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More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

Some schools will reopen and others close over the detection of trace amounts of asbestos in a play sand product, while experts say the risk remains very low.

AAP · Nov 17, 2025

Turnbull says Coalition consumed by ‘fact-free, reality-free’ climate culture war – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2025

Multiple ACT schools shut after alert over asbestos in coloured sand products

Testing and remediation to take place in 16 schools after a consumer safety recall was issued for coloured sand used in sensory play and arts and crafts

The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2025

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Consumers feeling merry in time for a Christmas splurge

Australian consumers are the most optimistic they've been since early 2022 despite fading prospects of more interest rate cuts.

AAP · Nov 10, 2025

Morning Mail: ATO’s $42m debt collector contracts; teacher shortages bite; inside the nitazenes threat

ATO reliance on private debt collector revealed; remote and disadvantaged schools suffering teacher shortages; death toll rising from nitazenes drug use

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2025

NSW Labor ignores own drugs summit advice by keeping sniffer dogs and strip-searches at festivals

Police minister Yasmin Catley says high-visibility tactics remain important ‘investigative tools’ – even at music festivals trialling pill testing

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2025

'Sword' could help millions act on human rights

High-profile names are backing an effort to bolster rights for eight million Australians, and not leave them reliant on anti-discrimination "shields".

AAP · Oct 22, 2025

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Morning Mail: Giuffre memoir details Mar-a-Lago encounter, Adani denies coal claim, alarm over rainforest ‘switch’

Exclusive extract from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir recalls ‘apex predator’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2025

Lehrmann's fight for personal diaries seized in raid

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann claims his handwritten personal diaries were seized during a raid on his home.

AAP · Oct 15, 2025

Anthony Albanese Responds To David Pocock’s Club Ban, Says Lobbying Claims Are ‘Absurd’

It comes after the ACT senator raised concerns over the sports club’s links to the gambling industry.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 11, 2025

Morning Mail: ‘unholy alliance’ targets pokies, Trump threatens Hamas ahead of Gaza talks, and vote for bird of the year

Greens and ACL push for action on gambling harm; Israel and Hamas set for negotiations in Cairo; voting in the bird of the year poll begins

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2025

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2025

Analysis recommends no price on freedom of information

Arguments for putting a charge on freedom of information applications to deter vexatious requests has been refuted by an independent analysis.

AAP · Sep 25, 2025

Police deploy pepper spray but fears of brawls between activists fail to materialise on Australia’s day of protests

One group of marchers complained about vaccines while Indigenous and pro-Palestinian groups took to streets against racism

The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2025

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AAP · Sep 3, 2025

Junior doctors take unpaid overtime fight to court

Historic legal action against a state government has been launched by junior doctors who claim they haven't been paid entitled overtime.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Licence to burn: Victoria is changing the way it deals with rubbish – is it moving too fast?

Full health and environmental impacts of increasingly relying on waste-to-energy plants to deal with state’s rubbish still unknown

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2025

Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of Mackay

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2025

Chinese national accused under foreign interference law of spying on Buddhists

A Chinese woman has appeared in the ACT magistrates court on Monday accused of foreign interference, by allegedly covertly collecting information about a Canberra Buddhist association.

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2025

NSW police actions should be examined in Tammy Shipley’s death in custody, lawyer argues

Court asked to consider whether the coroner has jurisdiction to examine Shipley’s arrest

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2025

SA’s toxic algal bloom is twice the size of the ACT, has killed 13,800 animals and is filling even the experts with dread

Beaches are littered with fish carcasses and scientists warn they are only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ as underwater habitats deteriorate

AAP · Jul 19, 2025

'Toxic': activists vandalise Aust-US memorial symbol

Pro-Palestine protesters have doused a memorial dedicated to US and Australian troops in red paint, saying it symbolises an alliance perpetuating "genocide".

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2025

British and Irish Lions call up Jamie George for third tour after Luke Cowan-Dickie injury

Concussion has also ruled out Garry Ringrose for the first Lions Test against Australia next week, leaving Andy Farrell to tinker with his squad before the trip to Brisbane

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Lions hoping Blair Kinghorn can resume training next week ahead of first Test

The Scotland fullback suffered a sprained knee against the ACT Brumbies on Wedneday.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2025

The ACT wants dog owners to spend 3 hours a day with their pet. But quality, not quantity, matters most

Authorities in the ACT have released draft regulations for the welfare of dogs. One inclusion getting attention is a guideline “requiring all dogs to have a minimum of three hours of human contact daily”.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

Blair Kinghorn could feature in Lions tour despite knee injury

Kinghorn limped off in the 25th minute of Wednesday’s 36-24 victory over the ACT Brumbies.

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