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Sabalenka advances to Wimbledon semifinal after surviving huge scare

Aryna Sabalenka is forced to dig deep to set up a semifinal date against Amanda Anisimova after being pushed to the brink by world number 104 Laura Siegemund.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Lucy suffered for a decade with a condition 'neglected for many years'

A new virtual hub and reduced medication costs are expected to make an "enormous difference" to women suffering from menopause and perimenopause symptoms.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trial set to start for Ballarat woman's accused murderer

The body of Hannah McGuire, 23, was found last year in a torched car and her ex-partner charged with the killing. He is today expected to plead not guilty before a jury.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump flags tariffs of 200pc on pharmaceuticals, 50pc on copper

Donald Trump flags a possible 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals β€” one of Australia's biggest exports to the US β€” and says copper could be hit with a 50 per cent levy.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists

As the US cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on this American brain drain.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Some young people sexually abuse. Here’s how to reduce reoffending by up to 90%

New research out of Queensland shows there are rehabilitative ways to help reduce youth sexual crime - and youth crime overall.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

XFG could become the next dominant COVID variant. Here’s what to know about β€˜Stratus’

The WHO has classified XFG or β€˜Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very soon.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Greek and Roman nymphs weren’t just sexy nature spirits. They had other important jobs too

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world and connected with their landscape.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Can a pizza box go in the yellow bin – or not? An expert answers this and other messy recycling questions

Research shows most Australians believe they are good recyclers – but they’re often wrong. Here’s how to avoid common recycling mistakes.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Action taken against over 50 practitioners in medicinal cannabis crackdown

AHPRA says poor prescribing practices and surging consumer demand are leading to "significant" patient harm, and releases new guidelines urging prescribers to put patient wellbeing above profits.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer

Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Richard Marles’ chief of staff disclosed long-term relationship with lobbyist from firm with defence clients

Exclusive: News of relationship comes amid pressure to toughen regulation of political lobbying to ensure trust in democracyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe defence minister’s chief of staff has disclosed and managed a long-term de facto relationship with a lobbyist who works for a small firm representing several defence clients,...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Liberal figures rubbish push for US-style primaries as β€˜ridiculous’ distraction from gender quotas

Senior figures including shadow attorney general say preselection contests β€˜level the playing field’ for women, but others label proposal a β€˜distraction’ from discussion of quotasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal party figures reject claims support is growing for US-style primaries for preselections and say the issue is β€œ...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Don’t despair, Australian mortgage holders – another rate cut is a question of when, not if

The direction of travel is clear, we might just take a bit longer to get thereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo not despair, mortgage holders of Australia: we didn’t get a rate cut on Tuesday, but they are still coming.The Reserve Bank board showed it doesn’t give a fig about popular opinion and held its cash rate target at 3.85% at its July meeting. Continue reading...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Zachary Rolfe accuses NT coroner of going β€˜far beyond her remit’ in Kumanjayi Walker inquest – as it happened

This blog is now closedRBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia leaves cash rate on hold at 3.85%Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland zoo to reopen two days after woman loses arm to lionessA woman has lost her arm after being attacked on Sunday at a Queensland zoo by a lioness, which the zoo insists β€œwas not hungry” or maltreated.We can confirm that she was attacked by a lioness....

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Interest rates are on hold at 3.85%, as the Reserve Bank opts for caution over mortgage relief

The surprise decision to hold rates isn’t a change in direction – it’s a pause for more information.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

β€˜Gas belongs to the people’: WA premier Roger Cook urges federal Labor to adopt reserve policy

Cook says WA’s own policy has meant cheaper gas for local market as Albanese government embarks on six-month review of regulationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe West Australian Labor premier, Roger Cook, has encouraged his federal counterparts to consider a gas reserve on the east coast as it mulls a regulatory overhaul to shore up...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Rare earths: how these critical minerals impact Australian industry and global politics – video

What do tariffs, Australian mining, geopolitics and the trade war between China and the US have to do with tiny magnets made from rare earth minerals like yttrium and scandium? Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley explainsChina has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?Commonwealth to invest a further $200m in rare earth mining project backed by Gina Rinehart Continue reading......

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The US has high hopes for a new Gaza ceasefire, but Israel’s long-term aims seem far less peaceful

President Trump is talking up a proposed 60-day ceasefire deal in Gaza. But recent history shows a truce is unlikely to lead to lasting peace.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

What makes a good AI prompt? Here are 4 expert tips

Being β€˜AI fluent’ is quickly becoming as important as being proficient in office software once was.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Are chemicals to blame for cancer in young people? Here’s what the evidence says

Cancer rates are rising among younger people aged under 50. Here’s what we know about the causes – and what the evidence says about the role of plastics.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

We all became detectives in Erin Patterson’s trial. But as a crime writer I can’t help wonder, at what cost? | Candice Fox

The true crime industry is making professional crime solvers of all of us. We must not lose sight of the victimsFrom the moment we saw Erin Patterson sobbing and wiping her eyes in her driveway in Leongatha, we started to judge her. The tone of her voice. The mournful tilting back of her head as she tried to control her emotion. The strange examining of her own fingers for tears. Was the performance real, or was she...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Being kind to people – the new challenge for the public service

Anthony Albanese is calling for a kinder Australia. But new research shows a lack of kindness in the public service is causing distress and even harm to clients.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

It’s harder than you think to become a top sports official in football, soccer and the rugby codes

You might hear sports fans yell out to a referee or umpire: β€˜I can do better than that!’ But becoming an elite official is a lot harder than most imagine.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Do you lie awake at night wondering if you’ll ever be able to afford your own home? | Fiona Katauskas

Maybe you’d be better off dreamingSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

First it was β€˜protein goals’, now TikTok is on about β€˜fibre goals’. How can you meet yours?

Not getting enough fibre can lead to constipation, haemorrhoids and boost your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and bowel cancer.

Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Australia news live: Aldi trials delivery service in Canberra; Sydney freight train separated from wagons for eight minutes

The supermarket chain is teaming up with delivery service DoorDash to trial grocery deliveries in Canberra this week. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland zoo to reopen two days after woman loses arm to lionessA woman has lost her arm after being attacked on Sunday at a Queensland zoo by a lioness, which the zoo insists β€œwas not hungry” or maltreated.We can...

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Authorities investigate mystery mass fish kill in NSW lake

Small numbers of dead fish started washing up a fortnight ago, but it has since escalated with thousands now covering the banks of Lake Cargelligo, about 200 kilometres west of Parkes.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Rioli considered retiring as racism and off-field drama became 'a bit too much'

Willie Rioli speaks candidly about a tumultuous couple of months he endured this season, admitting he spoke to his manager on multiple occasions about retiring from the AFL.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Lily's friends shunned her after she was raped. She went to court anyway, and won

In New South Wales, just 7 per cent of sexual assault cases reported to police resulted in a conviction. Lily's story offers an insight into how the system treats victim-survivors.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Paraglider dies on way to hospital after fall in Far North Queensland

Queensland Police Service says it is investigating how a paraglider who died while being airlifted to hospital fell.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

'A window of who you are': How NT elders are trying to protect native languages

With many of Australia's Indigenous languages at risk of being lost forever, leaders from more than 30 Top End communities have come together to develop a plan to protect them.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Queensland zoo reopens two days after woman loses arm in lion attack

Visitor activities resume at Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba, as Workplace Health and Safety Queensland continue to investigate the circumstances around the mauling.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Cost of long-awaited South West highway project blows out by $85m

Pitched as a congestion buster for South West holiday traffic, the final cost of the Bussell Highway duplication in Western Australia has ballooned out to $170 million.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Groves in line to lead team after Tour stage winner breaks collarbone

Australian Kaden Groves could be in line to lead Alpecin-Deceuninck after Jasper Philipsen broke his collarbone in a crash.

Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia