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Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership
Senior lecturer says university staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMonash University is under fire for an event at its Italian campus jointly organised with Woodside Energy, as staff criticise the institution for hosting “shadowy conferences paid for by fossil fuel corporations” and a lack of...
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World championship boxer struggles to pay $25k to fight for title
Che Kenneally should be focusing on next month's world title defence fight. Instead, the single mum is juggling fundraising and working full time for the privilege of stepping into the ring.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Smith becomes greatest visitor to Lord's as Rabada makes quirky history
Steve Smith surpasses Sir Donald Bradman for visitor runs at Lord's, as Kagiso Rabada has his name etched into history.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Bodies of man and woman in Sydney home a potential murder-suicide
The bodies of the man and the woman were discovered inside a granny flat in Forestville, following a welfare check by police.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:How to Train Your Dragon was a creative triumph. The remake is fine
How to Train Your Dragon is the latest movie to be picked up by the live-action remake trend. Using the same directors and some of the same characters, they've produced a faithful remake.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Adam Scott gears up for another US Open, continuing his impressive majors streak
Adam Scott is one year away from an impressive streak that the Australian considers to be a classic glass-half-full moment in golf.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:People left in limbo after huge fire rips through Brisbane storage facility
It took 26 crews three and a half hours to contain the blaze, and prompted police to declare an exclusion zone, with residents urged to stay inside due to heavy smoke.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Majority of WA households now deem their home unaffordable, report finds
More than half of West Australian households consider their housing unaffordable, an increase of 91 per cent in just two years, according to a new report — with a broken system now pushing people out of Perth.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Seniors lament news 'feel' as historic regional mastheads cut print run
Newspapers founded in the 1800s in Shepparton and Echuca are to be reduced to twice-weekly editions, McPherson Media Group announces, disappointing loyal readers.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Moira Deeming referred to corruption investigators over John Pesutto offer
Victoria's Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission has been asked to investigate Moira Deeming's offer to delay bankruptcy proceedings against John Pesutto.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Triple defeat for Aussies as grass-court season begins
Three Australians have been eliminated from the grass-court ATP event in Rosmalen, the Netherlands.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Live: Monash IVF boss resigns after second embryo transfer mix-up
Oil prices have leapt to two-month highs, with Brent crude up 5 per cent. On Wall Street, stocks fell as traders mulled the outcome of US-China trade talks. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Rampaging Rabbitoh realistic about Origin selection
South Sydney enforcer Keaon Koloamatangi is realistic about missing out on the NSW starting 17 after the dominant performance of the Blues' big men in Origin I.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Dam should be demolished over blue-green algae concerns, residents say
Mannus Lake Dam in southern New South Wales was built in the 1980s for fishing. Landholders want it torn down at a cost of $13 million to stop blue-green algae blooms.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:O'Callaghan opens up on the insular life of elite swimmers
Mollie O'Callaghan has won the women's 200m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Trials, but was disappointed to be well off her personal best time.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Live: 'We welcome it': Marles downplays concern over AUKUS review
The defence minister has downplayed concerns over a US review of AUKUS, evading questions about a plan B. Follow live.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Farmers wanting to sell tiny dragons' last known holdout left in limbo
The home of the only wild population of Victorian grassland earless dragons is no longer viable as a private farm, but governments are unwilling to buy the land for conservation.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Aukus in doubt as Pentagon reviews pact; Beach Boy Brian Wilson dies, Australia fight back at Lord’s
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. The Pentagon dropped a metaphorical bomb this morning, with the news it is launching a review of the Aukus pact, central to Australia’s defence policy for the next 50 years, to check whether it is “America first”.Meanwhile the mayor of Los Angeles has accused the...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Police charge woman with roadside stabbing attack on mother, 10yo son
Police say the mother, with two children in her car, was forced to stop by another vehicle before a woman allegedly stabbed her and the boy.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Liberals, Labor hamstrung on key issues in Tasmanian election no-one wanted
After a nail-biting few days of "will they, won't they, could they, should they," Tasmania's very, very early election is full steam ahead. And whoever wins on July 19 owes voters a better effort than the last parliament.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Queensland's great weather divide — warm north versus freezing south
The weather divide between Queensland's north and south sharpens as cold temperatures set in below the Tropic of Capricorn.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Tech whiz deported back to Sydney from US over AN0M bugged phone sting
Edwin Kumar was named alongside Australia's most wanted man as a tech master involved in unwittingly giving criminals bugged phones. Now he is free and back in Sydney.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Goodbye to all that? Rethinking Australia’s alliance with Trump’s America
With the unpredictable Trump regime running the US and looming climate catastrophe, analysts Hugh White and Emma Shortis call for a fresh approach to our security.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits
Billions of dollars in renewables investment once destined for the US could soon be looking for a new home. The Albanese government must capitalise.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge
Boosting living standards by fixing the structural problems in the economy has been prioritised by the government. There is no shortage of advice where to start.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears
Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits, both in how often they swear, and in how many users swear online.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Extreme weather could send milk prices soaring, deepening challenges for the dairy industry
Industry figures have warned consumers to prepare for price rises, amid expected shortages of milk, butter and cheese.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned
Over the past 20 years or so, big companies have been buying smaller clinics once owned by radiologists. Here’s how that can be a problem.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth
New genetic research has traced the paternal line of Poland’s first royal dynasty, challenging long-held national traditions about the origins of the Piasts.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:‘Microaggressions’ can fly under the radar in schools. Here’s how to spot them and respond
A microaggression could be saying, ‘you don’t look disabled’ to a student with an invisible disability or not learning how to pronounce a students’ name.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour | Greg Jericho
The discussions around the absurdly small changes to tax on superannuation should be the start to addressing the growing wealth inequality in this countryWe need to talk about wealth. The latest dwelling price figures reveal that for the first time the average home price across the nation is above $1m. While that will quite rightly have people concerned about affordability, we need to also think about what this means...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Tasmania to hold early election after governor grants embattled premier Jeremy Rockliff’s request
Barbara Baker agrees to poll despite ‘public interest in avoiding the cost’ because no possibility of alternative government formingAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmania will hold an early election on 19 July – just 16 months after last going to the polls – after the state’s governor agreed to a request from the Liberal premier, Jeremy...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Governor grants Rockliff’s request for early election – as it happened
This blog is now closedTasmania election: state to head to polls again after governor grants embattled premier’s requestGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong says statement behind sanctions just as important as sanctions themselvesWong also appeared on ABC News this morning, adding:The most important thing to note … is that we are acting with others. You’ve heard me speak about the fact that...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:WA senator Dorinda Cox accuses Greens of being ‘deeply racist’ and says ‘I am not a bully’
Senator who defected to Labor says Greens have ‘toxic culture’ and have failed First Nations peopleAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Greens senator Dorinda Cox has accused the Greens of being “deeply racist” and insisted that she has never been a bully.Cox, a Noongar Yamatji woman and Western Australian senator, announced last Monday she...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Q+A follows The Project onto the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs?
Both long-running shows have launched memorable and powerful TV moments. The difficulty for networks now is how to replace them.
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