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Travelling with food allergies? These 9 tips can help you stay safer in the skies

Reassuringly, documented allergic reactions during flights are very rare. But there are precautions you can take to reduce any risk.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Travelling with food allergies? These 8 tips can help you stay safer in the skies

Reassuringly, documented allergic reactions during flights are very rare. But there are precautions you can take to reduce any risk.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years

Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Cats at 40: a dazzling cast – stuck in an outdated show

In this re-launch, the score, direction and choreography are almost identical to what we saw back in 1985. And the choreography remains the heart and soul.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The NDIA is changing how it pays for disability supports. What does that mean for rural communities?

Rural communities are being asked to absorb reduced funding and limited flexibility in the NDIS. These changes risk widening the gap city and regional areas.

Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Angus Taylor against Liberal quotas for women

Moderates and conservatives are split over whether the party should force itself to boost female representation with a formal mechanism, or whether it can be trusted to do so organically.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

1 in 5 community footy umpires have been assaulted, while others cop death threats: new research

One senior community football umpire said: β€˜I was threatened with my life this year and the league did nothing about it.’ Here’s what needs to change.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Major winner Minjee Lee inspires brother Min Woo at Detroit PGA Tour event

Min Woo Lee is lauding his major-winning sister Minjee after returning to form with a first-round 63 at the PGA Tour event in Detroit.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

How Anna Wintour redefined fashion over almost 40 years

As US Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour forever changed the fashion industry. But her enigmatic leadership saw her influence stretch beyond the magazine's pages.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Artefacts kept in storage for decades to be returned to ancestral home

A collection of 37 items gifted to former Mornington Island residents in the 1970s will be taken thousands of kilometres home after decades in the dark.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Kipyegon falls short in bid for first sub-four-minute mile

With the aid of innovative kit, super-spikes and a group of mostly male pacers, Faith Kipyegon runs the fastest mile by a woman in history, although the time will not count as a world record.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Coastal erosion costs cause uncertain future for beloved SA jetties

Historic jetties are causing financial headaches for councils as they hand back responsibility for their upkeep to the state government.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Rangers hunt for 2.5m crocodile seen in 'atypical' habitat

The croc was spotted in an "atypical" place on Queensland's Fraser Coast and will be removed from the wild.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Kim Kardashian 'grandpa robber' dies one month after conviction

Didier Dubreucq has died a month after he was convicted of stealing jewellery worth millions from Kim Kardashian in a 2016 Paris robbery.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more

In the event of a major crisis or conflict in the region, Australia would not presently be able to defend itself for a prolonged period.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Windies thrive on Hope as he and Chase lead recovery against Australia

Amidst DRS calamities and yet more dropped chances in the slips, Shai Hope springs eternal, the West Indies fighting hard to earn a first Test win against Australia on home soil in 22 years.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

State governments coy on interest in copying WA's tough new gun laws

WA Police Minister Reece Whitby says officials from two states have reached out to discuss its strict new gun law reforms as firearm control groups call for a national approach.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence

NZ playgrounds are often separated from city life, constraining children’s spontaneous play. Planners can learn from car-free urban spaces where children are free to roam.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Live: ASX to rise as Wall St nears records, US 'revenge tax' dropped

The Australian share market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, while the US government looks set to drop a controversial "revenge tax" on investors. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Five quick hits: Three shocking DRS calls, Windies butter-fingers return

A catalogue of shocking DRS calls, an Alex Carey collectors item, and the West Indies' butter-fingers are back. Here are five quick hits from day two of the first Test in Barbados.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

This wildlife carer says a friendly magpie helped save her life

Sandie Gillard has helped care for animals for most of her life and says a magpie named Jellybean is a big part of the reason she is still alive.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Roaming bear sparks mad chase, flight cancellations at Japanese airport

A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights and declare itself off-limits to passengers.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Three arrested, boat seized over alleged plot to import 1.5 tonnes cocaine

Dramatic vision showed the moment police arrested one of the alleged "catching crew", cornering him on a suburban street on Thursday morning.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Curly problem revealed as $105m social housing purchase upsets neighbours

There's a desperate need for more social housing to help solve the property crisis β€” but the WA government's acquisition of an East Perth apartment complex shows there's also a delicate balance.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Local governments at a loss on how to retain GPs in their regions

For a third consecutive year the Pilbara has the highest proportional movement of GPs out of the region, losing 23.4 per cent of its workforce.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Teenage boy charged with murder after man's body found in Clayfield

Emergency services were called to a home in the suburb just after 8pm, where they found the 58-year-old man's body, as well as a "large group of teenagers", police said.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Joint advances to Eastbourne semis as Aussies qualify for Wimbledon

Australian teenager Maya Joint reaches the Eastbourne Open semifinals, while four of her compatriots booked spots in the Wimbledon main draws.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Megan wanted to talk to her daughter about having cancer. Here's how she did it

A fear of death plagues many of us, and gets in the way of us speaking about it and preparing for it, despite its inevitability. Here's how we could turn that around.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

'Existential crisis': Global HIV fight devastated by US funding cuts

Hopes of ending the global HIV epidemic anytime soon are fading among health workers and scientists, who say new infections could increase for the first time in decades.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Whales spotted off Hobart 'having a rest' during northern migration

Humpback whales are spotted in the River Derwent as far up as Hobart's northern suburbs, using the river for some rest and relaxation during their northern migration.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Morning Mail: Ley leads Coalition reform push, fears over school absenteeism, club’s Savage truth

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. Sussan Ley will preside over a crucial Coalition party room meeting today to outline her plans for a more ground-up policymaking process. There are calls for more action to stem the rising tide of absenteeism in schools, while a men-only Melbourne club plans to...

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

'There's no rule book': Alice Springs mayor to step down after eventful term

Matt Paterson campaigned as a "boring" mayor, but his term in a troubled part of Australia has been anything but dull β€” from wearing budgie smugglers at the airport, to regularly fronting national news and even calling for the sacking of the entire NT government.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Think traffic into the CBD is bad? It's about to get worse

Road closures have been causing headaches for motorists in Canberra since construction on the light rail began four years ago. More road closures are coming.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Whatever happened to the Albanese government’s wellbeing agenda?

It was a passion project for the treasurer, meant to help account for fairness and wellbeing while developing policy. Why has the government stopped talking about it?

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Lung cancer screening is about to start. What you need to know if you smoke or have quit

The aim is to find and treat lung cancers early, before they grow and spread, to improve the chance of survival. Here’s what’s involved.

Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)