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Your body can be a portable gym: how to ditch membership fees and expensive equipment

Have you ever thought of your body as a portable gym? It can be, whether itโ€™s squats in the park or push-ups at home.

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

If government bailouts of companies are the new normal, we need a better strategic vision

Itโ€™s one thing to abandon the dogmas of neoliberalism. Itโ€™s quite another to develop a coherent alternative.

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

What will Australia be like in 2058? A new novel imagines division, unemployment โ€“ and activism

Andrew Roffโ€™s debut novel, Here Are My Demands, looks forward to an imagined future โ€“ but seems more concerned with now.

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

Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites

Highly detailed fossils are typically found in shale or other fine-grained sedimentary rocks. These ones? Theyโ€™re made of iron.

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

Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action

Trump might have pulled the pin on US climate action but the world might move on without him.

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

Melbourne man restrains teen after alleged Hawthorn home invasion

Grant Brown chased down a teenager after he disturbed two people who had broken into his home in the early hours of Monday morning.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Australia news live: Thorpe says โ€˜burn down parliamentโ€™ comment was a metaphor; Google says social media ban wonโ€™t make children safer

Google and YouTubeโ€™s senior manager of government affairs and public policy tells parliament ban will impact safer access to YouTubeโ€™s services. Follow todayโ€™s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW to begin $200m pothole blitz across greater SydneyThe NSW government said this morning it will fast-track $200m in spending to fix potholes and maintain roads across the Sydney region.We...

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Diane Keaton's family kept 'sudden' health decline private

The actor's cause of death has not been made public, but with US media reporting her family chose to keep her health decline private.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Cummins 'less than likely' to play in first Ashes Test

Pat Cummins all but rules himself out of the first Ashes Test, saying he is still a couple of weeks away from bowling on turf as he recovers from a back injury.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Coral reefs at risk of mass dieback as global warming reaches tipping point

An international report from climate scientists suggests tipping points for coral reefs have been reached, putting them at risk of dieback.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Judy's husband was the first person in the world to die under VAD laws

On the verandah of their Darwin home, Judy Dent held her husband's hand as he became the first person in the world to die through legally accessible voluntary assisted dying. That world-first would not be possible in the Northern Territory today.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Minjee Lee finishes third in epic LPGA Shanghai finale

Thai world number one Jeeno Thitikul wins the LPGA Shanghai tournament on the fifth play-off hole, with Australian superstar Minjee Lee settling for third.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Councillor suspended after no apology for defamatory notice

Mount Magnet Shire deputy president Ian Black is suspended after failing to apologise for posting a defamatory notice about staff to a public noticeboard.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Curnow's reported monster sacrifice 'just to get out of Carlton'

Carlton star Charlie Curnow is prepared to turn over every stone to ensure he can get to either Geelong or Sydney. Follow live as the AFL trade period kicks into its second week.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Fresh doubts over plans to boost Perthโ€™s tree canopy

The WA government is facing renewed questions over its plans to boost Perth's tree cover, with experts saying current funding will not come close to delivering on Labor's election promises.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Regulator asked to investigate claim 'distorted research' behind government gas policy

Advocacy group Climate Integrity has accused the gas industry of using "distorted research", produced by the accounting firm EY, to influence the Australian government's Future Gas Strategy.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Kimberley-based lawyers struggling to give Balgo residents access to justice

With in-person court hearings suspended and video links cancelled, lawyers are struggling to ensure access to justice for the remote community of Balgo.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Student-led coup attempt underway in Madagascar, president says

Troops from an elite unit of the country's military are urging fellow soldiers to disobey orders and back student protesters.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Isolated storms forecast for Queensland after weekend hail storm

The Bureau of Meteorology is also predicting a return to regular spring temperatures after a spell of warmer days.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: ASX slips on renewed trade war fears

Local investors react calmly to Wall Street's hair-on-fire session on Friday. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Your say: week beginning October 13

On AI weapons in war, eating for environmental good, and โ€˜Americanโ€™ films made in Australia: an edited selection of your views.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Abundance returns to wetland after man-made sheep pasture removed

A sheep farmer has welcomed the restoration of an internationally significant wetland on his property outside of Hobart. The collaboration of a non-profit organisation with landowners, scientists, the Aboriginal community and governments has allowed the return of a vital ecosystem.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Here's what a sunset clause is and when it can be enacted

Stories about developers enacting sunset clauses and leaving would-be buyers priced out of the market are nothing new. Here's what's being done to tighten those rules.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Morning Mail: Calls for rule change on abusersโ€™ honours; release of Gaza hostages nears; Healy heroic in Womenโ€™s World Cup

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. The government is facing calls from child sexual abuse survivors to change the rules so that Australian honours can be stripped from perpetrators and enablers who have died.Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are being readied for release as part of the conditions...

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

'Deceitful' planning laws bypass environment, corruption safeguards, experts say

There are growing fears that a major overhaul of planning laws promoted to fast-track housing development will bypass environmental protections and remove safeguards against corruption.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Hostage releases expected in coming hours as Trump says 'the war is over'

Israel says it expects the release of hostages will begin in the coming hours, as a ceasefire with Hamas continues to hold in Gaza. Follow live.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Jelena Dokic tried to reconcile with her dad. His response shocked her

Jelena Dokic was abused by her father for years, with no tennis success enough to stop the beatings. She reveals the complex grief of losing a parent who showed no remorse.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

How a koala conservation success story became a political embarrassment

Koala deaths on Appin Road are not unusual this time of year, but the fatality of rescued koala Gage is cause for more than the usual frustration and despair.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Israel prepares to receive hostages as deadline looms

The final 20 living Israeli hostages in Gaza are set to be released by Hamas in a matter of hours, with preparations by Israeli defence and medical authorities to receive the captives after more than two years hidden away from the world.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

How does โ€˜common knowledgeโ€™ shape our individual lives and our societies? Steven Pinker has some ideas

We believe things because doing so helps us belong and upholds a certain moral order, but not necessarily because they are true.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Time to move beyond billboards: Australiaโ€™s tourism strategy needs to embrace the personal

In 2025, travellers are scrolling TikTok, watching Instagram reels, and browsing peer reviews. Tourism campaigns should meet people where they are.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Genital problems? Ancient doctors thought goatโ€™s cheese or warm baths could help

Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about genitals and their care.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

New research challenges the idea of a โ€˜vicious cycleโ€™ between psychological distress and conspiracy beliefs

One prominent theory says conspiracy beliefs are triggered by elevated distress. But a new study finds limited evidence to support this claim.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

โ€˜Doughnut economicsโ€™ shows how global growth is out of balance - and how we can fix it

A new economic update shows itโ€™s more important than ever to think carefully about what progress means.

Published on: October 12, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)