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Smart motorways were halted over safety concerns – what’s the future for digital roads?

For many people, the rollout of smart technology across the UK’s road network has been clouded by fears about the removal of traffic-free safety lanes. Traditionally, motorway hard shoulders offered motorists a safe haven into which they could steer stricken vehicles.

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Royal commission report doesn’t help us start making sense of Bondi terror attack

Justice Virginia Bell has handed the governor-general her interim findings from the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded immediately by promising to implement all its recommendations.

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What is OPEC and how does it shape global oil markets?

Oil is once again making headlines.

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$50,000 arts degrees look set to stay, despite a new bill trying to slash uni fees

For five years, many Australian university students have been watching the amount they have to pay for their studies with alarm and despair.

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Why does squishing NeeDoh, slime, or putty feel so satisfying?

NeeDoh is the latest squishy sensory toy to go viral. Social media is reporting how these blobs of gel are flying off the shelves, and are in short supply.

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Australia isn’t getting a fair share of tax on gas exports. Queensland has shown how to raise the bar

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised no new taxes on Australia’s gas exports in next month’s federal budget, saying the government “will not undermine existing contracts”. Questioned further, he said future gas tax changes aren’t being contemplated either.

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Albanese is prioritising politics over the responsible handling of ISIS families, setting a dangerous precedent

Thirteen Australian women and children linked to ISIS have reportedly been blocked from leaving Syria again, with the Syrian Foreign Ministry blaming the Australian government, saying it had “refused to receive them”.

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Hold your nose and don’t stop for a selfie: why getting up close to a beached whale is a really bad idea

The beaches of Sydney’s Royal National Park have been disrupted by a pungent odour. And its source is drawing in more than just seagulls.

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‘1930s policing’: the tactics police used in the hunt for Alice Springs girl Kumanjayi Little Baby

In the hours since the story was first published, a body believed to be that of the missing girl has been found. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name of a person who has died. The family has asked for her to be referred…

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Evolvable AI: are we on the brink of the next major evolutionary transition?

What happens when natural selection, the most powerful process driving change in the living world, shapes artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps the most potent technology humanity has invented to date?

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‘More empowered’: how online gaming benefits people with disability

You are more empowered because you get to be seen for who you are.

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To protect Australians, the federal parliament must push Albanese on gambling reforms

In early April, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he was finally implementing several restrictions on gambling advertising.

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Heat and cold alter how animals fight disease. As the climate changes, this knowledge may be vital

Each animal species has an optimal temperature at which it can metabolise food and its immune system can best fight off pathogens.

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Ellena Savage’s snappy novel exposes a ruined utopia – but you might need a humanities degree to read it

Ellena Savage’s debut novel, The Ruiners, starts with a windfall many of us only casually dream of – A$50,000 gifted out of the blue.

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Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?

On the face of it, the government’s desire to make references to te Tiriti o Waitangi consistent across all legislation sounds reasonable.

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The cradle of Earth’s rich ocean life was a massive coral reef system 20 million years ago

New research published today in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened about 20 to 10 million years ago, between Australia and Southeast Asia.

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Sending women to the ‘Khia Asylum’ is music’s latest cruel trend. But it reflects an old historical bias

What do Bebe Rexha, Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor and Rita Ora all have in common? They’re all trapped in the “Khia Asylum”.

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Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives

Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and scholar, is the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Her job is to report to the UN on the human rights situation in these territories.

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‘I don’t believe no screens is possible’: how parents manage devices and little kids

Parents are told to avoid screens altogether in the first two years of a child’s life.

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Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off. Heroin is fluctuating.

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20,000 stranded seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz face missile fears, exhaustion and isolation

As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related humanitarian crisis: the plight of the crew stuck on ships at or near the strait.

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The UAE is leaving the OPEC oil cartel. What could that mean for oil prices?

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that on May 1, it will leave both the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the larger OPEC+ group. By withdrawing, the UAE will now be able to independently decide how much oil it produces and sells.

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Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous processes you cannot see or stop, even when you turn off location history, and Google and other companies keep that data…

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An affordable vision: how a modest investment in NZ’s eye health would make a big difference

Few things matter more to us than our eyesight. We fear losing it even more than some life-threatening conditions.

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Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling makes it harder to protect minority voting power and alters the landscape of future elections

In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congressional map as “an unconstitutional gerrymander” and altered the court’s interpretation of the Voting Rights Act.

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