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Irish influence prompts talk of AFLW international game

Ireland had a record five players in this season's AFLW All-Australian team, and there's growing enthusiasm for a representative game against Australia.

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Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election

The 2025 Australian federal election was a resounding win for the Australian Labor Party. Labor won 94 seats in the House of Representatives and a commanding majority. The Liberal-National Coalition was reduced to just 43 seats in the House of Representatives, more than 30 seats short of a majority and…

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Hottest Test team faces cool-down period after glory

South Africa, the hottest Test nation, won't play another Test until next September in a quirk of the cricket calendar.

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Australia needs faster cuts to hit key climate goals

The pace of emissions reductions must double to meet Australia's climate emissions targets, with a rapid and unhindered clean energy transition key to success.

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Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes

A bill that would ban life insurers from discriminating against Australians based on results of genetic testing has been introduced to parliament this week.

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'Not here to play nice': Opetaia challenger pokes bear

Huseyin Cinkara has thrown down the challenge to Australia's world boxing champion Jai Opetaia, declaring he'll knock him "senseless" in their Gold Coast bout.

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This bushfire season could be as bad as Black Saturday

Holidaymakers have been put on high alert for the bushfire season with concerns conditions could be as dangerous as those that led to the Black Saturday blazes.

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Shark attack in Australia leaves woman dead, man critically injured

A shark attack off Australia's east coast has killed a woman and seriously injured a man

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Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?

Two teenagers are taking the federal government to the High Court. They argue the ban on social media accounts for under-16s is unconstitutional because it interferes with free political communication.

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Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time

A good picture book is pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here

The Guardian - AU

Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Hong Kong tower block inferno, John Kerry’s advice to Australia, survivor tells of Chilean mountain horror hike

At least 36 dead after fire engulfs high-rise housing blocks; US statesman urges government to use Cop leadership to seal fossil fuels deal

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Rural Australians are 13% less likely to survive cancer. Here’s what needs to change

If you live in rural or remote Australia and are diagnosed with cancer, you’re less likely to survive than someone in the city with the same disease. Our research shows people in rural Australia are 13% less likely to survive their cancer, in the first five years after diagnosis.

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Australia faces fossil bind in COP31 negotiating role

Australia could play a defining role in negotiating a global road map away from fossil fuels, but domestic gas and coal interests may get in the way.

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Turkey will host the next UN climate summit – here’s how it plans to use its moment in the spotlight

In a break from tradition, the next major UN climate summit will be hosted by Turkey but chaired by a different country, Australia. This is the first split arrangement in three decades of these summits, known as “Cops”. The unusual deal, devised to avoid diplomatic tension, highlights new alliances to…

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Garcia storms to PGA lead before rain lashes Brisbane

In-form Spaniard Sebastian Garcia shot two strokes clear of a big-name leaderboard before Brisbane's storms halted his first-round charge.

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John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31

Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit

The Independent UK

Teenagers sue government over nationwide social media ban for ‘violating their right to communicate’

High Court challenge says law imposing ban is ‘grossly excessive’ and infringes on ‘constitutional right of freedom of political communication’

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‘Progress is happening’: gender pay gap narrows but Australian women still earn $28,000 less than men

Western Australian employers reported the biggest pay gap and Tasmanian employers the smallest, but all states reported an improvement, study finds

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The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched

The boom in world gas prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to energy companies making out like bandits

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Field of Dreams-like shrine to cricket built ‘from bud to bat’ – photo essay

Cricket Willow’s origin can be traced back to the 1902 Ashes when it was found that Australia did not cultivate its own willow for bat making

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Australia projected to miss 2035 emissions reduction target ‘by a country mile’ unless it ramps up climate policies

Climate change minister Chris Bowen acknowledges ‘additional work’ needed to meet 2035 goal

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‘Fearing for our lives’: Australians tell of Chilean mountain horror where five hikers perished

Hikers say authorities should have closed popular trail due to horrendous weather conditions, and camp staff offered minimal assistance

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Aussie sports staples back in Commonwealth Games frame

Many staple Australian sports could return to the Commonwealth Games when the Indian city of Ahmedabad hosts in 2030.

The Independent UK

Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge

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