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An underground world: The Australian town where life exists beneath ground, with churches and hotels under the desert

Coober Pedy, Australia, is famous for its underground life. The desert heat led residents to build homes, churches, and hotels below ground. This unique adaptation began with opal mining in 1915. Today, it remains the world's largest opal producer. Visitors can explore these subterranean spaces, experiencing a town shaped by…

The Times of India

Australians will call ‘bullshit’ on green energy without clear benefits, Rudd warns

Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices but sees some hope in US experience under Trump

The Guardian - AU

Missing 5-year-old Australian girl believed to be abducted, say police

Police says investigators are now looking for a 47-year-old man, Jefferson Lewis, who was recently released from prison

The Independent UK

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Two thirds of Australian teens still using social media despite under-16s ban

Most children still using restricted platforms say it’s ‘easy’ to circumvent ban

The Independent UK

Australia’s south-east set for drier and hotter winter as BoM forecasts potential El Niño

Queensland and NSW set for lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, while temperatures in most of the country likely to be higher than normal

The Guardian - AU

Port Arthur tragedy anniversary raises gun cap question

The 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre has renewed conversations around gun reform and whether caps on weapons should be implemented.

AAP

Gina Rinehart calls for immigrants’ social media to be screened in Anzac memorial speech

Mining magnate also claims children are being taught to be ashamed of the Australian flag in a speech to 4,000 people on the Sydney Opera House steps

The Guardian - AU

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ASX trims losses on reports Iran offers olive branch

A potential deal to reopen a key oil transit route has counterbalanced dwindling market sentiment, but major uncertainty and investor caution persist.

AAP

In Journey to the End of Time, Alex Miller contemplates the mysterious gift of story

Alex Miller is one of Australia’s most distinguished writers. He is the author of 14 novels and the winner of many literary prizes, including two Miles Franklin awards and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, though he has never gained the high public profile of, for example, Tom Keneally or Kate Grenville.

The Conversation

Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate

The Coalition’s new leadership is undertaking a consequential shift to the right. This is bad news for climate policy.

The Conversation

New research shows men still outnumber women as experts in science news

Expert voices in Australian science news coverage are still more likely to be those of men, according to recent research, despite journalists themselves being fairly evenly spread between genders.

The Conversation

Security vs welfare: Australia's 'ISIS brides' dilemma

A group of Islamic State-linked women and children are again attempting to return to Australia, sparking fresh debate over how to manage the associated risks.

AAP

‘Nothing can replace good room design’: how one award-winning home theater designer approaches custom installs

David Moseley is an award-winning home cinema designer from Australia, here he discusses his deign processes and how you can make simple upgrades at home.

TechRadar

Jacinta Allan asks Liberals to ‘please explain’ preference deal – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Trump among ‘likely’ targets of White House press dinner shooting; call for ‘birdman’ inquest; what is cosmeticorexia?

Details emerge of suspect in gala dinner shooting; inquest urged after death of Bikram Lama

The Conversation

How much a new $1,000 tax offset would really be worth – and who’s better off avoiding it

When Australian workers lodge a tax return from mid next year, around 6 million taxpayers look set to be able to claim up to A$1,000 with an “instant” work-related tax deduction, without receipts. The Albanese government has just released draft legislation on the change.

The Conversation

Tea tree oil may affect fertility, the EU says. A pharmacologist explains why that’s so misleading

The heady scent of tea tree is one of the iconic smells of the Australian bush. And the essential oils derived from tea trees have been used as medicines, first by Indigenous people, then by colonists.

AAP

Calls for plane crash-style probes as road deaths rise

More people are dying on Australia's roads every year, but the peak motoring body says plane crash-style investigations could lead to change.

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Asia trip fuelled by need to secure energy access

The foreign minister will meet her counterparts in China, Japan and South Korea during a week-long visit to Asia to shore up Australia's fuel access.

AAP

Aussie manufacturing boost in $1.2b fleet upgrade

Australia is selling one of its most prized military vehicles to the Netherlands as the government also moves to shore up its own defence force.

AAP

'Manosphere' rise requires new gender equality approach

Gender equality activists have gathered for a landmark conference aimed at charting a new way forward as anti-rights movements gain traction.

Radio France Internationale

Cocaine residues in waterways linked to disrupted salmon behaviour, study shows

Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances, an Australian and Swedish study published this week shows. Recreational drugs and medicines entering natural environments via wastewater are a growing threat to biodiversity, disrupting the behaviour of many animals.

The Guardian - AU

Cheap spirits, pricey condoms: how war in the Middle East is shifting the way Australians spend

Beyond cutting back on driving, households are slicing deeper into their budgets, with some even forgoing healthcare

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s renewable energy ‘whiplash’: how the shift from coal stalled in Australia’s most polluting state

In 2024 seven solar and windfarms and seven storage projects – totalling 3,202 megawatts – had been approved. Then came the LNP government

The Guardian - AU

Australia is the world’s fourth-largest black truffle producer. Now scientists may have unearthed why

Understanding truffles is a ‘tricky proposition’ because most of the magic occurs underground

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