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Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?

Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The laws are expected to pass the Senate today – the final…

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Impacts of colonisation on dingoes are ‘written in their bones’, new research finds

Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than 3,500 years ago.

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New data shows the ACT and Queensland economies are beating the rest of the nation

The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25.

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ACT Police Accused Of Racial Profiling After Wrongful Arrest Of Aboriginal Teenager

It’s alleged that officers approached the 17-year-old with weapons drawn, pushed him to the ground and handcuffed him with multiple knees on his back, without asking for his name or ID documents.

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Dedication to refugee health earns top ACT accolade

A doctor whose work with refugees in Southeast Asia helped save thousands of lives and advanced malaria treatment has been awarded a territory's top accolade.

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Schools in Australia have closed over asbestos in play sand fears – here’s what you need to know

Tasmania and the ACT shut schools as recalls issued for products at large chainstores but consumer watchdog says risk to children is low

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Dozens of schools in Australia and New Zealand shut after play sand recalled over asbestos fear

Closures follow laboratory results confirming traces of tremolite and chrysotile asbestos in several sand products widely used in early-learning classrooms

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More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

Some schools will reopen and others close over the detection of trace amounts of asbestos in a play sand product, while experts say the risk remains very low.

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Turnbull says Coalition consumed by ‘fact-free, reality-free’ climate culture war – as it happened

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Multiple ACT schools shut after alert over asbestos in coloured sand products

Testing and remediation to take place in 16 schools after a consumer safety recall was issued for coloured sand used in sensory play and arts and crafts

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Consumers feeling merry in time for a Christmas splurge

Australian consumers are the most optimistic they've been since early 2022 despite fading prospects of more interest rate cuts.

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Morning Mail: ATO’s $42m debt collector contracts; teacher shortages bite; inside the nitazenes threat

ATO reliance on private debt collector revealed; remote and disadvantaged schools suffering teacher shortages; death toll rising from nitazenes drug use

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NSW Labor ignores own drugs summit advice by keeping sniffer dogs and strip-searches at festivals

Police minister Yasmin Catley says high-visibility tactics remain important ‘investigative tools’ – even at music festivals trialling pill testing

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'Sword' could help millions act on human rights

High-profile names are backing an effort to bolster rights for eight million Australians, and not leave them reliant on anti-discrimination "shields".

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Morning Mail: Giuffre memoir details Mar-a-Lago encounter, Adani denies coal claim, alarm over rainforest ‘switch’

Exclusive extract from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir recalls ‘apex predator’

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Lehrmann's fight for personal diaries seized in raid

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann claims his handwritten personal diaries were seized during a raid on his home.

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Anthony Albanese Responds To David Pocock’s Club Ban, Says Lobbying Claims Are ‘Absurd’

It comes after the ACT senator raised concerns over the sports club’s links to the gambling industry.

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Morning Mail: ‘unholy alliance’ targets pokies, Trump threatens Hamas ahead of Gaza talks, and vote for bird of the year

Greens and ACL push for action on gambling harm; Israel and Hamas set for negotiations in Cairo; voting in the bird of the year poll begins

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US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

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Analysis recommends no price on freedom of information

Arguments for putting a charge on freedom of information applications to deter vexatious requests has been refuted by an independent analysis.

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Police deploy pepper spray but fears of brawls between activists fail to materialise on Australia’s day of protests

One group of marchers complained about vaccines while Indigenous and pro-Palestinian groups took to streets against racism

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Junior doctors take unpaid overtime fight to court

Historic legal action against a state government has been launched by junior doctors who claim they haven't been paid entitled overtime.

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Licence to burn: Victoria is changing the way it deals with rubbish – is it moving too fast?

Full health and environmental impacts of increasingly relying on waste-to-energy plants to deal with state’s rubbish still unknown

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Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of Mackay

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Chinese national accused under foreign interference law of spying on Buddhists

A Chinese woman has appeared in the ACT magistrates court on Monday accused of foreign interference, by allegedly covertly collecting information about a Canberra Buddhist association.

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