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Climate 200-backed candidate branded 'unhinged' by Jacinta Price

Phil Scott was a prominent anti-fracking activist prior to running for the NT seat of Solomon, with Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price accusing him of behaving "like a petulant child".

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Which cardinals could become the next pope?

Speculation is swirling about who could be the new leader of the Catholic church. But the secretive nature of papal elections means it's hard to pick a single frontrunner.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Ratepayers 'grumpy' and 'disgusted' as FOGO efforts go to waste

Organic waste in several WA shires is going straight to landfill despite the tip tasked with processing it receiving significant funding to deal with FOGO.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop $US2b funding freeze

The lawsuit filed in the federal court accuses the US government of attempting to "gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard".

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Alleged carjacker charged over fatal Sunshine Coast crash, shooting

A 41-year-old Tewantin man, allegedly behind yesterday's fatal crash and a string of carjackings, has been charged with 15 offences and is expected to appear in court today.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Helicopter rescue for woman injured in southern WA

The woman was with her children and heading to a popular fishing spot when she fell down a gully in Torndirrup National Park.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Getting your kids to practise their musical instrument might be easier than you think

Why musicians need to practise, how to get motivated and how to incorporate practice into your familyโ€™s daily routine.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Threats to sack US Fed chair send Wall Street crashing

The ASX is poised for a nervous opening following the US Fed chair's future being questioned and Wall Street crumbling. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Wildlife carer spending $10k a year says cost is driving out volunteers

The number of sick or injured wildlife is rising in Victoria, but the number of people able to help them is rapidly decreasing and carers say animals are being "left to die".

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Could WA's golden goose be under threat from a giant iron ore deposit?

Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea, holding one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Morning Mail: world mourns Pope Francis, drownings stun NSW, Pentagon โ€˜meltdownโ€™

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. Australiaโ€™s 5 million Catholics are in mourning after the death of Pope Francis, who Anthony Albanese called their โ€œdevoted champion and loving fatherโ€. We have full reports and appreciations, plus analysis of who might succeed him. We examine the spate of drownings...

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Feral cats killing more native animals than previously thought

Research tracking released bilbies and bettongs in remote SA has found feral cats are their biggest killer.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Mollie O'Callaghan faces down 'most difficult period' to win gold

Mollie O'Callaghan beats out a stacked field to win the 100m freestyle title, as fellow Olympic medallists Cam McEvoy and Elijah Winnington claim gold on day one of the Australian Open Swimming Championships.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Rates will never be enough โ€“ councils need the power to raise money in other ways

New taxes are never popular. But unless central government gives local bodies the power to raise more than just rates, budgets will never cover costs.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Is a corporation a slave? Many philosophers think so

Corporations are โ€˜legal personsโ€™ under the law. But their ability to be โ€˜ownedโ€™ by shareholders embeds a system of exploitation at the heart of capitalism.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Graydon Carter hired Christopher Hitchens, pissed off Trump and revealed Deep Throat. He calls himself a โ€˜beta maleโ€™

At Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter oversaw iconic coverage and launched the Oscars party. His memoir recalls the golden age of magazines โ€“ and โ€˜the expense account lifeโ€™.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Since its very conception, Star Wars has been political. Now Andor will take on Trump 2.0

As authoritarian governments and conflicts loom large, the final season of Andor is perfectly timed to articulate anxieties close to home.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

โ€˜Iโ€™m a failureโ€™: how schema therapy tackles the deep-rooted beliefs that affect our mental health

Most of us are not consciously aware of the mental blueprints that can affect our mental health and perceptions of ourselves.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Parents delay sending kids to school for social reasons and physical size. Itโ€™s not about academic advantage

If you have a child born at the start of the year, chances are you face a tricky decision about when to start school.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Fossil fuel companies โ€˜poisoned the wellโ€™ of public debate with climate disinformation. Hereโ€™s how Australia can break free

The US has obstructed climate action for decades โ€“ largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Early voting opens in the federal election โ€“ but it brings some problems for voters and parties

If recent trends continue, about half of all voters could cast their ballots before election day, May 3. How is early voting changing the way candidates campaign?

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Trump says he will attend pope's funeral as large crowds flock to Vatican

Crowds have converged on St Peter's Square in the hours since Pope Francis's death, the Vatican has announced his body could be lying in state as early as Wednesday, and US President Donald Trump has said he plans to attend the pontiff's funeral.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Queensland government spends $162k recruiting four bureaucrats

Queensland taxpayers have footed a $162,500 recruitment bill for the government to hire four top bureaucrats.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Personal items tell the story of Gallipoli bravery and 'living hell'

A young soldier was carrying a Bible when he was hit by shrapnel at Gallipoli โ€” it's among the items on show in Sydney to mark 110 years since the ill-fated landing.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Predominantly Catholic Timor-Leste mourns its 'king'

Catholics across the world are pausing to remember the life of Pope Francis. And the pontiff's death is being keenly felt in the Asia-Pacific region, where he leaves a significant legacy.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Reforming pontiff's cause of death confirmed amid mourning

The 88-year-old pope died on Monday, a day after greeting crowds of worshippers at the Vatican on Easter Sunday. Follow live updates.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Unsung Brumbies hero putting Wallabies' selectors on notice

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham is convinced Corey Toole is ready to play Test rugby, and the lightening quick winger is continuing to build a case to be picked for the Wallabies.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Has Trump bitten off more than he can chew in a US-China trade war?

A US-China trade war is a battle neither side can win. It's more a question as to the amount of pain either country can endure and which will emerge with the least damage.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

The northern Tasmania shop owner: โ€˜Donโ€™t let the supermarkets get away with itโ€™

Chantelle Campbell and her husband put their money into buying a clothing store. Itโ€™s a positive step, but they feel the cost-of-living pressureIn the lead-up to the federal election, ordinary people around the nation tell us about their life. Read more in the Anywhere but Canberra seriesInteractive guide to electorates in Australiaโ€™s pollSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageChantelle Campbell has just been...

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

How a deadly confluence of factors led to a โ€˜terrible and traumaticโ€™ Easter weekend on Australian beaches

Authorities blame heavy seas and unseasonably warm weather for deaths across NSW and VictoriaElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastโ€œTerrible and traumatic,โ€ is how the Surf Life Saving New South Wales chief, Steven Pearce, summed up what has been declared the deadliest Easter long weekend on record, well before it was even...

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Less than 2% of Laborโ€™s promised $1bn mental health funding would be spent next financial year

Advocates voice concern that package will roll out too slowly and will not be targeted at services patients needElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news...

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Netherlands a โ€˜cautionary taleโ€™ for Coalitionโ€™s mortgage deduction scheme, expert warns

Cody Hochstenbach says the scheme in his country has driven up home prices and weighs heavily on taxpayersElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAt the...

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Election Diary: Albanese government stays mum over whatever Russia may have said to Indonesia

The imbroglio over the reported Russian request to Indonesia to base planes in Papua initially tripped Peter Dutton, and now is dogging Anthony Albanese.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader โ€“ and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was unprecedented. But he could have done more.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood

For the first time, astronomers have measured the plasma layers of a shock wave surrounding a pulsar.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)