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More than 10,000 Brisbane properties to be added to flood maps

In its latest modelling, council finds 10,129 more properties across Brisbane are now at risk of creek and waterway flooding.

Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Carne Wall landslide wipes out notoriously difficult Blue Mountains climb

One of the largest Blue Mountains rockfalls in recent years shaves off two notorious climbing routes that were never repeated after the first climbers established them.

Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Labor have so far failed to sway the Greens, and it's blown up on them

Like in the AFL, Tasmanian politics is in its own trade week β€” and at the moment, the protracted negotiations are between Labor and the Greens.

Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Japanese film noir High and Low is a remarkable example of nail-biting tension – and now it’s inspired Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest is a contemporary American take on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic crime drama High and Low.

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

β€˜A country to be heard and danced’: journeying into Australia’s menacing interior spaces

Nicolas Rothwell and Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson’s new book suggests only Aboriginal people, and the misfits who cleave to them, can know the desert’s grim majesty.

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

As human teams get bigger, they get less efficient. But these ants have found a solution

Not only are weaver ants not plagued by a drop in teamwork efficiency, but they’re actually β€˜superefficient’.

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

Feeding kids can be a daily battle. But you wouldn’t know it looking at Instagram

Research shows how social media is flooded with unrealistic content about family meals. This can add to frustrations parents may already feel around feeding kids.

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

Paramedics are less likely to identify a stroke in women than men. Closing this gap could save lives – and money

In women, β€˜atypical’ stroke symptoms can be overlooked, leaving them more vulnerable to misdiagnosis, delayed treatment and long-term harm.

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

Why the working week – and what we get out of it – has perplexed Australian governments for more than 100 years

Improving productivity – producing more with less – has been the focus of many Australian governments since federation.

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

The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home

When it comes to improving the fairness of the tax system, this is no time to be squeamish.

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

Dagger beaks and strong wings: new fossils rewrite the penguin story and affirm NZ as a cradle of their evolution

Newly revealed fossils of four new ancient penguin species highlight how their early evolution optimised wings and feet for powerful underwater propulsion.

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

AI is peeling back the layers of β€˜low-value’ work – NZ may be well placed to adapt

As AI becomes more pervasive, New Zealand’s economic strength may lie in work where the value is measured in what is grown, built, repaired and cared for.

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

Three more interest rate cuts may be on the way. But when is increasingly looking like anyone’s guess

The prospect of lower rates is good news, but Michele Bullock’s vision for the future appears blurrierFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree down, three more to go.For mortgage holders, that was the most optimistic takeaway from Michele Bullock’s press conference after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut its cash rate for the...

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

Can AI deliver economic nirvana? Only if workers can monitor and shape how it’s used | Peter Lewis

It is only when technology augments human capability that genuine productivity is achievedOne Big Idea is a new series on how to transform Australia’s economy ahead of Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtableGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne person I wish was on the treasurer’s roundtable guest list is the reigning Nobel economic prize-winner Daron Acemoglu, whose work lays out a compelling...

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

Risks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are β€˜intense and scary’, unreleased government report says

Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so farGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn unreleased Australian government report on the economic and environmental risks posed by the climate crisis is β€œintense and scary”, and confronting even for those who work in the area, according to people...

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

Australia’s obsession with interest rates is keeping us from having an important discussion about our economic future | Nicki Hutley

Rates alone are not the potential saviour, or otherwise, of our economy. For many, that saviour is productivityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has one of the highest levels of household debt among developed economies. Indeed, our collective household debt is greater than the size of our entire economy – at an eye-watering 112%, or more than double the European average. Most of that’...

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

Coalition declares it would revoke Australia’s Palestinian statehood recognition if it wins office

While the split in bipartisanship on the Israel-Palestinian conflict has come to a head this week, it has been in the making for some time.

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

Westpac and CBA pass on cut after RBA reduces cash rate – as it happened

This blog is now closedRelief for borrowers as Reserve Bank cuts cash rate to 3.6% – and flags potential for two or three moreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeven West Media profits shrink amid declining ad revenueChannel Seven’s media company saw a $61m drop in revenue in the year to June as TV advertising slipped, with after-tax profit nearly 20 times smaller than it recorded in 2021....

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

The RBA has cut rates for the third time this year. More relief may be on the way

The Reserve Bank’s encouraged by the sharp fall in inflation and worried about the global outlook. Here’s why it looks likely we’ll see one more rate cut this year.

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

Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs

Luck seems to have run out for many Western Australian coral reefs, as an off-the-charts marine heatwave leaves a trail of bleaching and coral death.

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

We tracked one of Australia’s most endangered birds into strange new habitat

A new population of the plains-wanderer has been tracked into unexpected habitat. This surprising discovery offers fresh hope for the critically endangered species.

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

High-tech drones are changing warfare – terrorists may soon follow the same playbook

Terrorists often copy military innovations, meaning policymakers need to act quickly to reduce the threat of drones.

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

Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive

A new road charge mooted for electric vehicle drivers is based on a fundamental misconception.

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

Watering down Australia’s AI copyright laws would sacrifice writers’ livelihoods to β€˜brogrammers’ | Tracey Spicer

Our Productivity Commission is considering to include an exemption for text and data mining into our Copyright Act. This extractive industry may well put us out of businessThe year was 1987. The location: a busy Brisbane newsroom. I was tapping away on a Remington typewriter to tell the story of a corrupt state government with an autocratic leader, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.Technology quickly evolved. A few years later...

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

Will my boobs sag if I don’t wear a bra? And 5 other common questions about breasts and bras

Breasts are β€˜sisters, not twins’. So while your bra is symmetrical, it’s normal your breasts aren’t.

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

Māori wards: how the Hobson’s Pledge campaign relies on a β€˜historical fiction’

As cities and districts prepare for referendums on retaining Māori wards, a contentious claim resurfaces about the meaning and intent of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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

Whales and dolphins play and communicate with each other, study finds

Researchers say joyful interactions between whales and dolphins, including one case where a whale slowly lifted a dolphin out of the water, could be key to their survival.

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

Beyond Tasmania, the race for the AFL's 20th team is heating up

The race for the location of the AFL’s 20th team is heating up. As powerbrokers across the nation are starting to stake their claims, Sean Lawson and Cody Atkinson look at the options.

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

Liquorland, BWS 'dragging feet' on minimum alcohol price, action group says

People's Alcohol Action Coalition are calling on the two major liquor outlets to sign up to the Alice Springs Liquor Accord's voluntary $1.30 per standard drink alcohol measure six months after the Northern Territory government scrapped the controversial legislation.

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

UK scientist's remains found on Antarctic glacier 66 years later

DNA testing confirms human remains recovered from an Antarctic glacier are those of a British meteorologist who fell down a crevasse during an expedition in 1959.

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

Whales and dolphins regularly hang out with each other – new study

The findings reshape our understanding of how social marine mammals interact across species.

Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

India's opposition parties protest controversial electoral roll revision

Critics and opposition leaders say the exercise will impact minorities the most, including Muslims, and disallow them from voting.

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

'Endless' trespassers cost farmers thousands and endanger life

A cattle farmer says he's been unable to stock one of his paddocks for three years because hunters keep cutting fences which let his livestock out.

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

Harris continues to dominate Hundred as Aussies top run charts

Grace Harris is fast emerging as the dominant player in England's Hundred competition, again leading table-toppers London Spirit to victory.

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

Australia close to signing 'ambitious' pact with Vanuatu worth $500m

The Nakamal Agreement will cover infrastructure, climate change resilience and economic development, but details on travel and visa arrangements between the two countries remain under wraps.

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