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Facebook’s potential news ban already affecting smaller Australian media outlets, inquiry told

Independent media alliance says news ban would be ‘terrible for not only the industry but also for Australian democracy’

The Guardian - AU

Answers to your questions about nuclear power

Cost, build time, waste storage top Herald nuclear questions.

Newcastle Herald

This popular island was ravaged by fires – here’s what it’s really like to go back

The ‘Black Summer’ blazes scorched more than half of this wildlife-rich, rugged Australian outpost, but James Litston finds a place where the green shoots of recovery are blooming

The Independent UK

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Newly elected Solomon Islands PM to visit Australia

Jeremiah Manele will make a week-long visit to Australia ahead of talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

AAP

T20 World Cup: Pat Cummins' hat-trick, David Warner's fifty star in Australia's win over Bangladesh in rain-hit Antigua

Fast bowler Pat Cummins led the bowling unit with a hat-trick and David Warner's unbeaten half-century ensured no hiccups with the bat as Australia cruised to a win over Bangladesh in their 'Super 8s' match in Group 1 of the T20 World Cup, even as rain threatened to play spoilsport…

The Times of India

Door ajar for Wallabies star to join Titans early

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt isn't ruling out Rugby Australia allowing NRL-bound playmaker Carter Gordon to join the Gold Coast Titans this year.

AAP

Vladimir Putin’s Asia-Pacific trip was intended to send a message. Here’s why we should be taking notice

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trips to North Korea and Vietnam are noteworthy for the timing and focus, not to mention for highlighting his contempt for the rule of law.

The Conversation

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Azithromycin: how to manage while this antibiotic is in short supply for children

Antibiotic shortages have become a big challenge for child health. For example, amoxicillin and cephalexin are among the most commonly prescribed antibiotics for children, used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Both have had shortages of their liquid formulations in recent years.

The Conversation

Archery star Milne on target for Paris Paralympic medal

Australian para-archery coach Ricci Cheah is backing star Jonathon Milne to claim another Paralympics medal, after he ended the country's podium drought in Rio.

AAP

News Corp boss grilled over Hitler-Bandt headline as Seven admits failure over Lehrmann’s rent

The Australian was just surfacing ‘differing opinions’ when it made comparison between Greens leader and Hitler, Michael Miller says. Plus: fourth-generation Murdoch logs on

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy will do nothing to ease Australians’ hip-pocket pain, now or in the future

Of all the debates unleashed by the Coalition’s nuclear energy announcement this week, energy prices is among the hottest. As Australians struggle with the skyrocketing cost of living, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan gives little assurance he can bring power bills down – neither soon nor into the future.

The Conversation

‘It felt like bad news after bad news’: why record numbers are leaving New Zealand

Many young people are lured by hopes of better opportunities in Australia as experts worry a soft economy means departing Kiwis may not come back

The Guardian - AU

Kangaroo teeth grow forever – and keep a record of their owner’s age and sex

How do you find out the age of a wild animal? For some Australian marsupials, we have discovered you can tell from their teeth.

The Conversation

Watch: Ricky Ponting hands the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy to Pat Cummins

NEW DELHI: Australia legend Ricky Ponting handed the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy to Pat Cummins for winning the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year award 2023.

The Times of India

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Minister confident of boosting China defence talks

Defence Minister Richard Marles says he is hopeful in-person talks between Australian and Chinese military officials can begin again as tensions thaw.

The Conversation

Grassroots sport can help refugees find their feet in Australia – Brisbane’s Olympic planners need to lead the way too

As preparations for Paris’ Olympic and Paralympic Games gather momentum, South East Queensland is preparing its legacy strategy in anticipation for the 2032 Brisbane games.

AAP

Cummins hat-trick takes Aussies to brink of Cup semis

Adam Zampa, Pat Cummins and David Warner were Australia's key men in a rain-affected win over Bangladesh at the Twenty20 World Cup.

The Conversation

Australia’s first civilian jury was entirely female. Here’s how ‘juries of matrons’ shaped our legal history

It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born. It was called “pleading the belly” and often…

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The Guardian - AU

Shadow energy minister says system in ‘dire trouble’ – as it happened

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Australia needs large-scale energy production – here are 3 reasons why offshore wind is a good fit

On the weekend, an area 20km off the Illawarra coast south of Sydney became Australia’s fourth offshore wind energy zone. It’s the most controversial zone to date, with consultation attracting a record 14,211 submissions – of which 65% were opposed.

The Conversation

Australian coal mine and power station workers’ prospects look bleak – unless we start offering more targeted support

Workers who were made redundant in coal-fired power plants between 2010 and 2020 saw their incomes plummet by 69% in the year after they lost their jobs.

The Conversation

Chiropractors have been banned again from manipulating babies’ spines. Here’s what the evidence actually says

Chiropractors in Australia will not be able to perform spinal manipulation on children under the age of two once more, following health concerns from doctors and politicians.

The Conversation

Why have Australia’s espionage authors been renditioned to a literary black site?

Internationally, spy novels are surfing a 40-year wave of commercial success that has transformed the genre into a multi-billion-dollar behemoth spanning books, television and movies.

The Canberra Times

Inside the extra ordinary items telling our history

What does a novelty cheque have to do with Australian history?

The Canberra Times

'I love it here': the Queanbeyan pharmacist who went from refugee to community leader

He arrived in Australia as a teenager with no English but a lot of ambition.

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