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Sydney residents told to cut power use to help avoid blackouts

Sydney residents were urged on Thursday to conserve power in the evening as much as possible to avert blackouts, one day after Australia suspended its spot electricity market due to unscheduled outages at ageing coal-fired utilities.

Reuters

Australia raises emissions cutting target for 2030

Australia, under a new Labor government, on Thursday raised its 2030 target for cutting carbon emissions, bringing the country more in line with other developed economies' Paris climate accord commitments.

Reuters

Australian-first crowdsource solar farm launched by NSW renewable company

In an Australian first, a small renewable energy company has turned to use crowdfunding for a new solar farm in southern New South Wales.

ABC News

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White lies: Daily Telegraph’s excitement over bumper snow season skates over facts

A cold start to winter has the News Corp newspaper and Sky News telling ‘alarmists’ to chill, but what is really going on with snowfall?

The Guardian - AU

Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%

Australia’s new government has formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge

The Independent UK

Unemployment remains at 3.9 per cent, as labour market keeps strengthening

Australia's jobs market has continued to strengthen, with unemployment remaining at 3.9 per cent last month and underemployment falling to a 14-year low.

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Qantas to suspend flights from Alice Springs to Perth from July

Qantas announces it will suspend direct flights from Alice Springs to Perth from July 1 due to low passenger numbers, stoking disappointment from a tourism group.

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China to set up centralised iron ore buyer to counter Australia’s dominance

Beijing hopes bulk purchases will secure lower prices for steel sector that is world’s biggest ore consumer

Financial Times

Australia's Paris Agreement commitment lifted to 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030

The federal government has formally committed to the United Nations that Australia will reduce its carbon emissions by 43 per cent by the end of the decade.

ABC News

More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says

The UN refugee agency says the world has reached a "dramatic milestone", with more than 100 million people around the world now forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war and human rights violations.

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First Nations mothers are more likely to die during childbirth. More First Nations midwives could close this gap

While Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth, First Nations women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than other Australian women (17.5 vs 5.5 per 100,000 women from 2012-2019).

The Conversation

F1 to Keep Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne Through 2035

McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo will continue to compete in his home country.

Sports Illustrated

Australian GP to stay on F1 calendar until 2035

Formula 1 has signed a contract extension with the Australian GP, guaranteeing that the event will stay in Melbourne until at least 2035.

Autosport

Australian GP to stay on F1 calendar until 2035, adds F2 & F3

Formula 1 has signed a contract extension with the Australian GP, guaranteeing that the event will stay in Melbourne until at least 2035.

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Tasman Keith returns to regional NSW to teach teens importance of literacy and music

A hip hop artist making waves in the Australian music scene has shifted his focus to connecting with teens in his hometown who have fallen out of the mainstream education system.

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Heart valve replacement exports limited by worker shortage, as beef by-products go to waste

Exports for human heart valve replacements are being impacted by Australia's worker shortage, with a Queensland company unable to fill all of its lifesaving orders.

The Guardian - AU

Shortfall warnings cancelled as units come back online – as it happened

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Coal exit only part of the answer, say professors calling for tougher WA climate change action

Professors of five Australian universities hit out at the WA government as greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, condemning its cosy relationship with the resources industry.

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$100m set aside for Metaverse R&D Centre

Translucia Global Innovation, a subsidiary of T&B Media Global (Thailand), is joining hands with Two Bulls, an Australia-based specialist in gamification design and innovative tech, to launch the Metaverse Research and Development (R&D) Centre in Melbourne with an initial budget of US$100 million.

ABC News

Exporters face uncertainty as COVID-related air freight support ends

After two years and $1 billion, the federal government is ending its International Freight Assistance Mechanism

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: year of learning before school, electricity crisis flares, Fed hikes US interest rates

Thursday: Preschool ‘play-based’ overhaul, electricity market in strife and Ukraine refuses to surrender city. Plus: chickens fed cannabis

ABC News

Unsellable fruit given second chance as key ingredient in West Australian sour beer

Farmers in WA's premier food and wine region are brewing beer with locally processed fruit puree, creating a new market for previously wasted seconds.

The Conversation

5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic

Since 2001 our research group has asked 2,000 Australians every year how they’re doing. Are they satisfied with their standard of living, their relationships, purpose in life, community connectedness, safety, health and future security?

The Conversation

Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children's learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up

NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy?

The Conversation

Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and 'adjuvanted' vaccines?

With Australians learning to live with COVID and resuming international travel, cases of influenza are steadily rising.

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