit game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It's topped charts and racked up millions of streams.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Live: Trump to hit semiconductors with tariff, Apple to invest billions in US
Australian stocks are set to open lower, despite Wall Street gaining as Apple shares climbed after news of its plans to announce a domestic manufacturing pledge. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Ukrainian tennis star hits out at 'shameful' online hate messages after loss
Elina Svitolina calls out the "shameful" hate messages she received after a loss in the Canadian Open, pointing the finger at gambling.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:From 'bush girl' to Vogue, Cindy Rostron is a rising star in Australian fashion
Bununggu and Warraingu model Cindy Rostron is named one of the industry's rising stars in this year's National Indigenous Fashion Awards.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Prospector's dream comes true with 7-ounce gold nugget discovery
A Victorian prospector has literally struck gold while making a tutorial video on the subject in WA's Goldfields, unearthing a 7-ounce nugget.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Live: Butler dismisses call to end negative gearing, cut to capital gains tax
Health Minister Mark Butler has brushed off calls for Labor to revisit negative gearing and the capital gains tax, saying the government has been clear on its priorities. Follow live.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:US Open prize money increases to nearly $US85 million
Prize money at the US Open will rise to nearly $US85 million ($130 million) across all competitions.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: the big beef producer and the frontier wars; โprogressโ in Ukraine talks; real range of EVs revealed
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. We continue our Descendants series with revelations of Australiaโs biggest beef producerโs historical links to abuses against Aboriginal people โ through the actions of its longest-serving superintendent before he joined the company, and others who helped establish its...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:This time Winter eyes government instead of just toppling a leader
Tasmanian politics remains extremely turbulent as Labor leader Dean Winter fights to convince the crossbench to support a fresh no-confidence motion.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Lynn's death was a tragedy. Here's how police are trying to stop it from happening again
Police Commissioner Col Blanch says police would respond differently now if confronted with a report of domestic violence similar to the tragedy that claimed the life of Lynn Cannon. Here's what has changed.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Identity of Australian behind 'ethical' internet horrifies customers
As many as 2,000 people lined up to give this man their money โ and then they learned his true identity.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Mooney struggles with the bat in opening match of the Hundred
Beth Mooney, one of three Australian captains in the women's Hundred tournament in England, has endured a tough launch to her reign at Manchester Originals.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Camping on rise in Victorian region where social housing in high demand
Some people facing housing pressure on the state's Bass Coast are opting to camp in the bush instead of spending most of their pay on rent.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:A personal platypus: the strange tale of Winston Churchillโs โmagnificently idioticโ wartime request
The wartime British PM was due to receive a monotreme named after him, which mysteriously died en route from Australia. But before Winston, there was SplashSign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsThere is a photo โ or at least a โfabledโ photo โ that would tie up a lot of loose ends in the strange story of Winston Churchillโs platypuses.Recent research has revived the tale of how the British prime minister...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:The Perth Royal Show won't say if it allows child sex offenders to work there
Perth Royal Show organisers are refusing to confirm if Working with Children Checks will be mandatory for exhibitors at this year's event, after a convicted child sex offender was spotted working there last year.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:This balloon sculpture could be the national gallery's priciest gift
The piece by American artist Jeff Koons โ Balloon Venus Dolni Vestonice (Yellow), 2013โ17 โ is a nearly three-metre-tall polished stainless steel statue.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:US Army sergeant shoots 5 fellow soldiers in Georgia
An Army sergeant has opened fire at a military base in Georgia, shooting and wounding five soldiers and prompting a brief lockdown at one of America's largest Army bases.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Boomers begin Asian Cup defence with commanding win
With a new coach, captain and squad, the Boomers begin their Asian Cup title defence with victory.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Big changes to NCEA and polytechs must deliver the skills NZ urgently needs
Filling the skills gap through immigration denies young New Zealanders a pathway to meaningful employment. Only proper vocational training reform can fix that.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:โBookshelf wealthโ is a TikTok trend, Dua Lipaโs reading Helen Garner. But books have signified taste for centuries
Bookshelves as decor were trends in the 19th and 20th-centuries, too. So were book-of-the-month clubs and popular media on books. They helped make reading popular.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Climate-fuelled El Niรฑo events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insects
The research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Body rolls and headbanging: we found cockatoos have 30 different dance moves
Cockatoo owners often record their pets dancing to music. Now, researchers have catalogued many of their complex dance moves.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Why alcohol policies miss those at the highest risk from drinking
Campaigns designed to help us cut back on alcohol donโt always reach those most at risk of harm. Hereโs what we should be doing instead.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Tiny homes could help ease the housing crisis, but councils are dragging their feet
Tiny houses can normalise smaller, more sustainable living. So why are some owners facing eviction?
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Still throwing shrimp on the barbie: why is Tourism Australiaโs advertising stuck in 1984?
Tourism Australiaโs new campaign is slick and star-studded, but still stuck in the past. After 40 years of clichรฉs, isnโt it time to tell a new story?
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? We asked 5 legal and genocide experts how to interpret the violence
Five Australian international law and genocide scholars examine the evidence and share their conclusions.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:These jobs will thrive โ but others may vanish โ as AI transforms Australiaโs workforce
AI could put a rocket under Australiaโs economy, but thereโs no guarantee this growth will include everyone.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:This stone tool is over 1 million years old. How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?
Itโs the first evidence that early humans made a formidable sea crossing from the mainland to Sulawesi at least 1 million years ago.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Donald Trumpโs war on statistics is an authoritarian attack on democracy and countries like Australia should call it out | Greg Jericho
Reality might be hanging on to the political debate for dear life, but this move threatens to fling it off the cliffGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhether it be the judicial system, universities, or health organisations, Donald Trump cannot abide by anything that does not confirm his world view. So it was not a shock when late last week he came for statistics โ or, more pointedly, the person...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Tjanpi Desert Weavers at 30: how 400 Indigenous women in remote Australia took the art world by storm
The First Nations-run social enterprise initially made traditional baskets before expanding into contemporary and sculptural works now exhibited around the worldIt was about seven years ago, in the remote Northern Territory community of Imanpa, that Pitjantjatjara artist Julie Anderson first tried her hand at the art of tjanpi (wild harvested grass) weaving.โMy aunty taught me how to do it at her place,โ she says. โI...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australiaโs largest beef producer
Jesse Gregson led massacres of Aboriginal people before joining the Australian Agricultural Company as its longest-serving superintendentRead more from Guardian Australiaโs series The Descendants hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: This article contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some readers. It...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Embattled ASX set to face beefed-up competition, in bid to boost investment
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is set allow all competition to the ASX.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:ASIC close to approving rival exchange for ASX โ as it happened
This blog is now closedEngineer who helped build Melbourneโs public housing towers condemns plan to demolish โiconsโGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMost Australians support ratifying treaty banning nuclear weapons, poll findsTwo-thirds of Australians support ratifying the global treaty banning nuclear weapons, a new national poll, released on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of...
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