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Australians now need a prescription to buy a vape under new ‘world-leading’ law

The law restricts vape sales to pharmacies and will temporarily require a doctor’s prescription for the buyer.

Fortune

Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced

Much-lauded Praiseworthy joins works by Gregory Day, André Dao, Sanya Rushdi, Jen Craig and Hossein Asgari competing for Australia’s highest literary honour

The Guardian - AU

Shorten says senator’s suspension gives all parties time to ‘work out what’s important’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Spotify’s audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions too

Audio streaming giant Spotify, one of the world’s largest audio platforms, entered the audiobook market last October, offering its premium subscribers 15 hours per month of free audiobook listening. But audiobook bundling has led to reduced royalties for songwriters.

The Conversation

Oldest living culture: our new research shows an Indigenous ritual passed down for 500 generations

We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, “the oldest living cultures in the world”. But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry that goes back into the mists of time?

The Conversation

‘I don’t really wanna consume his content’: what do young Australian men think of Andrew Tate?

Public debates at the moment are awash with concerns about young men’s sexist and unsafe behaviour online. This includes reports of school students making AI deep fake pornography of their peers, ranking female classmates as well as anxieties about the “manosphere” radicalising young men into misogyny.

The Conversation

More than half of Australian young people are using strangulation during sex: new research

We recently surveyed thousands of young Australians about their experiences of strangulation (or choking) during sex and found more than half (57%) reported being strangled by a partner during sex. About half (51%) said they had strangled their partner during sex.

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Increasing annual leave to five weeks would cost employers less than you might think

Five weeks annual leave is an idea whose time may have come.

The Conversation

Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan – and that’s the best-case scenario

The Coalition’s pledge to build seven nuclear reactors, if elected, would represent a huge shift in energy policy for Australia. It also poses serious questions about whether this nation can meet its international climate obligations.

The Conversation

Wanted: 200,000 Aussies to design, deploy and sell AI

Artificial intelligence technology will create 200,000 jobs in Australia by the end of the decade, a report has found, amid calls for greater training.

AAP

12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world

Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally transmitted ritual on record.

LiveScience

Risk of serious injury as strangling during sex becomes normalised among young Australians

Sexual violence experts concerned about health risks and lack of consent after survey shows almost 60% of respondents under 35 had been choked at least once

The Guardian - AU

Longer life expectancy brings growing disease burden

Australians' life expectancy now ranks fourth in the world but three in five people have a long-term health condition as a result of their enhanced longevity.

AAP

Surge in Palestinians applying for protection while in Australia prompts calls to create ‘emergency uplift’ visa

Exclusive: Use of tourist visas not fit for purpose, advocates say, as Gaza man describes how coming to Australia on one has left him with ‘no rights’

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Push to rename La Trobe University due to namesake’s links to ‘genocidal violence’

Submission to Victoria’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry calls for university to cut ties over first governor’s role in colonisation

The Guardian - AU

Love Lies Bleeding, Brats and Lady in the Lake: what’s new to streaming in Australia in July

Plus Anthony Bourdain’s long-running series, a black comedy set during the bubonic plague and the latest from the makers of You Can’t Ask That

The Guardian - AU

Porn sites and Meta among those tasked with drafting Australia’s online child safety rules

Regulator gives industry groups six months to come up with draft code, expected to include rules about age verification

USA Today Sports Media Group

Junior Tafa vs. Valter Walker, Josh Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos added to UFC 305 in Perth

The UFC's return to Australia in August continues to build with the addition of two new fights.

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Ellis Bevan ready for Australia challenge after facing Faf de Klerk on debut

The Cardiff scrum-half relished the challenge posed by the Springboks star.

The Conversation

As student visa fees jump to $1,600, Australia is refusing more applications than ever

On Monday, the federal government more than doubled the application fee for international student visas. The move is effective immediately and sees the non-refundable fee jump from A$710 to $1,600.

The Guardian - AU

Jimmy Lai: son of detained media tycoon urges Hong Kong’s foreign judges to reconsider staying

Sebastien Lai tells Australian audience the idea that rule of law remains in Hong Kong amid imprisonment of pro-democracy protesters ‘is not true at all’

The Independent UK

Humpback whale entangled in 800kg of fishing equipment freed in Australia

Heavy ropes and fishing equipment had severely restricted animal’s ability to swim

International Business Times

VanEck's Bitcoin ETF Entry In Australia Highlights Country's 'Futuristic' Views Of Crypto

The launch of VanEck's VBTC on the ASX drew attention to Australia's evolving views of the cryptocurrency industry, and it could further propel the Australian public's growing trust for Bitcoin as a suitable investment.

The Guardian - AU

Australia ‘monitoring’ US ban on Russian antivirus software but no plans yet to follow suit

Kaspersky, Moscow-based company deemed security risk in US, has been dropped from Australian consumer watchdog website partner list