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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanControversial or cool? The engineer causing a storm with his playgrounds
This designer's "risky playgrounds" are often divisive. His latest is four storeys underground in a former World War II oil tank.
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ACT Labor's 'forever government' brand is growing tired
It's been a year since Canberrans re-elected an ACT Labor government for a seventh consecutive term β but as budget pressures bite, analysts say Labor's stocks are suffering from brand fatigue.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Flood mapping is different between Queensland local councils, here's why
Ben Parkinson is proud of the five acres he calls home in south-east Queensland, but what is missing is the ability to develop his land.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:By-election battle brewing in north Queensland
The looming by-election in Hinchinbrook will not have a significant impact on the makeup of Queensland parliament, but it will give insight into the state of play of politics a year after the LNP swept to power.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Couple shuns 'restoration' to let historic home's past live on
Classical musicians Richard and Suzy Miller count their circa-1832 home as one of their greatest creative achievements as they prepare to leave it for someone else to love.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Quick hits: Send-offs, spinners and more Marnus magic in the Shield
Marnus Labuschagne's magical early season form continues with the bat, Scott Boland and a pair of spinners offer a reminder of their skill, while Sam Konstas turns on the flair at round two of the Sheffield Shield.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Assange wants man who spied on him in Ecuador embassy jailed for 20 years
His lawyers suggested the jail term for David Morales, accused of discovery and disclosure of secrets, bribery, money laundering and illegal possession of weapons.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:How cheap, widespread power from the sun could overshadow solar farms
Australia's renewable energy push has resulted in a surge in household solar power. But what does that mean for private solar farms?
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:'No Kings' protests gather across the US against Trump's leadership
Organisers say the rallies reflect frustration over the Trump administration's prosecutions of the president's perceived enemies, immigration raids and the sending of troops into US cities.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Bird-lovers help count species across Australia in annual bird count
A primary school teacher is getting her students involved in a volunteer-led bird count, to gather a snapshot of birds across the country.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Queer Sydney mural removed from police station just days after going up
The artwork, Queer Sydney: A History, was hung at Surry Hills Police Station, metres from where the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Gellung Warl and other Victorian Aboriginal words part of Australia's first Treaty
Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before β here's how to say them and what they mean.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:'It was more on Oscar': Sprint crash adds another twist to F1 title race
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have once again made contact with each other in a Formula 1 race, this time taking each other out at the sprint race of the US Grand Prix, just two weeks after their collision in Singapore.
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Albanese faces the diplomatic test of his political life to attract, and hold, Trumpβs attention | Zoe Daniel
Dealing with the US president requires nose holding; and the PM must navigate the delicate balance between getting Trumpβs attention and attracting too much Hereβs a newsflash for Australians: Donald Trump doesnβt worry about us too much.We are a small fish from down under. And for most of Trumpβs supporters weβre probably known either (positively) for Crocodile Dundee or (negatively) for gun control. Continue...
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Deep in the reeds: Australian scientists put dollar figure on floating wetlandsβ global water quality savings
βWeβve worked out that no matter how hard you engineer something, nature filters everything much better than anything elseβ, says academicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Mortonβs free Clear Air newsletter hereAs the plants are pulled out of one of the cells of their floating pod, the long and thin roots are covered with slime.βThis is what you want,β...
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Ruel: βA fan gave me one of their teeth on a necklace β I was definitely a little freaked outβ
The pop star on the craziest thing he has done for love, his strong opinions about kids wearing sunglasses and the movie that scarred him as a childWhat are you secretly really good at?When I hold water in my mouth, Iβve got a perfect space in between each of my teeth. So when I point my neck to the sky and blow out water, it looks like a full fountain. Itβs all perfect streams, and it creates some sort of water...
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Evicted and dying of cancer Tammie spent her final months desperately house hunting in Brisbane
βIβm suffering from as much rage as I am grief, because for so long I had managed to keep her in her own home,β her mother saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA month before she died of cancer, Tammie Thrower was evicted and thrust into homelessness.The mother of three had battled stage four bowel cancer since 2023, undergoing round after...
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Anthony Albanese is heading to the White House to meet Donald Trump. Hereβs what he hopes to talk about
While the PMβs trip will be short, his agenda is long, as Australia sweats on US reassurances on tariffs, trade and AukusFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExactly nine months on from the US presidentβs inauguration, and four months after their scheduled meeting in Canada at the G7 was abruptly cancelled, Australiaβs prime minister will call...
Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source:Morris Iemmaβs lobbying firm does bumper business after Minnsβ election as NSW begins planning overhaul
Governmentβs policy of encouraging high-density housing has proved a bonanza for the former premierβs advisory businessGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProperty developers in New South Wales have flocked to the lobbying firm of former premier Morris Iemma β political mentor to the current premier Chris Minns β as the government embarks on the most extensive changes to the stateβs planning laws...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night
Ten platypuses were reintroduced into Sydneyβs Royal national park in 2023. This week, two new juveniles were discovered, leading one researcher to cry βOh, give me a hugβHunting platypuses takes patience. On Thursday afternoon, I headed into the Royal national park, south of Sydney, with researchers who had reintroduced a small population of the elusive monotremes two years ago.There was a big net and torches β and...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarmGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:What could a Trump deal on critical minerals mean for Australia β and could Maga be a sticking point?
Ahead of Anthony Albaneseβs White House visit, a βprice floorβ and US investment in mining ventures have been flaggedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustraliaβs rich deposits of minerals used for green energy technologies and military hardware are increasingly prized, especially because of rising anxiety about Chinaβs stranglehold on the global supply chain.That anxiety escalated after...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Conservative Liberals want to use immigration to bludgeon Labor. But itβs bad politics, and bad on principle | Tom McIlroy
Attacking multicultural Australia will only further alienate the party from the voters they need to win backGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter the defeat of the Howard government and before heβd turn Australian politics on its head as Liberal leader, Tony Abbott wrote a memoir-manifesto entitled Battlelines.Just like his latest book, Australia: a history, the 2009 title traverses a huge...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:The βmessyβ trend behind Australiaβs rising unemployment is worrying economists
The RBA is holding fire on further rate cuts until it is confident that inflation is easing. But the latest jobs data complicates mattersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs Jim Chalmers moves among the global elite during the G20 talkfest with fellow finance ministers and big-time investors in Washington this week, he will be spruiking...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Failed Liberal candidate for Kooyong to make tilt for state seat β as it happened
This blog is now closedLiberal senator says she is βtoo fond of good coffeeβ to join Nationals where sheβd βhave to talk a lot slowerβGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHume: Ley describing Melbourne as Australiaβs βcrime capitalβ just βexplaining what every Victorian already knowsβThe federal Liberal senator for Victoria, Jane Hume, was on ABC Radio National a short time ago speaking about...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Many rooftops are perfect for solar but owners and renters canβt afford it. Hereβs our answer
Solar panels can be a low priority for cash-strapped homeowners β but a βuse it or lend itβ program could help
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:The Conversation is a finalist in the 2025 Walkley Awards
βCan you spot a rip current?β has been shortlisted in the All Media; Explanatory Journalism category.
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Yes β¦ er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegsethβs Pentagon reporting rules | Weekly Beast
News Corpβs broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooperWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIt was too restrictive for Murdochβs Trump-friendly Fox News but The Australian newspaper broke ranks this week and signed on to the Pentagonβs prohibitive new press...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Should I take a magnesium supplement? Will it help me sleep or prevent muscle cramps?
Hereβs what the science says.
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:How rangers in the remote north are keeping eggs on city shelves
Hundreds of kilometres from the nearest supermarket, Indigenous rangers in Australia's remote north are working to keep eggs on your breakfast table.
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:Virtual service gives patients easy access to emergency department
A virtual emergency room app created during the pandemic could help bridge healthcare gaps in regional Victoria. But more patients need to dial-in and use the resource.
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Defence in talks to support Gaza peace plan but no request made to Australia yet
Australia's defence force has had discussions with the Unted States to provide support for its Gaza peace plan but the government says no formal request has been made yet.
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Teen's playground fall costs department $225K fine for failed inspections
South Australia's Education Department has been fined $225,000 after a student at a special school fell from a swing which had not had a comprehensive safety inspection for eight years.
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Australiaβs tech lobby wants deregulated βdigital embassiesβ for offshore clients. Hereβs why that might not be a great idea
As Australia builds an AI plan, it can learn from Estonia and Singapore - but not exactly in the way tech companies want.
Published on: October 16, 2025 | Source:Why has support for One Nation surged since the 2025 federal election?
With Labor re-elected with a thumping majority, voters at the conservative end of the Coalition are drifting away, spurred by anxieties about immigration.
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