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‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance - and how we can fix it

A new economic update shows it’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)

Year 12 are about to start their final exams. Here’s how to keep calm and stay positive

Get plenty of sleep, seek support from trusted friends and adults and read the exam question thoroughly. And remember you have lots of options beyond your ATAR.

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

Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say

Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awardsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died,...

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

Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go

There is a great deal of optimism surrounding Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. But there truth is we’ve been here before.

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

Palestine supporters rally in three Australian capitals – as it happened

This blog is now closedAs the Liberal party’s key demographic shuffles off, how can Sussan Ley appeal to Australia’s younger voters?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCould empty office blocks alleviate housing pressures?Two years ago, state and local governments pushed to fast-track conversions of near-empty offices into much-needed apartments to alleviate a housing crunch.[In a] couple of...

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

Final 'game changing' piece of Metronet opening in Perth's south-east

More than half a billion dollars over budget, the long-awaited Byford rail extension in Perth's south-eastis opening to commuters.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Australia news live: ‘quite extraordinary’ for Labor to claim some credit for Gaza ceasefire deal, Melissa McIntosh says

Follow today’s news liveAs the Liberal party’s key demographic shuffles off, how can Sussan Ley appeal to Australia’s younger voters?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe price of gold is sky-high – and prospectors in Victoria hope to cash inGold prices climbed 45% in 2025, the steepest rise since 1979. It’s reignited interest in prospecting – but the odds of striking it rich are slim, writes...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

UK rock singer Ian Watkins reportedly killed in prison

British media reports Ian Watkins, the disgraced former Welsh rock band Lostprophets singer who was serving a 35-year jail sentence for child sex offences, has been killed by another inmate.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

We have a lot of spare bedrooms — but boarders' rights are unclear

Australia has 13 million spare rooms, according to a census data analysis. Could boarding be a solution to the housing crisis?

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

‘Uneasy alliance’: why Brisbane’s Olympics has a former LNP premier and Greens radical fighting on the same side

Queensland government’s plan to build the 2032 Games’ main stadium at Victoria Park has united an unlikely group of protestersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt a public meeting in August, a former Liberal National party premier vowed to stand in the way of bulldozers that would be used to clear the way for the construction of Queensland’s main 2032 Olympics stadium.About 200 local residents...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The dream of turning empty office blocks into apartments appears over. What went wrong?

Strict planning rules and soaring refit costs are deterring landlords and developers, amid calls for government intervention to alleviate housing crunchFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo years ago, state and local governments pushed to fast-track conversions of near-empty offices into much-needed apartments to alleviate a housing...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The NT has changed its response to the DV crisis. Here's how

The NT has Australia's highest rates of domestic and family violence, with an intimate partner homicide rate seven times the national average.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Move over muster dogs — there's a new cat in town

Raised alongside working dogs, Mango isn't your average feline and comes complete with his own Facebook page, loyal followers and fan mail.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Bathurst 1000 build-up, rain expected at Mount Panorama

The Bathurst 1000 gets underway, with rain is expected on Mount Panorama to throw a spanner into the plans of the pre-race favourites. Follow live.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Teens arrested after father and son allegedly stabbed in Melbourne

The men were allegedly attacked on the Yarra Promenade overnight. Police have taken five teenagers into custody.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Once parched and bare, these paddocks are now flourishing again

After months of dust and dry skies, farmers on South Australia's Limestone Coast have welcomed early spring rain and a promising season ahead.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

From racism to romance: Gregory Porter's songs hit hard

From the pain of racism to the joy of love, Gregory Porter's voice carries it all with power and purpose.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

'Administrative error' leads to council's unregistered vehicle fleet

Tasmania's West Coast Council has blamed an "administrative error" for a week-long lapse in the registration for its entire fleet of vehicles, compromising insurance.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Healy backs Aussie batters to fire despite stuttering start to World Cup

Ahead of a crucial match against World Cup host India, Australia's captain Alyssa Healy says she has faith her side's top order can turn around its recent batting struggles.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Benjamin Netanyahu booed as massive crowd gathers in Tel Aviv

Thousands of Israelis have gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where US envoy Steve Witkoff spoke to the crowd in anticipation of the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

In 2010, a sovereign citizen killed two cops. It's the basis of a new movie

In Sovereign, Nick Offerman stars as real-life radical-right sovereign citizen Jerry Kane, who, with his son, killed two cops in Arkansas in 2010, drawing parallels to Australian fugitive Dezi Freeman.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Buyers priced out of market as developer finds sunset clause loophole

Buyers who bought off-the-plan at a Gold Coast housing development years ago weren't just purchasing a home — they were purchasing a dream. Now, the developer is trying to cancel their contracts, but they don't want to accept that lying down.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

When 4yo Zyan was in pain, a blue knitted octopus kept him calm

More than 6,000 gifts are made each year by the charity Good Omen Goodeze. For patients like Zyan, these knitted toys are more than fun — they’re therapeutic.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Idea for year 12 celebration hatched by two aunties pays dividends

The longest-running year 12 formal for First Nations people in New South Wales proves to be an incentive for students to complete their HSC.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Storer makes Aussie cycling history but is no match for Pogačar at Il Lombardia

Perth's Michael Storer becomes the first Australian to make the Tour of Lombardy podium in 39 years, but he still can't live with the amazing Tadej Pogačar.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Diane Keaton, star of Annie Hall, The Godfather films, dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall, The Godfather films and Father of the Bride, dies aged 79.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

A quarter of this town's population has vanished. Experts say that could be terminal

In the Yarriambiack Shire, 350 kilometres from Melbourne in Victoria's rural north-west, virtually all of the towns are shrinking.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

The question hanging over SA's biggest health project

The Malinauskas government has become well-versed in the language of cost blowouts, and the $3.2 billion Women's and Children's Hospital is another chance for it to flex its vocabulary.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: 'Thank you Trump': Thousands rally in Tel Aviv, with praise for US president

US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff — as well as Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-lawJared Kushner — attend a rally in Tel Aviv.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

What time is the Bathurst 1000?

The 2025 Bathurst 1000 starts on Sunday morning. Here's all you need to know before the 68th running of the iconic endurance race.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Dream of trivia glory? Let's play, HARD!

Hard Quiz Kids is back. The more basic questions should be right up your alley.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed | Julianne Schultz

Australians are rightfully proud of their robust election process, yet surveys suggest very few fully understand itBeware of political leaders encouraging apathy, patting your hand and assuring you that the status quo is all hunky dory, encouraging a very Australian “she’ll be right” attitude, there’s nothing for you to do.For decades conservative political leaders have fostered this in Australia. Continue reading...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

As the Liberal party’s key demographic shuffles off, how can Sussan Ley appeal to Australia’s younger voters?

The party that ‘got smashed’ in the May federal election attracted only about 18% of gen Z’s voteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree months after the Liberal party’s federal electoral drubbing, Sussan Ley met a group of New South Wales candidates at an intimate gathering in Penrith, in Sydney’s west, to thank them for running.At the...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Fossicking for a fortune: the price of gold is sky-high, and prospectors in Victoria hope to cash in

Gold prices have climbed 45% in 2025, the steepest rise since 1979. It’s reignited interest in prospecting – but the odds of striking it rich are slimFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterIt’s a Friday morning at the Gold Centre in Maryborough, and the shop feels more like a social club than a place of commerce.A group who have signed up for a prospecting...

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia