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Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says

Australia needs critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts, university warns

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Dinner or a shower? Older people fear tough choices when Australia’s new aged care changes are rolled out

Advocates warn increased costs for basic assistance like showers and wound cleaning will push older people into aged care or hospital

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Consultancy firms win nearly $1bn in Australian contracts in past year despite new outsourcing rules, research shows

Greens senator Barbara Pocock says figures do not match Labor government’s rhetoric about cutting back on use of consultants

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‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Walter Mikac, who lost his wife and two daughters in the 1996 shooting, warns that Labor-backed Shooters party bill will weaken national firearms agreement

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Gold Coast’s single-game shootout is a final chance to not slip up – and grow up

The Suns have had their fate in their own hands for weeks but there is no room for further error in this week’s win-or-bust game against Essendon

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Victorian couple sue TikTok for blocking account after allegedly competing in live battles against banned users

Pair allege platform failed to provide them with procedural fairness, claiming it has ‘permanently removed’ their livelihood

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Cooking for Seamus: celebrities and chefs clamour to cook for a disabled bull in this irresistible show

The YouTube series is a lo-fi celebration of cuisine-as-care, starring a disabled rescue bull in regional Victoria who is obsessed with human food, and his best friend and carer

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‘Overwhelming and sublime’: the primal power of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s cinematic art

The Cannes-winning film-maker’s latest work, created specially for Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, is a tribute to his obsession with the magic of light and shadow

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ABC defence correspondent Andrew Greene quits after failure to disclose junket

Resignation comes after Media Watch revealed a German defence company bidding for an Australian contract paid for him to visit its shipyards

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Crochet, isolation and the prison chaplain: Erin Patterson’s life behind bars detailed in court

Victorian supreme court also hears that mushroom lunch murderer spends 22 hours a day in cell and has had no contact with other inmates

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Australia’s youngest senator describes depression, ‘wack’ responses and a pet-related white lie in first speech

Charlotte Walker, 21, spoke of being bullied and battling mental health issues, and said she will focus on issues including housing, domestic violence and the climate crisis

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Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Treasury estimates new policy will only add 0.5% to home prices over six years, but some experts disagree

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Former Wiggles CEO sues children’s entertainment group over alleged bonus and fair work breaches

Luke O’Neill claims blue Wiggle Anthony Field ‘undermined him’ and that he was excluded from a Kmart meeting about the sale of branded toys

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What is happening with Australia’s emissions? Electricity is improving. Transport is not

According to latest government figures, heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4% in the year to March

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Evergrande: China’s property giant delisted from Hong Kong stock exchange

Once the country’s biggest real estate firm, Evergrande was worth more than $50bn at its peak and helped propel China’s rapid economic growth

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Afternoon Update: mushroom lunch survivor ‘half alive’ without wife; sunscreen removed from sale for SPF testing; and what is KPop Demon Hunters?

Ian Wilkinson first to read his victim impact statement as Erin Patterson’s plea hearing begins

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Historic Myanmar bridge destroyed in fighting

The renowned Gokteik bridge was bombed on Sunday, with the ruling military junta and rebel forces blaming each other for its destruction

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Maya Joint well equipped for her second US Open after meteoric rise over past 12 months

The Australian, who switched allegiances from the US when she was 16, has risen over 600 places since the beginning of 2024

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Australian cosmetics company Naked Sundays pauses sunscreen sales to test accuracy of SPF rating

SPF50+ Collagen Glow Mineral Sunscreen stocked at leading beauty retailer Mecca, which confirms with brand that no other products affected

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Murray Watt advised by own department to declare protection order over ‘significant Aboriginal area’ in WA

Exclusive: Environment department document states that Burrup peninsula site near Woodside gas plant ‘under threat of injury or desecration’

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KPop Demon Hunters: everyone is talking about it at school and on social media, but … what is it?

The Netflix phenomenon has shot relative unknowns to stardom, and inspired kids and parents alike

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Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson as defence agrees triple murderer deserves life sentence

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family members

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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows to ‘push Russia to peace’ as Ukrainians mark independence day

Ukrainian president insists summit with Putin is best way to achieve deal as JD Vance claims Moscow has made new concessions. What we know on day 1,279

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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?

The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city

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Novak Djokovic gets US Open campaign under way with battling first-round win

Novak Djokovic delivered a lesson in grand slam tenacity to Learner Tien in the first round of the US Open, beating the American teenager 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2

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