Politics
View all →One Nation proposes $2,000 baby subsidy in Victoria but says it won’t touch state abortion laws
One Nation proposed a $2,000 baby subsidy for new parents in Victoria, announced by the party's Victorian deputy leader Colleen Harkin on Friday. The…
Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out
Australia's Labor government failed to pass legislation cutting private health insurance rebates for older Australians after the Greens blocked the me…
Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone
Anne Aly, Australia's small business minister, revealed she received 19 death threats in a single week after an opposition MP called for her to be "sh…
Business
View all →Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt
Tech stocks plunged globally on concerns that rising US inflation will force interest rate increases, intensifying pressure on an AI sector already bu…
Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome
Qantas grounded a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft during flight QF5 from Perth on 9 October, according to …
EU to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle imports to 350,000 a year
The European Commission has confirmed a quota limiting Chinese hybrid electric vehicle imports to 350,000 units annually, according to The Guardian. T…
Technology
View all →AFL tells Sportsbet to stop using players in AI generated content
The Australian Football League has instructed its official gambling partner Sportsbet to cease creating and posting AI-generated content featuring lea…
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Google has been ordered to halt construction on two datacentres in Finland after failing to complete required environmental impact assessments, accord…
OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day
OpenAI says its investigation into unauthorised access to government and research websites is costing the company more than $500,000 per day. The comp…
Science
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View all →An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria
Bayo Randle is welcoming a new biography of his great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a woman who was captured by an African king as a child a…
Multiple people killed as Canadian authorities tackle active blaze at Alberta military base
Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on S…
Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16
Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced support Thursday for lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 16 for "heinous" crimes, re…
Health
View all →Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Guinea-Bissau's health minister said on Tuesday that the government "did not authorize" a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns, contrad…
Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
Australia saw pharmacy access to an abortion pill jump nearly 50 percent after the Therapeutic Goods Administration relaxed prescribing restrictions i…
Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province
Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola death on Tuesday, according to the country's health minister. The patient was a citizen who arrived from the Democ…
Environment
View all →Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands
Volkswagen, Ford and Tesla source nickel for vehicle batteries from mines linked to deforestation of primary rainforest on indigenous lands in Indones…
Resources minister faces calls to correct her claim all Beetaloo emissions will be offset
Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King claimed at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday that all greenhouse gas emissions from the Be…
Indonesia fights fire with dry ice as toxic haze spreads across region
Indonesia is testing dry ice dispersal by aircraft to combat widespread wildfires and the toxic haze they produce across South Sumatra. The coordinati…
Entertainment
View all →Gone to the dogs: racing fans mourn closure of ‘Wenty’, Sydney’s historic greyhound track
Wentworth Park in central Sydney hosted its final greyhound race on Friday night, ending nearly a century of racing at the venue. Thousands of racing …
Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’
Joni Mitchell became a US citizen at age 82, the Canadian singer-songwriter announced on Instagram on Tuesday. Mitchell posted footage of her citizens…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
The Swedish Academy awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson. The academy recognized Carson's "bold and in…