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The government wants to save $463m by tightening disability support to school students. What’s going on?

The federal government has announced a new “safeguard” around how funding is spent to support school students with disabilities.

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Changing climate law to prevent civil cases removes a key protection for NZ citizens

The government’s plan to change the law to bar claims for harms from greenhouse gas emissions shuts down New Zealand’s most important climate tort case, meaning it will never be decided on its merits.

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Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell joins government ranks, declaring she’s ‘proud to be a Labor girl’

Senator Tammy Tyrrell, who started her parliamentary career as part of the Jacqui Lambie Network before turning independent, has now joined Labor.

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Coles’ discounts misled shoppers, court rules. It could face hundreds of millions in fines

Coles has been found to have misled its supermarket customers over discounts – and could now face hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.

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What is ‘cycle syncing’, and how might it affect menstruation?

Menstruation is once again a hot topic on social media, thanks to a new health trend known as “cycle syncing”.

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The yips: when ‘choking’ in sport can go next level

Legendary 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus once stated golf was “90% mental and 10% physical”.

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A Coalition government would restrict access to welfare payments to Australian citizens

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says a Coalition government would restrict access to welfare benefits to Australian citizens.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers says ‘we’re in the cart’ for more tax relief

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared “no other budget in the 2000s has set out this much responsible budget repair and this much economic reform.”

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Love, quest, adventure: the storytelling behind Xi Jinping’s speeches and China’s grand strategy

For many in the West, China still feels hard to fully understand. Public debate and media coverage too often focus on the “China threat”. Critics highlight the flaws of China’s political system and limits on freedom, yet China has still managed to rise as a major power that can now…

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The federal budget will keep scientific research alive. But it’s unlikely to expand it

In March, a major independent report commissioned by the federal government declared Australia’s research and innovation system was “broken”. The report, titled Ambitious Australia, recommended how to fix it.

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Paramedics are facing more danger on the job. Here’s how to protect them

Paramedics face the threat of violence every day.

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If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in everyday life.

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The Philippines’ brutal history informs Glenn Diaz’s powerful political novel

Western imperialism has a long history in the Philippines. Hundreds of years of Spanish colonisation, beginning in the 1500s, culminated in the Spanish-American War in 1897. The first attempt to declare the Philippine Republic in 1899 was followed by the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), then American control, Japanese occupation during World…

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The high-tech shipbuilding methods that helped Vikings dominate the seas

Images of the sleek keels, elegant planks, and dragon-headed prows of Viking longships have been reproduced countless times on postcards, book covers, souvenirs and in television shows and movies.

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As the definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with the greatest needs?

Thinking about autism has evolved.

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Despite some wins, this budget won’t transform regional Australia

Since at least the early 1990s, much of regional Australia has felt overlooked by the rest of the country.

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When words look like their meaning, we process them faster, new research reveals

Think about a word that looks like its meaning. For instance, the word bed kind of looks like a bed, with the vertical lines resembling the posts at either end. Loop looks very loopy.

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Canada to host new NATO-linked defence bank as Mark Carney pushes security overhaul

Canada has been chosen to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Originally dubbed “the NATO bank,” the new institution will help NATO and non-NATO countries more easily direct funding toward defence and security needs.

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Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules

Across New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing how investors weigh up risk and returns.

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Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security

In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the country’s southwest province of Balochistan, killing at least 42 military personal. Then, on May 11, authorities announced that a suicide bombing plot on the capital, Islamabad, had been foiled. Authorities…

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Canada’s 2026 World Cup team reflects the country’s multicultural identity — in a way hockey never has

The Men’s World Cup will be a unique sporting event for Canadians — and not merely because it’s being co-hosted on Canadian soil or because soccer is now the most-played youth sport in Canada.

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The Hanau far-right extremist shooting exposed how racism costs lives — and how institutions let it

In Hanau, Germany, on Feb. 19, 2020, after Vili-Viorel Pǎun witnessed the beginning of a mass shooting and tried to stop the gunman by chasing him down with his car, he called emergency services three times. No one answered, and Pǎun was shot dead.

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Illegal gold mining causes surges in malaria in the Amazon, and the association is far worse than we suspected

Gold prices are at an all-time high, and we are very worried. As disease ecologists, it’s not the economic instability that concerns us, but the fact that a surge in gold mining could have a devastating impact on human health.

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Trump-Xi summit: US president says he will discuss arms sales to Taiwan – breaking decades of US policy

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are likely to discuss many issues as they meet this week in Beijing. But alongside trade, technology and the war in Iran, one topic of conversation will stand out – the future of Taiwan.

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State opening of parliament 2026: experts on plans for cost of living, EU ties, tourist tax and more

The government has set out its legislative agenda for the new parliamentary session in the king’s speech. Our panel of experts reveals the key points.

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