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In Love Me Tender, a mother’s fight for her child reveals how queerness is still policed

Throughout Love Me Tender, French director Anna Cazenave Cambet’s new film about a mother’s fight for custody of her child, the audience is reminded of the body at the centre of the story – that of Clémence Delcourt (Vicky Krieps). The camera is almost cloyingly close, presenting her body in…

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What BTS’ Grammy boycott tells us about the problem with ‘Asian pop’ as a label

K-pop supergroup BTS has announced that they will not be entering their music for the 2027 Grammy awards. The decision seems to be a response to the addition for 2027 of the category “best Asian pop music performance”.

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Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: new research

Imagine spotting a butterfly species in your garden you have never seen before. You might take a photo and upload it to a citizen science app, or tell a local nature group about your new encounter. It feels like a small moment of joy.

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Omar Musa’s Miles Franklin win rewards epic, ambitious Australian writing with a global scope

Omar Musa has won the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Fierceland, an energetic, formally adventurous novel that confirms his place as one of the most ambitious voices in contemporary Australian literature.

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View from The Hill: Burke struggles to wrangle numbers as opposition and One Nation apply heat on migration

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s cancelling of his big speech on migration that had been scheduled for delivery at the National Press Club on Thursday was embarrassing but also revealing.

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Billions are spent on child mental health services without knowing if they work in the long term

Modern medicine increasingly judges itself by long-term outcomes. In cancer care, we routinely compare treatments according to whether patients survive longer. In cardiology, we ask whether interventions prevent future heart attacks and extend life. This long-term data allows healthcare to continually improve.

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Pesticide exposure at work may increase motor neurone disease risk – new study

Being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, can be devastating.

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The Race Around the World reboot has one glaring omission: where is the discussion of ethics?

It wasn’t until episode eight in the ABC’s current reboot of Race Around the World that the question of ethics was raised.

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An attack ‘motivated by anarchist and revolutionary ideology’: is far-left terrorism a growing concern?

At 3:55am on July 5 last year, an anonymous five-person cell allegedly committed an attack at Lovitt Technologies – a Victorian defence manufacturer.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on how AI could force future cuts to HECS debts and work hours

The country’s top two union leaders, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus and president Michelle O'Neil, announced last week they’re stepping down from their roles by the end of the year.

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How a new UN cybercrime treaty could be used to crack down on dissent

Imagine this scenario. It’s early evening in a small city in central Turkey. An Iranian woman in her mid-20s walks to the corner café. Headphones in, she listens to Radiohead’s 2 + 2 = 5.

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35% of Australian uni students are part-time. But higher ed is still geared towards full-timers

When we think of a traditional uni student, you might picture someone young who is studying full-time. Maybe they have some casual work, but their main occupation is being a student.

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Eating less protein may ‘slow’ ageing. But here’s why the evidence isn’t clear-cut

Protein powders. Protein yoghurt. Protein snack bars. Protein is everywhere. Supermarket shelves and social media are full of messages encouraging us to eat more of this nutrient.

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How singing in a choir hits the right note for people living with brain conditions

When people are first diagnosed with a brain condition, they may not consider joining a choir to improve their wellbeing and regain their voice.

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We can help frogs beat a deadly disease. But can they still reproduce?

Many people are blissfully unaware the world’s frogs and amphibians are fighting their own deadly pandemic. In fact, this fungal disease – chytridiomycosis, or chytrid for short – is the worst wildlife disease on record.

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How hackers attack municipal water systems – and why the utilities are so vulnerable

Hackers tried to break into at least 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota on July 26-27, 2026. Since then, Michigan and five other states have reported similar cyberattacks.

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Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate

Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans for fresh tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods. Covering close to $28 billion in goods, and with none of the exemptions previously covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the new tariffs are a clear escalation in the American president’s beef with Canada.

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How Hitchcock’s Vertigo gave us the dolly zoom – one of cinema’s trippiest visual effects

In one scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller Vertigo, lead character John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) is shown following Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak) up a bell tower.

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On the origin of feces: how animal poo drove Earth’s greatest evolutionary event

As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin?

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From home support to residential care – how to navigate the aged-care maze for ageing parents

Trying to get an ageing parent into care can feel like trying to land a plane in a storm while also looking after kids in the back row. This is the reality for the “sandwich generation”: adults who are supporting ageing parents while raising their own children.

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Is it a gift or a loan when parents help kids buy a home? How to avoid family fights over money

Over recent decades, many Australian families have relied on getting money from the “Bank of Mum and Dad” to help with home purchases.

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The biggest news from NAPLAN 2026? The results aren’t really better or worse

National NAPLAN results for 2026 are released today. This is the test of Australian students’ literacy and numeracy skills in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

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Provocation, ruin and empire: your guide to the 2026 Miles Franklin shortlist

Australian fiction has long been interested in the relationship between the local and the global – and the six books shortlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin Award are no exception. They range across time and place, from Tasmania to Malaysian Borneo and the Middle East. And they engage with histories…

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Bird flu decimated South America’s marine mammals. What can Australia do differently?

Australia is now confronting an outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain.

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Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. Clusters of dead birds have been found in several locations. The virus will inevitably infect other wildlife, most notably mammals.

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