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Skyrocketing Qantas airfares, axed routes and slashed seats worrying for outback town

Tourism Central Australia is holding Qantas to account for its high cost of flights to and from Alice Springs, which could spell disaster for the livability of the tourism hub.

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Treasurer warns Australians to brace for pain to escape recession in confronting economic statement to parliament

Forecasting a peak in inflation to 7.75 per cent by the year's end, the Treasurer says Australians must brace to take some "tough medicine" if the nation is to escape a recession.

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Monkeypox declared disease of ‘national significance’ in Australia

Guidelines for who should get immunised have also been updated ahead of newer vaccines being made available in Australia

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China’s targeting of Australian military planes ‘aggressive and irresponsible’, US says

Defense department’s Ely Ratner says such incidents represent ‘one of the most significant threats to peace and stability in the region’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s inflation rate to peak at 7.75% in December quarter, economic update predicts

Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells parliament that nation is facing a ‘once-in-a-generation’ challenge and real wages won’t grow until 2023-24 fiscal year

The Guardian - AU

Households warned food costs still rising

Australian Food and Grocery Council CEO Tanya Barden has urged the federal government to focus on supporting people with low incomes in the months ahead.

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Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes: new research

Technology-facilitated abuse is a form of interpersonal violence using mobile, online and/or digital technologies. It includes four main types of behaviours:

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La Boite Theatre gives us a rollicking, queer and very Australian adaptation of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband

Review: An Ideal Husband, directed by Bridget Boyle

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Monkeypox declared disease of national significance by Australia's Chief Medical Officer

Australia's Chief Medical Officer has declared the increasing presence of monkeypox in the country a "communicable disease incident of national significance".

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America's Cup-winning skipper sets sights on 250kph wind-powered record in SA outback

As an America's Cup champion, Glenn Ashby has previously breezed his way to victory. Now, he’s about to embark on another wind-powered endeavour — but he's switching from saltwater to a salt lake in South Australia's outback.

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US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy visits War Memorial to learn more about elite team that helped rescue JFK during WWII

Newly appointed United States ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy learns more about the elite Australian military unit that helped rescue her father — John F Kennedy — and his crew during World War II.

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Albanese parrots a pro-coal talking point as Ampol offers ‘carbon neutral’ petrol

The PM spruiked the myth that Australia’s ‘quality’ coal was relatively clean – following in the footsteps of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison

The Guardian - AU

Australia appoints Eddie Ockenden and Rachael Grinham as flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

Two of the most experienced members of the Australian Commonwealth Games team will fly the flag at the opening ceremony in Birmingham tomorrow morning.

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Cost-of-living squeeze forces families to adapt as Perth struggles with Australia's worst inflation

A Mandurah family has found a creative way to combat cost-of-living hikes, gathering three generations under one roof as Australia's inflation figure surges to a 20-year-high.

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Direct-acting antivirals can cure hepatitis C and prisons are now leading efforts to eliminate the virus

While most medical attention has been on COVID, work has been underway to eliminate another viral disease, hepatitis C.

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Australian mountain climber Matthew Eakin one of two men found dead on K2

The bodies of two mountaineers, Eakin and Canadian man Richard Cartier, found on the world’s second-highest mountain in Pakistan

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'Vlad, he has visa': Ukrainian couple reunited in Perth days before humanitarian visa program ends, locking others out

An Australian humanitarian visa scheme for people fleeing Ukraine will end on Sunday, leaving many locked out.

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Ballarat afro hair expert Natacha Adanlessossi honoured by new Carla Zampatti scholarship

When Natacha Adanlessossi arrived in Australia as a refugee, there were no salons in her community that specialised in African women's hair. Eight years later, she has won a Carla Zampatti scholarship for young women to improve her business.

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US hikes rates 0.75pc again amid ongoing inflation surge 'surprise'

Wall Street has surged after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell hinted rate hikes could ease, with the Australian share market following.

The Guardian - AU

Bill Shorten says robodebt royal commission set to start this year – as it happened

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South Australian track cyclist Bree Hargrave will take on competitors half her age at the Commonwealth Games

At an age where most elite athletes are well into retirement, South Australian track cyclist Bree Hargrave is fulfilling a lifelong dream: qualifying for this year's Commonwealth Games.

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Morning mail: challenges ahead amid soaring inflation, US lifts interest rate, farewell to Ramsay Street

Thursday: Treasurer trims economic growth prediction amid warnings the world is ‘on the edge’ of global recession. Plus: a deep dive into colonic irrigation clinics

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Japanese encephalitis virus threat for southern Australia when mosquitoes return

Mosquitoes cause serious concerns in southern Australia, where a deadly virus was detected for the first time this year.

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Preventing obesity starts in the grocery aisle with food packaging

In 2018, Statistics Canada reported that nearly one in three Canadians were obese. Similar figures have been reported in Australia, but more concerning is the United States, where over forty percent of the population is obese.

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Climate change killed 40 million Australian mangroves in 2015. Here's why they'll probably never grow back

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

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