YOU WONT BELIEVE: 19 - What They Never Told You

SA premier announces royal commission into AI – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 9

What do parents want when it comes to childcare safety? More information for a start

In recent weeks we’ve seen more reports of alleged child sexual abuse involving a Sydney childcare worker. There have also been reports of children leaving a Melbourne kindergarten unnoticed and getting onto a busy street.

The Conversation · Aug 9

Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade

Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9

‘Not enough air traffic controllers’: safety concerns at Sydney airport after Jetstar and Qatar planes involved in near-miss

Planes narrowly avoid collision on tarmac with Jetstar A320 forced to ‘brake firmly’ as Qatar Boeing 777 towed into its path

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9

Bombers want to gain something from final two weeks

Essendon interim coach Dean Solomon says the Bombers have plenty to prove in the final two weeks of a horror AFL season for the club.

AAP · Aug 8

Cats shrug off concussion scandal with Bombers win

Top four hopefuls Geelong have beaten Essendon by 67 points in their first AFL game since the Cats' concussion scandal emerged.

AAP · Aug 8

Swans 'stand up' on record-breaking night against Port

Sydney have tightened their grip on second in the AFL and could still challenge for top spot after a 97-point home mauling of Port Adelaide.

AAP · Aug 8

Tony Jones: ‘I’m very far from being an activist’

The journalist turned film-maker on empathy, his investigation into animal testing, and life in one of Australia’s most enduring media power couples

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7

‘Number 1, struggle street’ and a $1,200 stipend: inside the first week of Alan Jones’s trial

The former broadcaster’s alleged victim says he just wants justice – but the defence says allegations of indecent assault are a ‘concoction’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7

Five years and $122m later, North Sydney Olympic swimming pool has finally reopened. Was it worth the wait?

The famous art deco pool has taken so long to renovate that some lifelong patrons died waiting. On Friday, its lanes were once again filled with swimmers

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7