Good morning. That vast and relatively untouched frozen continent at the bottom of the world, Antarctica, is one of the frontlines of the climate crisis – and human impacts are increasingly taking a toll. Today we report that pollution from Australia’s main Antarctic research station – including arsenic, carcinogenic compounds and toxic metals – has exceeded accepted limits for almost two decades.
Meanwhile, corporal punishment is banned in state schools but a Queensland man who has just joined the state government’s youth justice group says schools should reconsider the cane.
