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As we approach the headstone of Peter Jackson’s grave, we glimpse a flash of red at its base. Getting closer, we see that it’s a pair of boxing gloves. They are brand-new Fila gloves that retail for around A$80, so someone has spent a bit of money.

In a speech to the United Nations Security Council last month, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, took aim at artificial intelligence (AI).

“Income inequality hits a 20-year high”. “Housing is less affordable than ever”. “The staggering truth about wage inequality in Australia”. Those are just some of the headlines we’ve seen this year about new research on growing inequality, which often hits younger Australians hardest.

In its announcement of the proposed merger with Southern Cross Media, Seven West described the deal as “consistent with Seven West’s stated strategic position of being in support of media consolidation in Australia”.

International Day of the Girl draws attention to the potential of girls around the world and the barriers they face to freedom, safety, education and more.

Australians are being urged to recognise the link between domestic violence and homelessness, an issue impacting more than 65,000 women each year.

A group of activists detained in Israel say they'd do it all again, despite the abuse they claim to have witnessed, after being warmly welcomed home.

NSW have surged into second spot on the One-Day Cup table after crushing Western Australia by 87 runs at the WACA Ground.

Optus’s outage emails went to wrong government address and remained unread for over a day

Ecuador and Australia provide the friendly opposition for the October internationals.

The rare bird from Asia and Australia, which is a relative of the swift, was spotted at Tophill Low Nature Reserve in East Yorkshire.