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USโ€™s retreat on foreign aid and climate is reshaping world order, Anthony Albanese says

Exclusive: Speaking to Guardian Australia, the prime minister also says Laborโ€™s campaign in Peter Duttonโ€™s seat of Dickson is not an attempt to troll himListen: Anthony Albanese on Trump, Gaza and Dutton โ€“ Full Story podcastPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe USโ€™s โ€œretreatโ€ from its role on the global stage on issues such as...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Anthony Albanese on Trump, Gaza and Dutton - podcast

With two weeks to go until polling day, the prime minister speaks to Full Story.In this wide-ranging interview, political reporter Josh Butler and Full Story co-host Nour Haydar ask Anthony Albanese about the global upheaval caused by Donald Trump, the epidemic of violence against women and whether he thinks Labor can unseat Peter Dutton Continue reading...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Grattan on Friday: Peter Duttonโ€™s tax indexation โ€˜aspirationโ€™ has merit โ€“ so why didnโ€™t we hear about it before?

If Dutton is serious about his tax plan, this is the most radical proposal weโ€™ve heard for the election, apart from the nuclear policy.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton says he โ€˜believesโ€™ in climate change; Price accuses media of Maga pile-on; and a human book chain

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for Afternoon Update: Election 2025 here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Hello readers, and welcome to todayโ€™s election edition of Afternoon Update. This is our last edition until Tuesday, after the Easter break.The prime minister has been shooting pool with students and holding fairy figurines with small children in Brisbane, while the...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Public toilets could be the jewels in our citiesโ€™ crowns โ€“ if only governments would listen

A New South Wales senate enquiry into public toilets is underway. Nowโ€™s our chance to talk about how public toilets communicate social values.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

America used to fire the worldโ€™s imagination โ€“ but now the cultural conversation is being silenced | Van Badham

Not only are TV-watching, book-reading, show-going, music-listening travellers declining to visit the US, we have started to cease to imagine itThis week, fresh data revealed the United States has seen its biggest drop in Australian tourists since Covid. Itโ€™s hardly surprising. Innocent people are being snatched by authorities from American streets. Citizens of foreign countries are being stopped, shackled and...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Hereโ€™s what the law says

Avoid using the handshake emoji โ€˜โ€™ if youโ€™re ever unsure. And always keep any business-like arrangements on a more formal footing.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?

The proposed Future Circular Collider could answer questions about the nature of the universe โ€“ and have practical benefits along the way.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste

A survey shows people with healthy eating habits tend to waste less food than those who focus on choosing ethical and environmentally friendly products.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Why canโ€™t I keep still after intense exercise?

Sometimes the body knows whatโ€™s best for us, even if weโ€™re not aware of the science.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

โ€˜We get bucketloads of homeworkโ€™: young people speak about what itโ€™s like to start high school

In an Australian study, Year 7 students reflect on their recent move to high school. And what would help make this big change easier.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Nothing to see here, Press Council says after News Corp tabloidsโ€™ front-page undisclosed advertorial gassing up fossil fuel | Weekly Beast

No breach, self-regulatory Australian Press Council rules; plus BBC embarks on big bureau expansionSign up to get Guardian Australiaโ€™s weekly media diary as a free newsletterWhen is an undisclosed advertorial, paid for by the fossil fuel industry and splashed across the front pages of all the Murdoch tabloids, not a breach of press standards?When the Australian Press Council rules there is nothing to see and finds no...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Want straighter teeth or a gap between? Donโ€™t believe TikTok โ€“ filing them isnโ€™t the answer

Gap teeth are popular again thanks to White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood. But think twice before filing a gap in your teeth or smoothing off rough edges.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

1 in 6 New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?

When people with lived experience contribute to the design and delivery of health care and research, it means services are used more and fairer outcomes achieved.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

How to tackle the โ€˜gender play gapโ€™: 4 ways to encourage young women back into sport

Young women drop out of sport and many never return, but there are ways to encourage them to get back into it.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Could humanity be extinct within 10,000 years? A new book is the wake up call our species needs

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long weโ€™ve got, and how we can extend our time on Earth.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?

With the United States and China fighting over access to critical minerals used in tech and defence, Australia finds itself in a unique strategic position.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

โ€˜The pay is not worth the stressโ€™: research finds 10% of lawyers plan to quit within a year

A major new study of Australian lawyers shows workplace culture is critical to improving staff wellbeing.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

This election, Peter Dutton leaves us, the female Liberal diaspora, in no better place than 2022 | Paula Matthewson

When forced to look into the policy cupboard for the folder named โ€˜womenโ€™, he finds it bare โ€“ just as Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison did before himElection 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...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Thailandโ€™s fragile democracy takes another hit with arrest of US academic

The law against insulting the Thai monarchy has become a common tool for silencing Thai activists. Now, a foreign academic has been targeted.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Contemporary television is rarely as good as The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a masterpiece of the Australian war genre.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Most bees nest in the ground. Offering rocks and gravel is a simple way to help them thrive

The findings of a new study have important implications for native bee conservation, particularly in urban and agricultural areas.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

NZโ€™s over-reliance on roads for freight means natural disasters hit even harder. But there is a fix

Despite thousands of kilometres of coastline, 93% of domestic freight is transported on New Zealandโ€™s roads. But shipping โ€“ and rail โ€“ can help build resiliency.

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

'I'm not a scientist': Dutton responds to climate change question in ABC leaders' debate โ€“ video

When asked if he accepts we are already seeing the impacts of climate change, the opposition leader responded 'there's an impact', but said the real question is what Australia can do about it. Pressed further, Dutton said 'I don't know' and 'I'm not a scientist' when asked if he was willing to say 'this is climate change happening right now'Dutton looks shaky as he fights Albanese to a draw at best โ€“ and heโ€™s fast...

Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Appeal hearing date set for former NSW Police officer who avoided jail over taser death

Kristian White was handed a two-year community correction order, which included 425 hours of community service, for fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Elusive colossal squid filmed swimming in deep ocean for first time

New footage filmed 600 metres below the surface of the Southern Atlantic Ocean shows rare juvenile from world's heaviest squid species.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Ping pong helps people with Parkinson's disease 'feel and move better'

With a cure for Parkinson's disease remaining elusive, the sport of ping pong is providing relief for people living with pain and fatigue from the condition.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Regional representation in WA Upper House slashed

Regional representation in WA's Upper House has been reduced by more than a third, prompting calls for some of the state's metropolitan politicians to set up offices in the country.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

One man's campaign to highlight devastating road toll ahead of Easter

As people hit the road across Australia for the Easter holidays, Albany's Allan Faulkner hopes his tracking of the state's road toll will help save lives on WA's roads.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Re-arm, reassure and spend big: how the Asia Pacific is responding to a new era under Trump

The US president has upset global norms in the space of weeks, spurring a flurry of defence spending, diplomatic overtures and offers to boost tradeDonald Trumpโ€™s return to the White House has stoked fears over Washingtonโ€™s commitment to the security of its allies in the Asia Pacific at a time when tensions are running high in the region, home to several potential flashpoints.Countries across the region are urgently...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Medical examiner says Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications

The office of the New York City medical examiner says it amended the cause and manner of the 39-year-old's death following a review of laboratory test results.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Shein, Temu to get pricier as Trump cracks down on cheap imports

The two companies said they will be increasing prices starting April 25 and encouraged shoppers to purchase "now at today's rates".

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Arsenal run riot against Real Madrid to storm into Champions League semi-finals

Arsenal have swept past Real Madrid with a 5-1 on aggregate to progress to the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2009.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Starc yorkers help Capitals force a super over win in intense IPL clash

Clutch bowling from Australian star Mitchell Starc helps the Delhi Capitals to a super over victory against the Rajasthan Royals.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

When and where do Easter double demerits apply?

To help curb the road toll, some states double demerit points during busy holiday periods. These rules vary so here's a state-by-state guide of what to expect.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia