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Tenant awarded compensation amid calls for bad landlord register
A tribunal orders a landlord to pay a New South Wales tenant for causing stress, frustration and intimidation. As new rental laws come into effect, tenants' advocates say they don't go far enough.
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As interest in combat sport grows, athletes look to protect their heads
Knockouts are the aim of the game, but competitive boxers are looking to minimise head trauma as knowledge of its impact grows.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:How the Catholic Church ended up with its own sovereign state
Pope Leo isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Tennis ball-sized meteorite that lit up WA skies found on salt lake
A fireball dubbed the Mother's Day Meteorite has been found in a salt lake in Western Australia by a country police officer and a university team known as the Desert Fireball Network.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Albanese cautious over EU push on defence ties, promises tanks 'on the way' to Ukraine
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Australia is doing "whatever we can" to pressure Russia.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Eight flood rescues as heavy rain lashes parts of NSW
The SES is urging communities across the Hunter and Mid North Coast to be on alert for flash flooding as heavy rainfall batters the coast.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Former Supercars champ involved in terrifying crash ahead of Indianapolis 500
Former Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin survives a terrifying crash in practice ahead of the Indianapolis 500.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Live: Nationals leader weighing up options on way forward for nuclear
Nationals leader David Littleproud has charted a potential path forward for the Coalition's nuclear policy. Follow live.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Cost blowout for AFL high-performance centre with Tasmania to pay $45m more
The Tasmanian government reveals the cost of building a new AFL high-performance centre for the Tasmania Devils has increased from a proposed $70 million to $115m.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Live: ASX set to slip after US credit downgrade
Wall Street closed just before the US credit rating was cut by Moody's over concerns about mounting debt. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Church seeks to sell property to pay child sex abuse claims
The Anglican Diocese of North Queensland is on the brink of financial collapse as it struggles to pay millions in compensation to victims of historic child sexual abuse.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Israel launches new Gaza assault; NSW police ‘extraordinary’ search power; Biden’s cancer diagnosis
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. We lead today with Israel declaring it is launching a renewed “extensive” ground offensive to seize territory in Gaza, where the war-ravaged civilian population is already facing starvation.Also overseas: former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Rare 'scraggly looking' Tasmanian eucalypt thrives while others die
Plant scientist Rebecca Jones recommends planting the heat-tolerant Risdon peppermint, which is currently found only on Hobart's eastern shore.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer
Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has metastasised to the bone, his office says in a statement.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Sexyland workers allege 'disgusting and traumatic' harassment and sales
Workers at adult store chain Sexyland say they are harassed and threatened by customers on an almost nightly basis, with the stores lacking reporting systems to monitor abuse.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?
Southern Australia is suffering some of the lowest rainfall levels on record. The drought won’t break until the return of low pressure systems bringing heavy rain.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Wine is still Australia’s most popular alcoholic drink – but many producers face an uncertain future
Changing consumer tastes and the dominance of a few big players are putting sustained pressure on the industry – especially smaller producers.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:1 in 5 Gazans face starvation. Can the law force Israel to act?
International law is clear: ‘the use of starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited’. Israel’s blockade of the strip is in clear defiance of this.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check
Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:More people are trying medicinal cannabis for chronic pain. But does it work?
One in five people experience chronic pain. Here’s how likely you are to find relief with medicinal cannabis.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Something borrowed, something blue? Why the reign of the traditional wedding dress may be over
There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in the culture of individualism.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world
The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words for snow and ice.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Clearer skies ahead for Queensland as sunshine returns after wet autumn
The weather bureau predicts scattered showers for the south-east on Monday and Tuesday, before sunny conditions take over for the rest of the week into next weekend.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:IVF patient whose embryo doesn't comply with new donor laws gets go ahead for treatment
The Queensland government says it's considering amendments to IVF legislation after some patients were told they would be unable to proceed with treatment under new laws.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder
There’s no crystal ball when it comes to the future of New Zealand’s economy. But to understand the upcoming budget, people need to understand why forecasting is so hard.
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Richard Goodman obituary
My brother Richard Goodman, who has died aged 87, played a leading role in introducing New Zealand wine to Britain, beginning in the early 1980s.At that time, New Zealand wine was practically unobtainable in the UK and was certainly not to be found on supermarket shelves. Today, it is top of the league table in Britain in terms of sales of white wines by value. Continue reading...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Junk science, vaccine refusers and the return of smallpox: what worries one of Australia’s top epidemiologists
More than five years into the Covid pandemic, Guardian Australia asks Raina MacIntyre: what’s the next big threat to public health, and are we up to the challenge?Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsDuring the first years of the Covid-19 crisis, the University of New South Wales professor of global biosecurity Raina MacIntyre was a fixture on Australian TVs and news feeds, a voice of authority and...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Andrew Leigh says Australia one generation from ‘US-style inequality’ as Productivity Commission targets corporate tax
Of all Andrew Leigh’s many portfolios, he considers productivity the most important. But can the government’s reforms bear fruit by the next election?Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Harvard-educated economist and MP tapped to help Jim Chalmers lift Australia out of its productivity funk says the nation is a generation away from “US-style...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:‘Don’t be fooled’: Victorian Labor is spruiking feel-good budget policies, but there are hints of cuts to come
The premier has been upbeat but one analyst warns the state’s financial strategy needs a ‘course correction’Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere’s no denying the mood within the Victorian government is unusually upbeat ahead of Tuesday’s state budget.Instead of the usual warnings of “tough” or “challenging” decisions in the lead-up – as has been...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Gina: What does she want? – episode 7 - podcast
At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her worldview – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, which is having a moment around the world. The novel’s capitalist underpinnings promote the idea that people should strive to be their best industrial selves.In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart’s life today, including her proposal to build a coalmine in Canada’s Rocky...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Travels in the Pilbara, the land of ‘Aunty Gina’ – in pictures
In January I journeyed to the iron ore-rich region of Western Australia with Guardian Australia senior correspondent Sarah Martin and senior audio producer Joe Koning to provide the visuals for our series on Gina Rinehart, Gina: power, privilege and influence. Here’s a selection of my shotsListen to the final episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast series Gina Continue reading...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Divisions on net zero and nuclear power ‘no secret’, senior Liberal frontbencher admits as party braces for internal brawl
Anne Ruston says policy positions should be thrashed out in Liberal and National party rooms rather than enshrined in Coalition agreementsFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe divisions within the Liberals on climate and energy policy are “no secret”, senior frontbencher Anne Ruston...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Albanese to meet von der Leyen in Rome amid hopes EU free-trade deal can be revived – as it happened
This blog is now closedLiberals must ‘build from the bottom up’ after election disaster – RustonAsked why the Liberals were now reviewing their embrace of the Paris climate agreement under the former government of Scott Morrison, Ruston says the walloping voters handed the party meant “absolutely everything” was up for review.To be quite frank, we have to build from the bottom up again because that election result was...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:‘Absolutely no evidence’: how NSW police backflipped on unlawful strip-search
Shortly before court hearing class action involving 3,000 people, force admitted to unlawfully strip-searching Raya Meredith and withdrew all its witnessesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRaya Meredith was at one of Australia’s biggest music festivals when a drug detection dog sniffed in her direction.The dog then walked on, the New South Wakes supreme court recently heard, but police officers...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Sound it out: Victorian children improve reading ‘leaps and bounds’ thanks to phonics
Academics have been divided on its efficacy but the teaching method is being widely adopted – and one principal calls it a ‘great equaliser’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt Spring Parks Primary School, there’s usually a steady proportion of prep students who lag far behind their peers in reading comprehension. But this year, every student has scored more than 80% in their tests.The answer,...
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