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Music superstar announces 2014 courtroom drama This House of Grief as first Australian pick for global monthly book club

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

With parliament now finished its first fortnight’s session, attention will soon be on the government’s August 19-21 economic reform roundtable, bringing together business, unions, experts and community representatives to pursue consensus on ways to lift Australia’s flagging productivity.

The Australian has always positioned himself as the underdog but his enduring brilliance – and medal tally – suggests he should be anything but

The Australian gaming industry is experiencing a period of rapid evolution, fueled by technological innovation and changing consumer expectations.

The veteran scrum half will play for the final time for the Wallabies in Sydney

Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are falling even more sharply, dropping 20% over the past year alone.

Breeding event known as Cuttlefest takes place in waters off Point Lowly but this year scientists warn the effect of toxic algae could be ‘catastrophic’

Gilmour Space Technologies had earlier said it would consider the launch a success if the rocket left the ground

I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We discussed convict history and explored contrasting views about its role and function in the early colonies. What was life as a convict like? Was transportation a cruel…

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