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Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season โ but donโt let the theatre of politics distract you
On the political stage, image is everything. So politicians use props and theatrics to stir emotion and create memorable moments.
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โHow was school today?โ How to help kids open up and say more than โfineโ
Why are children reluctant to divulge information about their school day and how can you encourage more details?
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:You never know what youโre gonna get: Australians will have to wait until after the election to see if thereโs an interest rate cut | Greg Jericho
The Reserve Bank says they are cautious about the outlook. Caution is fine, but indolence in the face of a challenging world is notElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:What Australians flying to the US need to know about phone and device searches at the border
Can immigration deny you entry if you refuse to hand over your phone? What can officials look at or download, and how can you protect your devices?Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastIf you are an Australian travelling to the United States, recent reports of travellers having their devices searched at the border and being refused...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:In the event of a hung parliament, one wildcard has been largely overlooked โ the Nationals
If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Australiaโs major parties have lost โcourageโ on Indigenous affairs, Mick Gooda says
After making the voice a centrepiece of 2022 election, Labor and Coalition instead push โpractical actionโElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Rednote used to spread false claims about โwickedโ policy on Chinese Australians and citizenship
Exclusive: Posts that falsely claim Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are targeting Chinese Australians are cited by experts as examples of disinformationElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Labor to consider WTO challenge if Trump targets Australia with โliberation dayโ tariffs
Some government sources anticipate tariffs of up to 20% across all exports to the US in broad-brush regimeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Labor wants to give the minimum wage a real boost. The benefits would likely outweigh any downsides
A real boost to award wages is unlikely to drive up inflation, nor adversely impact productivity. But it would provide cost-of-living relief to Australiaโs lowest-paid workers.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Pocock says Dutton โpunching downโ on Canberra โ as it happened
This blog is now closedLabor to consider WTO challenge if Trump targets Australia with โliberation dayโ tariffsAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastForeign...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages
As we prepare for Trumpโs โLiberation Dayโ, both sides of the campaign are bracing to see how Trump will affect the campaign.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Pink slime and โtruthpapersโ: why more local news publications is not necessarily better
While small publications are springing up to fill โnews desertsโ there are concerns around quality and transparency.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:New research lays bare the harsh realities facing artists and arts workers
Artists and arts workers are facing financial stress, gender pay gaps, long hours and unstable work โ with many leaving the sector as a result.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Can you tell the difference between real and fake news photos? Take the quiz to find out
As the tide of AI โslopโ rises, itโs more important than ever to hone your reality-checking skills.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:US Senator Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?
US senators engage in lengthy speeches when they are losing. This is clearly what motivated Cory Bookerโs 25-hour speech: a sense the Democrats are losing to Trump.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:New NZ TV series Happiness gives us an engaging musical peak behind the amateur theatre curtain
With their new show Happiness, Kip Chapman and Luke Di Somma have created a welcome New Zealand answer to the backstage musical TV show.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:The Medical Research Future Fund has grown far beyond its target. Why is so much of the money unused?
Trumpโs war on science is threatening even Australian research projects. So why does a growing pot of medical research funds remain unallocated?
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison
School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplacesIโve been lucky. Iโve enjoyed a rewarding career in education, including almost 15 years as a principal in the Northern Territory and the ACT. Iโve worked with wonderful teachers and administrative staff, and shared in the successes of hundreds of young people and their...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Australia election 2025 live: Dutton hints at cuts to ABC if he finds โwasteโ; Coalition to designate gas a โcritical mineralโ
Coalition senator Susan McDonald told a gas industry conference in Sydney the Coalition governmentโs plan if elected. Follow todayโs news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:NSW Health doctors to strike for three days over working conditions
NSW Health doctors will take part in a three-day strike next week to protest unsustainable workloads and chronic understaffing.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:A new COVID variant is on the rise. Hereโs what to know about LP.8.1
LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:A US senator has been speaking for 24 hours and he is still going
He began speaking at 7pm local time in Washington on Monday and is still going, more than 24 hours and 18 minutes later.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Could you watch 8 plays in 12 hours? How The Player Kings creates binge-worthy Shakespeare
This new production from Sport for Jove presents eight of Shakepeareโs history plays in order. It is stupendously absorbing and exquisitely realised.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Living in โgarbage timeโ: when 500 million Chinese change their spending habits, the world feels it
Chinaโs vast middle class is now changing its values, aspirations and consumption habits in an era of much slower economic growth โ dubbed โgarbage timeโ.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm, sexual violence and terror attacks
Nomi AI is marketed as an โAI companion with memory and a soulโ. But it has a much darker side which highlights the urgent need for enforceable AI safety standards.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Sydney's coast battered by massive swells and king tides
Huge swells, a massive king tide and storm surges have battered some of Sydney's beaches including Bondi in the city's east and Cronulla in the south overnight, with more damage set to come with another large high tide forecast later today.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Treated effluent water to grow crops, saving rivers and oceans
An irrigation scheme will divert nutrient-rich, treated effluent water to crops instead of into sensitive waterways after a $120 million project secured final approval in south-east Queensland.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Renewed calls for mountain bike hub at site of former SA golf course
It has been four years since a master plan for the Belair golf course site was abandoned following negative feedback about proposed soccer fields, but support for a mountain bike hub remains.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Australia will soon be second in the world for retirement savings
Our superannuation funds have to find $3.2 billion worth of things to invest in, every week. Is that pool of money a risk to our financial stability?
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Schools close as NSW communities brace for significant flash flooding
A dozen schools have been closed and some residents are being told to prepare for isolation ahead of flooding expected in the state's north-west.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Regional councils demand more federal cash as they pick up services
South Australian councils say they need more federal funding allocated as communities call for improved services ahead of the federal election.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Israel says plenty of food in Gaza, UN says that's 'ridiculous'
Israel says more than 400,000 tonnes of aid entered Gaza during the ceasefire and there is plenty of food, but a UN spokesperson says, "as far as the UN is concerned, that's ridiculous โฆ we are at the tail end of our supplies".
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:One of the toughest transport routes in the world makes March's photos of the month
From an election triumph, to a prayer for peace โ the ABC's finest photographers roamed far and wide to capture these stunning images throughout the month of March.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Communities grapple with overtourism as social media fuels popularity
Local communities say they need help managing overtourism as mass visitation creates issues for wildlife, raises evacuation concerns, and poses safety risks.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:$150m high-rise to replace Darwin city council headquarters
The Darwin city council will soon begin building a $150 million CBD high-rise to replace its aging civic centre, in partnership with property developer DCOH.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: