Independent climbs Bean-stalk to try to slay Labor foe After immense success against conservative politicians, climate-concerned independents are taking aim at new targets: safe Labor seats. AAP · Mar 7, 2025
Call for NT's top cop to quit over ICAC finding The NT's top police officer has admitted he is the senior bureaucrat found by the territory's corruption watchdog to have engaged in improper conduct. AAP · Mar 7, 2025
How to watch AFL 2025: live stream Aussie football online, schedule, all the details o the opening round games How watch AFL 2025 live streams online, with Collingwood, Greater Western Sydney and reigning champions Brisbane being hotly tipped for the season ahead. TechRadar · Mar 5, 2025
Brisbane ferries suspended ‘until further notice’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2025
Australia’s second-hottest summer in 2024-25 ‘not possible without climate change’, scientist says 2024-25 summer at 1.89C above long-term average ‘will be one of the coolest in the 21st century’, according to one expert The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2025
Survey Finds LGBTQIA+ Folk Have Inspired The Straights To Be More Adventurous In The Bedroom Plus, you'll never guess which Aussie state is having the most sex on average... Pedestrian.tv · Feb 24, 2025
Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean says Dutton’s energy proposal is equivalent to adding ‘two Beetaloo basins’ worth of emissions to atmosphere The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2025
New era begins for Supercars in championship race A new chapter in Supercars will begin at the Sydney 500, with a revamped format and a finals series hoped to breathe new life into the sport. AAP · Feb 20, 2025
Camilla surprised as she hosts Hollywood and stage stars at palace reception The Queen was surprised with a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, which she said was one of her favourite plays The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025
Double mental health beds, coroner tells government The NT government should urgently fund the doubling of mental health beds, a coroner says, after finding that a Tiwi Island mother died because of "bed block". AAP · Feb 14, 2025
A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice Water is now a contested resource around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fight playing out over the Northern Territory’s Roper River – one of the last free-flowing rivers in Australia, nurtured by the enduring presence of First Nations custodians. The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025
Police call for public's help to stop domestic violence Police have urged the public to take action to help fight domestic violence, after an Alice Springs mother died in a "sustained, violent and horrific" attack. AAP · Feb 10, 2025
Keith Dewhurst obituary Writer for stage and screen whose work included the TV police series Z-Cars and several plays at the National Theatre and Royal Court The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025
Coalition senator takes aim at $840 million pledge An $840 million pledge will not amount to self-determination, the coalition says, as peak organisations welcome the 'genuine, meaningful' funding agreement. AAP · Feb 6, 2025
The Conversation · Feb 6, 2025 Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times? This week, the federal government announced it will pay states and territories an extra, one-off, A$1.7 billion for public hospitals.
The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025 National Theatre ‘does not present world’s drama’, says playwright David Hare The Oscar-nominated writer warned about the survival of the next ‘generation of writers’.
AAP · Feb 3, 2025 Musk-like efficiency role 'strange' call for Australia Australia must cut red tape and reform its tax system to boost productivity and safeguard against a looming trade war, the Business Council says.
AAP · Feb 3, 2025 Kids have 'no hope' with tough on crime policies Tough on crime policies do not work, a senate inquiry has been told as advocates call for oversight of state and territory youth justice legislation.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2025 CFMEU vehicle set ablaze in Sydney, union says – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025 Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer? Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned into crocodile leather, long sought for use in luxury handbags, belts and other items.
AAP · Jan 25, 2025 Political honour for late minister and party stalwart A late former Liberal minister who served in the cabinets of two prime ministers has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 24, 2025 Victoria and South Australian schools to be fully funded after securing landmark federal government agreement But Queensland and New South Wales still hold out on agreement that will see southern states get a 5% boost in commonwealth public school funding
The Conversation · Jan 21, 2025 Joan Plowright – a leading actress in British theatre’s post-war class revolution Dame Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, was an actress of enormous and wide-ranging talent across a 60-year stage and screen career. Plowright was “perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century”, in Variety’s words. She was certainly a leading pioneer in post-war British theatre’s modernisation – particularly…
AAP · Jan 20, 2025 Watchdog calls to halt child protection reforms There is no evidence supporting a government's child protection reforms, a children's commissioner says.
AAP · Jan 18, 2025 Warning 'discriminatory' changes target Aboriginal kids The Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities.