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Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories
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The special envoy’s report doesn’t hold all the answers for defeating antisemitism
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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity
Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity
After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it
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As the Epstein files are released, his victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’

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Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?

EU agrees €90 billion loan to Ukraine, but squabbles over frozen Russian assets expose the bloc’s deep divisions
European Council president Ursula von der Leyen speaks at a podium
How Venezuela has been preparing for a US invasion for more than two decades
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Albanese announces new crackdown on hate, in sweeping initiatives to combat antisemitism
Albanese announces new crackdown on hate, in sweeping initiatives to combat antisemitism
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict
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Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science
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Should I pour this down the sink? (Probably not, and here’s why)
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Chris Wallace-Crabbe was a poet of international renown, a beloved teacher and a generous man
Chris Wallace-Crabbe was a poet of international renown, a beloved teacher and a generous man
Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy
Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy
A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country
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Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest – but internet access adds the crucial spark
A protestor holds up a smoke stick during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia
Uh oh, my child just discovered the truth about Santa
A young child pulls a Santa hat down over their eyes
Tennis is set for a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ sequel – with no movement behind it
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Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?

Battleship Potemkin at 100: how the Soviet film redrew the boundaries of cinema
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Will the Australian dollar keep rising in 2026? 3 factors to watch in the new year
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View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis
View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis
The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Federal Finance Minister Katy Gallagher
What is the BRICS ‘UNIT’ – and could it really challenge the US dollar?

What is the BRICS ‘UNIT’ – and could it really challenge the US dollar?

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Planning your next holiday? Here’s how to spot and avoid greenwashing

How much does it cost to end rough sleeping? An Australian-first study may have just found out
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Is democracy the worst form of government – apart from all the others? We asked 5 experts
Is democracy the worst form of government – apart from all the others? We asked 5 experts
Olivia Nuzzi didn’t report what she knew about RFK Jr – could she have stopped his rise?
Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr in front of an United States flag
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update
Treasurer Jim Chalmers talking at a press conference after releasing the mid-year budget update
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What’s the difference between deodorant and antiperspirant? Quite significant, actually

Solar, onshore wind and gas backup is (still) the cheapest way to power Australia: new report
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Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?
Shoppers walk past signs of Kmart, Woolworths, Coles and Aldi at a shopping precinct
Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard
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Why does my hip hurt? Hip pain can have many causes and mostly doesn’t require surgery
A woman gets her hips checked by a physio.
Not sure you picked the right uni or TAFE course? 6 ways to help you think it through
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Hallyu! rides the Korean wave. It’s a fun exhibition with depth – but misses the Australian story
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How the myth of ‘aqua nullius’ still guides Australia’s approach to groundwater
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Trump is close to naming the new Federal Reserve chief. His choice could raise the risk of stagflation
President Donald Trump hands a document of cost figures to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during a visit to the Federal Reserve in July.
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Hospitals in crisis

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Just 2 in 3 patients are treated on time in emergency departments. Check how your public hospital performs

Hospitals in crisis: why state and federal governments are fighting about funding
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Private hospitals are in trouble. Here’s what this means for public hospitals – and taxpayer dollars
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No control, no regulation. Why private specialist fees can leave patients with huge medical bills
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Can Urgent Care Clinics actually take pressure off hospitals? Yes, but they’re not the only way
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New research

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty: new study
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New research shows it’s never too late to help students learn to read – even in high school
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Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
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Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do
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Federal politics

Niki Savva’s Earthquake is a damning account of the election that shook Australia
Niki Savva’s Earthquake is a damning account of the election that shook Australia
Government boosts its home battery program by $5 billion. But it still has big problems
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Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
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Government reveals taxpayer-funded deal to keep Australia’s largest aluminium smelter open. How long we will pay?
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World

This peace deal ended Europe’s last major war 30 years ago. It provides important lessons for today’s fractured world
This peace deal ended Europe’s last major war 30 years ago. It provides important lessons for today’s fractured world
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom
Merchandise in support of Jimmy Lai is displayed before a news conference
Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency to punish incumbents
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Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
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Climate

Heading away for the holidays? Here’s how to plan for fires
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We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead
We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead
Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania
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What our missing ocean float revealed about Antarctica’s melting glaciers
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Sport

Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is about
Athletes march in a ceremony inside a stadium, behind a sign saying "Special Olympics, New Zealand"
Like night and day: why Test cricket changes so much under lights
Australia and New Zealand do battle under lights during a Test match at the Adelaide Oval.
Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity
Tasmanians supporting the new AFL stadium cheer on during a rally in Hobart.
How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap
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Podcasts

Asia’s scamming gangs target Timor-Leste as their next frontier – but they may have misjudged the small island nation
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’
The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century
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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House with US president Donald Trump.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’
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Reviews

30 years on, Heat still shapes action cinema – and tactical police training
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Experts are predicting a stock market crash – what does 1929 have to teach us?
Friday essay: experts are predicting a stock market crash – what does 1929 have to teach us?
The Golden Spurtle dives into the world of competitive porridge making with heart and humour
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Cowbois reimagines Hollywood’s Wild West – with a wonderful queer twist
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