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This may be as good as it gets: NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices
Are supermarkets charging too much? This โthree-limb testโ can help policymakers unpack the problem.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:
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Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia
Nuclear submarines will allow Australia to project maritime power far from our shores. This is critical for an island nation heavily dependent on trade by sea.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Markets are choppy. What should you do with your super if you are near retirement?
Retiring in a volatile market isnโt easy, but panic isnโt a plan. Here are some strategies to consider.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Election meme hits and duds โ weโve graded some of the best (and worst) of the campaign so far
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Hereโs a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Provocative, progressive and fearless: why Beatrice Faustโs views still resonate in Australia
Faust is best remembered as the founder of the Womenโs Electoral Lobby. But there was much more to her than just that.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:A high school singing audition inspired by Flashdance haunted me for years โ until I found my voice again | Nova Weetman
My singing voice is rarely tested, except for the occasional Happy Birthday. But a music festival choir singalong changed everythingWhen I was 16 I eagerly auditioned for our high school musical, singing a verse and the chorus from the Irene Cara song Flashdance โฆ What a Feeling. Instead of taking the music teacherโs advice and picking something suitable for my voice, I chose this song because I secretly wanted to be...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:The ocean can look deceptively calm โ until it isnโt. Hereโs what โhazardous surfโ really means
Long-period swell is a classic hidden hazard that can trick even the most experienced beach goers.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:The major parties have announced their plans to address domestic and family violence. How do they stack up?
After an election campaign largely silent on womenโs safety issues, the major parties have unveiled their policies. They fall well short of what is needed.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:The biggest losers: how Australians became the worldโs most enthusiastic gamblers
From the early settlers to those chasing gold in the 1850s, Australians have always been up for a punt.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:More than 40 years on, the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act speaks to an enduring desire for a strong future
The Land Rights Act was a step toward Indigenous self-determination. Communities took back the right to manage and protect their own cultural heritage.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Here's how a change in climate made Australia's giant kangaroos vanish
A new peer-reviewed study has found that, unlike modern kangaroos, the extinct marsupial megafauna Protemnodon were less mobile, which they believe, along with a change in climate, led to their extinction.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Teen hands himself into police after supermarket owner fatally stabbed
A teenager has handed himself into police after the owner of a Darwin supermarket, 71-year-old Linford Feick, was stabbed to death at his store.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Are weather balloons state-sanctioned litter or vital for science?
Pete Furphy was surprised to discover remnants of weather balloons that had travelled more than 300 kilometres when he and his kids helped clean a secluded south-west Victorian beach.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:'Toughest pub in the world' to be demolished to make way for a park
An iconic West Australian pub established in the 1890s will be flattened later this month, and BHP's plans for the site have left Port Hedland locals underwhelmed.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Anti-woke or a bit of fun? Where MAGA hats are hot items in Australia
A costume shop that sold out of Trump-style MAGA hats says they are being worn in a "playful, ironic sense". Others say the red cap means much more.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Former model named in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial
For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 2000s.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Arsenal blunder makes life easier for Liverpool to claim Premier League title
Already out of the Premier League title race barring a miracle, a late gaffe from Arsenal's defence gifts Crystal Palace an equaliser and ensures Liverpool only needs a draw to lock up the trophy.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Live: Global markets rally on softer Trump stance
ASX futures are pointing higher as global stocks rally following the US president apparently softening his stance on China and the Federal Reserve. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Anzac Day pocket guide: Dawn service start times and opening hours near you
This year Anzac Day falls on a Friday, meaning many people will have a second long weekend in a row.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Fears of a 'glaring hole' in Australiaโs defence
Bases in Australia's north, including in WA's Kimberley, are seen as the nation's first line of protection. As pressure from China and Russia looms, what's being done to boost the region's defences?
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:'Appeals to a base of white men': Dutton tried Trump's workplace tactics
How exactly did some of our workplaces become the target of populist politics โ and why is it working in the US while in Australia the Coalition has had to reign in its attacks?
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Endangered 'bum-breathing' turtle nests discovered in new location
Researchers hope new breeding sites are a positive sign for the endangered species' survival.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:19yo Maya Joint betters Ash Barty record on Madrid Open debut
US-born Maya Joint becomes the youngest Australian winner at the WTA 1000 level with an opening-round win over a local wildcard at the clay-court Madrid Open.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Live: Dutton U-turns on EV subsidy as Labor pledges to stockpile critical minerals
A popular tax break for people who buy an electric vehicle would be scrapped under a policy U-turn from Peter Dutton. Follow live.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Exclusion zones: is Peter Duttonโs campaign avoiding proposed nuclear power sites?
The opposition leader says he โwonโt be able to get to allโ of the seven locations earmarked for flagship nuclear policy, while Labor says he has not been within 50km of any during election campaignElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Indonesia meeting revealed, Trump claims Zelenskyy blocking peace deal, poll shows nuclear nerves
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. Our exclusive top story this morning is that Indonesiaโs ambassador requested a meeting this week with Australian government officials as a row between the major parties about a potential Russian military base in the east of the country engulfed the election...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:History arrives on horseback for 14 students at rural school
A six-week journey on horseback through more than 30 rural towns has brought the story of the Australian Light Horse to life for students across country Australia.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:'Rat on wings': The little bird that won a bravery medal
In the dense jungle of New Guinea, April 1944, a patrol of American troops with vital military intel were surrounded by enemy troops when their radios stopped working.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Final Anzac Day march for veteran from three-time Military Cross family
As 94-year-old Australian war veteran Patrick Forbes prepares for his final Anzac Day march, he reflects back on his family's history of service which saw three members awarded the distinguished Military Cross.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Man, 25, charged after hit and run outside Melbourne hospital
Police have charged a man with a string of offences following an incident on Wednesday morning in which a woman accompanying her husband to hospital was allegedly struck by her own car.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Plans for delivering hundreds of new regional hospital beds delayed
The review into the Queensland hospital expansion program reveals that the delivery of hundreds of public hospital beds will have to go back to the drawing board.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Man shot dead during group brawl in Newcastle car park
NSW Police were called to a car park shortly before midnight and found a man, believed to be 18, with a gunshot wound.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:The billions spent on NZโs accommodation supplement is failing to make rent affordable โ so what will?
Renters who receive the accommodation supplement end up paying more for housing than those who donโt. But mortgage support offers better value for taxpayers.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:The origin story of the Anzac biscuit is largely myth โ but that shouldnโt obscure the history of women during the war
The Anzac biscuit is a cultural icon, invented after the first world war. But women still provided necessities and small comforts to the ANZACs.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home โ and perished when the climate changed
Australiaโs giant Protemnodon kangaroos didnโt die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat at a time.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source: