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Sewerage project prioritised after health concerns
Residents without sewerage connections in the South Australian town of Kingston South East worry about the cost of dealing with waste that has the potential to contaminate bore water used in homes and gardens.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:
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'Tired of the wars': Trump's MAGA critics denounce Iran strikes
US President Donald Trump insists his party is united behind his decision to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, but some vocal Republicans are speaking out against it.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Iran says US โmust receive a responseโ to strikes, Australians look to flee conflict zone, experts warn about โwar on nicotineโ
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. All eyes are on Tehran as it weighs up options for retaliation after US airstrikes against Iranโs nuclear facilities. Despite global calls for diplomacy and de-escalation, Israel is escalating its own bombing campaign against Iran.Itโs a terrifying wait for Australians...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Mother whose baby died after nine-hour wait for help sues Darwin hospital
The mother of a seven-month-old girl with a congenital heart condition who died at Royal Darwin Hospital after waiting nine hours to see a doctor is suing the hospital for negligence.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Queensland treasurer promises targeted cost-of-living relief in first budget
Treasurer David Janetzki is due to deliver the LNP state government's first budget on Tuesday.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Labubu plushies arenโt just toys. Theyโre a brand new frontier for Chinese soft power
Global perceptions of China are often shaped by geopolitics and authoritarianism. Is Labubu the โcool Chinaโ antidote?
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:NZโs changing diet: Mฤori bread and jackfruit join other new foods in the countryโs nutritional database
The latest entries in New Zealandโs food composition database reflect the nationโs growing ethnic diversity and rising demand for plant-based options and allergen-friendly foods.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:How pregnant women are tested for gestational diabetes is changing. Hereโs what this means for you
Screening for gestational diabetes will continue. But who gets extra testing, and when, will change.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Freak wind gusts made worse by climate change threaten airline passenger safety
New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm downbursts, with serious consequences for air travel.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming
Earth has less highly reflective clouds than it used to, and itโs amplifying global warming
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Calls to ditch 'expensive experiment' on drug-dependent children amid government review
A program allowing young drug-dependent South Australians to be detained against their will for treatment should be scrapped, a government review has been told.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Art prize challenges artists to paint with animal poo
A woman who opened a museum dedicated to poo after the death of a friend to bowel cancer wants portraits painted with animal dung for a unique art competition.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Rain, cold snap forecast for parts of Qld before school holidays
South-east Queensland residents can expect a reprieve from the wet and wintry weather later this week, before conditions pick up again ahead of the official start of the school holidays.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:He's 13 and farming hundreds of hectares in the Riverina
In the New South Wales Riverina, delayed autumn rain threw winter sowing programs off kilter, but teenagers Declan and Brianna Dennis are helping get things back on track on their family farm.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:A humiliated, desperate Iran has few options to retaliate against the US
Iran is promising a mighty punishment for US strikes on its nuclear sites. But it has few options for actual retaliation, and none of them are good.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Kerrie left hospital clutching medication. She died 36 hours later
In 2023, Clint Seares's partner Kerrie Carroll died by suicide the day after being discharged after a previous attempt. He is worried the system still has not changed.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:'Boomers beware' threat won't cut it as government opens door to tax reforms
Laborโs timidity may finally be evaporating but the backlash over tax reform is coming and it could get ugly.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:While America makes war, China is peacefully remaking itself
America is sidetracked and weakened by wars and unrest. Donald Trump understands the problem but has been unable to resist the pressure from Americaโs military establishment and Israel.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:The Chinese state connections behind Lara's waste incinerator
A waste incinerator designed to burn 400,000 tonnes of rubbish a year is proposed for Lara, an area in the outskirts of Geelong. Locals vehemently oppose the project on environmental grounds and because of a lack of information about who will build it.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Why Dr Paris uses her bare arms in the fight against Australiaโs mosquito-borne diseases
โFor most of the ones I feed, I just feel a little sensation,โ says the University of Melbourne medical entomologistAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDr Vรฉronique Paris has a very hands-on approach to her research. She slides her bare arm inside a special cage and lets hundreds of mosquitoes bite her โ all in the name of science.โFor most of the ones...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:The US has entered the Israel-Iran war. Here are 3 scenarios for what might happen next
Iran has some difficult choices ahead. It has vowed a major response, but could be limited in what it can actually achieve.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Muted response from Albanese government on US attack on Iran
The government issued a statement in response to the bombing, but there were no immiedate plans for the prime minister to speak on the matter.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:What is a โbunker busterโ? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran
The GBU-57 Massive Ordance Penetrator is a weapon only the US can deploy โ but it may have unintended consequences.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Breaking: US bombs three nuclear sites inside Iran, Trump says
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump says the United States has dropped bombs on three nuclear sites inside Iran.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:When I think about the burglar menacing my mother, the memories are slippery. She wasnโt chirping. She was screaming
Natasha Sholl was four (โฆ or perhaps five?) when a man entered her family home wielding a knife (โฆ or a box cutter? โฆ or a screwdriver?)My mother is chirping, like a small bird. I laugh. What a fun game. And when I run through the house to find her, there is a man in a balaclava with a knife to her throat. She is not chirping. She is screaming. The expectation of one thing when the opposite is true. And yet in my...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:From Gaza to Parramatta: students fleeing global conflicts follow pathway to Australian university
For three young women whose education has been cut short by war in Gaza โ where 90% of educational buildings have been destroyed by Israel โ Western Sydney University offers an educational lifelineGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWeeks after 7 October 2023, Hala Alsammak stood at the site of her once bustling university in Gaza. Al-Azhar university had been reduced to rubble.Alsammak had begun...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Why one couple, two kids and 10 camels are trekking almost 6,000kms through the Australian outback
The Parrot family will be guiding Foxy Lady, Polished Copper, Bronte, Barry and Jeffrey and co in the hoof-steps of historyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInstead of a dozen red roses, a bottle of bubbly or romantic poetry, Emily Parrott gave her husband a camel to celebrate their first Valentineโs Day.โWhen he met me, thatโs when he met camels,โ she says of husband, Luke. โHe found his first...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Hot air balloon catches fire and crashes in Brazil, killing eight
A hot air balloon carrying 21 passengers catches fire in southern Brazil, falling from the sky and killing eight of the people on board.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Iran's powers have long battled for supremacy, but they have the same nuclear 'red lines'
In the early 1950s, Iran had a liberal prime minister who promised to stop shipping the country's resource riches offshore, but that was not going to work for the West.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:New 'risk-mapping tool' aims to curb bird deaths from powerlines
Five out of six eagles in this refuge are "highly likely" to be victims of powerlines. The Raptor Refuge founder wants risk mitigation practices to be put in place.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Ian's ute and home cost hardly anything to run, thanks to one ingredient
At 95, Ian McLeod's power bills are virtually non-existent while his farm ute costs only a few dollars a week to run. How does he do it?
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Dozens of pups euthanised, Canberra shelter overwhelmed
Shelters in the ACT are on the brink after cost of living pressures are causing dozens of deformed pups to be euthanised.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Vera C Rubin Observatory is about to show us the universe like never before
Astronomers have been waiting for the Vera C Rubin Observatory to open for 30 years. So what is it, and how will it change astronomy?
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Visitors still walking on Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre months after foot traffic ban
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is filling for the first time since access to the lake was restricted by a new management plan. An outback boating club has questioned authorities' capacity to enforce the new rules, but traditional owners say the measures respect the environmental and cultural significance of the site.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Australian man stranded in Japan as stroke leaves him with $130K bill
Tom Zdanius suffered a stroke in Japan last month and has been lying in bed, racking up medical bills of about $5,000 a day ever since.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source: