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View from The Hill: Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole

The Liberal Party reminds one of that cumbersome machine, nicknamed Florence, that became stuck (twice) in a tunnel in the Snowy 2.0 project.

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Should I take zinc or eat oysters to ward off colds, boost my immune system or improve fertility?

Judging by the claims on the bottles, it’s easy to assume a simple zinc tablet is a quick fix for everything from the common cold to low immunity and even male fertility.

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A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in Gaza. It raises grave legal questions

A recent United Nations report has detailed serious allegations of Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children during the conflict since October 2023.

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The government is ‘doubling down’ on its social media ban. But bigger penalties for platforms aren’t enough

The Australian government has announced it is “doubling down” on social media platforms that aren’t complying with age restrictions for under-16s.

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Economic pessimism has set in – but there are reasons for Australians to be hopeful

Feeling gloomy about the future? You’re not alone. New data shows economic pessimism is growing in Australia, and the implications reach far beyond the hip pocket.

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Despite its best efforts, Iran won’t be able to toll the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s why

Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.

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The World Cup enters its next stage after witch doctors, surprises and emergency beer deliveries

We are two weeks into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the knockout rounds starting after the group stages concluded.

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Mixed messages: why media advice about teen sleep can leave parents fatigued

Many of us are now all too familiar with media headlines telling us how to sleep better.

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Andy Burnham’s meteoric rise tells us much about how politics and power are changing

Andy Burnham is set to become the new British prime minister, replacing the humbled Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party. This means the United Kingdom will have its seventh leader in less than a decade.

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Australians are hungry for new history books – but historians are pressured not to publish locally

Even after decades of history wars, Australians still have a keen appetite for Australian history. According to recent research by UNSW, 83% of Australians believe history is relevant to society today – but only 57% feel we know much about it.

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Two new polls show drop in support for One Nation and the Coalition

In two new polls taken in the week after Pauline Hanson’s June 17 National Press Club address, support for One Nation and the Coalition combined is down three points to 46% in Newspoll and four points to 47% in Redbridge.

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Your say: week beginning June 29

Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au.

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Heat is destroying Australia’s underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them

Australia’s Great Southern Reef is built not by coral but by seaweed. The seaweed forests on these rocky reefs stretch more than 8,000 kilometres around southern Australia.

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‘I struggled a lot with ATAR’: there’s another way high school students can qualify for a uni degree

The senior years of high school can be very stressful. For many students, they are dominated by exams and pressure to gain a certain ATAR for certain university courses.

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From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear-powered

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality.

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Getting Murdoched is a fascinating study of the Murdoch media’s bullying tactics

Rupert Murdoch is almost certainly the most globally influential Australian. That Australia has one of the most concentrated media markets in the world is, sadly, a reflection of his influence, even though he has relinquished citizenship to become a dominant media figure in the United States. There are already a…

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What is migration for? How national needs wrestle with a basic human desire

Migration debates often begin in the wrong place. They ask how many migrants a country should accept, which migrants should be prioritised and how quickly they should arrive.

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As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid ‘emergency fatigue’

Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal properties.

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Literary life after death: How authors are remembered across Canada

How do we remember Canadian authors after they’ve died?

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What adolescents and young adults with cancer want researchers to know

Cases of cancer in adolescents and young adults in Canada are increasing, with nearly 10,000 cases last year alone.

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Oil price shocks have exposed car-dependent cities. Here’s what governments can do

The recent Israeli-United States war with Iran sent oil prices soaring worldwide, and Canada was no exception. In some regions, gasoline passed $2 per litre.

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The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround

When Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada ran for re-election in 2025, they made a series of commitments to Canadians promising new investments and good, well-paying jobs for workers.

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What science tells us about the algae bloom in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Algal blooms in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., have long been a visible public nuisance. When the pool turned green again on June 15, less than two weeks after President Donald Trump’s US$14 million renovation, it sparked outrage, a rush to use chemical treatments and even claims…

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Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis

South Africa is in the midst of its most significant anti-immigrant mobilisation in years.

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Karl Stefanovic’s podcast is not just a career change. It’s journalistic laundering

TV journalist and broadcaster Karl Stefanovic cast his departure from Nine’s Today Show as a win for “free speech”, a framing the world’s richest man Elon Musk endorsed with “wow”, to millions on X.

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