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Ancient ‘salt mountains’ in southern Australia once created refuges for early life

Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth could thrive.

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October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm

Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states

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Jailed MP loses seat, assets and freedom over thefts

A disgraced ex-Liberal MP has been sent to jail for ripping off a scheme aimed at helping disadvantaged students.

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East coast to sizzle after record October temperatures in Australia’s west

Multiple locations across Australia’s eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM says

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October heat records could tumble in multiple states as hot weather sweeps east through central Australia

Unusually high temperatures in the low to mid 40s to hit parts of NSW, Queensland and SA, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts

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Search ends for four-year-old boy missing in South Australia’s rugged outback

Authorities found no new evidence in case of boy whose disappearance captured the nation’s attention

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'Path to recovery': algae bloom summer plan revealed

A $102.5 million algal bloom plan has been unveiled as a state tries to bounce back months after being struck by an ecological and economic disaster.

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Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy

Police don't believe a boy who disappeared at a sheep station more than two weeks ago met with foul play as a task force is established to expand a search.

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Police expand search for missing boy Gus in outback SA after advice from ‘survival specialists’

South Australian commissioner says police leaving ‘no stone unturned’ in effort to recover body of four-year-old who went missing in late September

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Outback search to resume for missing four-year-old boy

More than two weeks after he went missing, police are set to resume their search for a four-year-old boy who disappeared at an outback sheep station.

AAP

Footprints, fake AI images and few clues: Mystery over four year-old boy who vanished in the Australian Outback

Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing while playing in a sandpit in South Australia

The Independent UK

Better powers urged to help protect Indigenous children

Each state and territory needs an independent commissioner dedicated to Indigenous children, advocates say, urging governments to "be bold".

AAP

Search scaled back for four-year-old missing in Australian outback

Police say boy unlikely to be alive ‘due to passage of time, his age, and nature of terrain’

The Independent UK

SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month

Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage

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Optus’s triple-zero outage could boost Telstra’s customers – and allow it to charge even more

No longer competing on price, Telstra is benefitting from consumer inertia, a strong regional network and Optus outages, consumer advocates say

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Optus boss ‘has a lot of work to do’, Anika Wells says after meeting telco in wake of triple-zero outages

Minister asks parent company to appoint external reviewer in attempt to restore Australians’ faith in emergency calls

The Guardian - AU

Anika Wells to meet Singtel’s boss as Optus experiences second triple-zero outage in less than two weeks

Optus says it confirmed the welfare of all callers who called triple zero after an issue affected Illawarra region in NSW

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Where's it going?: expert's grim warning on algal bloom

Effective methods for treating algal blooms have so far only been successful on outbreaks that are significantly smaller than SA's bloom, a US expert says.

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Coal down, solar up: Australia halfway to 2030 target

Growing rooftop solar installations and more large-scale energy projects are pushing Australia closer to its renewable goals, the market operator says.

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Optus confirms fourth death after CEO reveals warnings of failed triple zero calls not escalated

Emergency calls were offline for nearly 14 hours, during which four people died – including an eight-week-old baby

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Veterans on frontline for algal bloom response

Defence force veterans are set to patrol Adelaide beaches, helping clean up thousands of marine creatures wiped out by a harmful algal bloom.

The Guardian - AU

Bubble shield deployed in ocean to protect giant cuttlefish from deadly SA algal bloom

Technology installed in Spencer Gulf as tens of thousands of cuttlefish gather to breed in unique global event

AAP

'Lambo Guy' outburst as unlawful lottery trial begins

In an outburst outside court, high-profile businessman Adrian Portelli says he "won't let them walk all over me" as he defends illegal lottery charges.

The Guardian - AU

‘I could get a gun within an hour of leaving jail’: how Australia’s licensed firearms end up in criminal hands

With as many as 600,000 illicit weapons in circulation, gun control experts say the long-planned national firearms register is needed urgently

The Guardian - AU

61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom

Experts say data reported by beachgoers is ‘hugely useful’ after a slow official response to disaster

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