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Husic says Australia should be ‘prepared’ for other nations to sanction Israel – as it happened
This blog is now closedAlbanese says ‘we follow our own path’ after UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions over GazaJacinta Nampijinpa Price demoted from shadow cabinet, Jane Hume dumped as Coalition unveils new frontbenchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has insisted her party never made free votes for cabinet members a condition of...
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Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt is ‘scared’ about Australia’s research capacity – this is why
In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Green light for gas: North West Shelf gas plant cleared to run until 2070
Environmental and First Nations groups have campaigned against extending Karratha’s large gas plant. Australia’s new environment minister just approved it.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:There’s a new COVID variant driving up infections. A virologist explains what to know about NB.1.8.1
Early signs suggest NB.1.8.1 may be more transmissible than earlier variants, likely due to mutations in the spike protein. But there’s no evidence it’s more severe.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Raining one week, dusty the next – how did a dust storm make it all the way to rainy Sydney?
Satellite images show how a dust storm from drought-affected SA travelled across to Sydney. New research seeks to improve Australia’s understanding of dust storms.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australia has elected its youngest senator. With Gen Z wielding more political power, is it a sign of things to come?
21-year-old Charlotte Walker has made history. With huge challenges facing young people, better youth representation in politics is just what we need.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australia must not become complacent to China’s aggression in the South China Sea
History teaches that once coercion goes unchecked, it tends to escalate. Any disruption to our seaborne supply lines is a major risk.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:A major decision on a Woodside gas plant's future hinges on WA rock art – video
Unless something extraordinary happens, Labor's new environment minister, Murray Watt, looks set to extend the life of a huge Woodside gas plant in Western Australia.The decision hinges on the impact of the plant's continued operation on Murujuga rock art. A summary of an 800-page rock art monitoring report, released by the WA government, suggested concerns were overblown. However Adam Morton, Guardian Australia's...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:The Woodside boss’s attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating – and we see straight through them | Hannah Ferguson
Meg O’Neill’s comments that young people are ‘ideological’ about fossil fuels while ordering from Temu are a blatant attempt to shift responsibility away from her industryAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYou’re likely familiar with the term “carbon footprint”, which measures an individual’s environmental impact. The concept communicates to consumers...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
An air war on civilians is the only means Putin currently has to pressure Ukraine. But history shows this tactic rarely ends wars.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:This rare alpine frog is fighting against a lethal fungus – by breeding faster and faster
Infected male alpine tree frogs set about fathering far more offspring, helping avoid extinction in the wild – for now.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Being monitored at work? A new report calls for tougher workplace surveillance controls
Developments in technology mean there are more ways for workplaces to be monitored, and not always with the knowledge of workers.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australians remain deeply sceptical about the value of private healthcare – it’s time for radical reform | Anthony Scott
Healthscope’s collapse is a ‘canary in the coalmine’ moment for the embattled sectorThe viability of private healthcare in Australia has been thrown into doubt after Brookfield’s decision to place Healthscope, the operator of 37 private hospitals, into receivership. After months of acrimonious negotiations with private health insurers and a failed search for buyers, the global investment firm has walked away. This is a...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:‘Not a saint’: Florence Nightingale, heroic founder of modern nursing, is humanised in a new novel
Laura Elvery’s novel, Nightingale, invites us to see the legendary nurse not as a symbol, but as a person shaped by illness, desire, pain and time.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Breaking: Coalition gets back together after week-long split
The Liberal and National parties have struck a deal to reunify, a week after the Coalition's extraordinary split in the wake of a ruinous election defeat.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Homicide probe underway after man found dead in Gold Coast hotel room
An autopsy found the 35-year-old man suffered head and internal injuries.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:This WA beach looks pristine until you scratch the surface
A remote beach in WA offers a glimpse into the severity of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Trump warns Putin he is 'playing with fire' over Ukraine
US president President Donald has become increasingly frustrated with his Russian counterpart over his actions in Ukraine, lashing out at him for the second time this week.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Diddy's ex-employee says she was kidnapped in rap mogul's plot to kill Kid Cudi
A former aide to Sean "Diddy" Combs testifies the hip-hop mogul threatened to kill her during her first day on the job and waved a gun as he kidnapped her years later in an angry rush to find and kill rapper Kid Cudi.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve
Nearly half of New Zealand’s prison population is on remand. But these units are not suitable for successful rehabilitation, and most people are not eligible anyway.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:'All you see is fake': Rental scams on the rise on social media
A rental advocacy group in Western Australia's north calls for tighter regulations on tenancy applications, amid an increase in scams targeting people searching for a home online.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Frogs infected with deadly disease more likely to mate, study finds
University of Melbourne research shows male alpine tree frogs are breeding more when infected with the deadly chytrid fungus in an attempt to keep the species alive.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Police suspend bushland search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop
Police say the Good Night Scrub National Park is not the only area of interest in their investigation into the 17-year-old's disappearance.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Police fear gunman on loose after reports of shots in Kingaroy
A man thought to be armed is believed to be travelling in a vehicle with fake number plates in the regional Queensland town of Kingaroy.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:'People need to know': Stolen Generations survivor reflects on 'great sadness'
More than 60 years ago, Kath Ryan was pulled screaming from her family in WA's Gascoyne region. Since then she's overcome adversity, reconnected with her mother and become a proud grandparent.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Duct tape holds the floors together at Myer's original store in Bendigo
The grandson of celebrated entrepreneur and retail giant, Sidney Myer, wants the original Myer department store in Bendigo restored to its former glory.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Live: ASX to rise, Wall Street surges on Donald Trump's EU tariff delay
The Australian share market is set to rise ahead of the latest ABS inflation figures and a likely interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Wall Street surges on US President Donald Trump's decision to delay a proposed tariff hike on European Union imports. Follow live.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Dead cattle composted on research farm to prepare for foot and mouth
Cattle carcasses are buried and composted on a research farm in north-east Victoria in preparation for an emergency disease outbreak.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:World-first CRISPR gene therapy could 'transform' treatment for rare diseases
Scientists have used personalised gene-editing therapy to successfully treat a baby with a rare genetic condition. Could this technique help to unlock treatments for others?
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Tasmanian government to drop treaty process and focus on truth-telling
The Tasmanian government will fund the establishment of truth-telling and healing commissioners, but it will no longer pursue a treaty with Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Favourite crashes out, leader's advantage slashed in chaotic Giro D'Italia stage
The Dolomites thin the contenders for the maglia rosa with Primož Roglič quitting and Isaac del Toro struggling, but Aussie Michael Storer remains.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians crowd aid centre
The Israeli military says it has fired warning shots outside a newly opened aid centre in Gaza to control Palestinians rushing in for food.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Rise in batteries igniting in rubbish trucks prompts warning
Flaming piles of garbage are being dumped on Gold Coast streets as the city's rubbish trucks catch fire because of batteries thrown in household waste.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:'Richard Boyle is a superhero': So why didn't whistleblower laws protect him?
Richard Boyle has faced the heavy price of being a whistleblower in Australia. It's time for urgent reforms of public and private sector whistleblower laws and the establishment of a new body to protect those who blow the whistle.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Gagged scientist speaks out over WA government's claims in rock art report
A leading scientist expresses "grave concern" about "unacceptable interference" in a major study of the impacts of industrial emissions on ancient Aboriginal rock carvings.
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